. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. Canadian Forestrij Journal, March, 1917 993 in a grove of mai)le trees, and she returned to the self-same spot each season. wShe had provided herself with a number of sap pans and buckets, made of four-cornered sheets of birch-bark, with Iheir edges turned up and their corners folded in. They were tightly stitched into shape with threads of basswood, or with strings obtained by splitting the fine rootlets of the cedar. An Indian woman might have from twelve to fifteen hundred of the birch-bark vessels. Wooden sap-troughs
. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. Canadian Forestrij Journal, March, 1917 993 in a grove of mai)le trees, and she returned to the self-same spot each season. wShe had provided herself with a number of sap pans and buckets, made of four-cornered sheets of birch-bark, with Iheir edges turned up and their corners folded in. They were tightly stitched into shape with threads of basswood, or with strings obtained by splitting the fine rootlets of the cedar. An Indian woman might have from twelve to fifteen hundred of the birch-bark vessels. Wooden sap-troughs were also at hand, made from time to time in the summer season. When the crows appeared, every- one was on the lookout. As soon as the necessary camp outfit and sugar- making utensils could be gathered together each family moved to its own sugar grove. There wigwams were put up for sleeping quarters, and a wooden hut, with a roof of bark or mats, to shelter the sugar-makers. Sometimes we hear the Indians called lazy, but there is a Menomini story of the maple and the sap, which shows how well the red man knows that work is good for the soul. The Storij of the Sap The first maker of maple-sugar— so runs this story—was Nokomis, the earth, grandmother of Manabush,. THE MAPLE SUGAR SEASON IN QUEBEC Upper picture illustrates the^gathering of the sap and the use of pipe lines. Lower left hand picture, tapping a fresh tree; lower right-hand, a'sugiiring off party, which from earliest pioneer times has been a highly popular festivity, an invitation to which few men can Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Canadian Forestry Association. [Ottawa] : Canadian Forestry Association
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