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i 86 wisconsin historical collections vol a hired to oat it for them they ha,ve been known to gormandize to that extent that on leaving the feast thiey have fallen down dead ; but even than the survivors will not admit that it was over-eiating that killed them after the feast ia over the dishes and kettle are carefully wiped out with grass or evergreen bougha they accustom their sons when children to eat a great deal and frequently stuff them when very young with raccoon oil to expand their stomachs and often boast of their feats in eating the dog feast the sioux indians and i believe it is true of all others consider that the greatest compliment they can pay a stranger is to give him a dog feast and this intended compliment constitutes the burthen of the speech of the giver of the feast or the master of ceremonies the traders are generally invited to these feasts i have tasted dog meat ; it is like pork only it has a sweeter taste those who can get over the prejudice against such meat become veory fond of it but my prejudice was too1 strong ever to be able to relish it i think the indians understand the art of flattery as well as any ' people in the world when i concluded to enter into business for myself there were several indians of influence from about the mouth of the st peters river and of the gens de feuille or leaf nation from the little rapids on the st peters who had wintered in my neighborhood and came to my house in the spring i agreed with these indians to meet me at my wintering house in the fall with as many of their tribes as they could per suade to come upi that i would have a large cargo1 of goods and would fit them out to go across to the head of the mississippi to hunt according to agreement i met them in the fall with two mackinaw boat loads of goods and found on my arrival about three thousand indians of the yankton sissiton gens de lac gens de feuille and other sioux bands encamped about it and they received me with a grand salute each man having a gun firing with ball over the boat so that we could hear the
Object Description
| Language | English |
| Pagination | vi, 520 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Page | Wisconsin Historical Collections, Volume II (1856) |
| Publisher | State Historical Society of Wisconsin |
| Format-Digital | XML |
| Source Creation Date | 1856 |
| Identifier-Digital | whcvII0000 |
| Description | This 1903 reprint of the Second annual report and collections of the State Historical Society, of Wisconsin, for the year 1855, volume 2, includes the following articles: Eulogies of Hiram A. Wright, George R. McLane, and Robert M. Sully; Early history and condition of Wisconsin, by Henry S. Baird; Early times and events, in Wisconsin, by James H. Lockwood; Shaw's narrative, by John Shaw; Memoir of Thomas Pendleton Burnett, by Alfred Brunson; Pioneer life in Wisconsin, by Daniel M. Parkinson; Pekatonica battle controversy, by Charles Bracken and Peter Parkinson, Jr.; Strictures upon Ford's Black Hawk War, by Peter Parkinson, Jr.; Further strictures on Ford's Black Hawk War, by Charles Bracken; Advent of the New York Indians into Wisconsin, by Albert G. Ellis; Historical sketch of Kenosha County, Wisconsin, by Jason Lothrop; Wisconsin, its rise and progress, by Stephen Taylor; Legend of the Red Bank, by Charles D. Robinson; and Progress, conditions and prospects of Wisconsin, by Tom O. Edwards. The original 1856 edition was edited by Lyman Copeland Draper. The 1903 reprint was issued under the editorial direction of Reuben Gold Thwaites. |
| Article Title | Wisconsin Historical Collections, Volume II (1856) |
| Volume | Vol. 02 |
| Series | Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin ; v. 2 |
| Rights | © Copyright 2006 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2006 |
Description
| Language | English |
| Page | 186 |
| Publisher | State Historical Society of Wisconsin |
| Format-Digital | JP2 |
| Source Creation Date | 1856 |
| Identifier-Digital | whcvII0198 |
| Author | Lockwood, James H., 1793-1857 |
| Page Type | Article |
| Volume | Vol. 02 |
| Series | Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin ; v. 2 |
| Rights | © Copyright 2006 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2006 |
| Full Text | i 86 wisconsin historical collections vol a hired to oat it for them they ha,ve been known to gormandize to that extent that on leaving the feast thiey have fallen down dead ; but even than the survivors will not admit that it was over-eiating that killed them after the feast ia over the dishes and kettle are carefully wiped out with grass or evergreen bougha they accustom their sons when children to eat a great deal and frequently stuff them when very young with raccoon oil to expand their stomachs and often boast of their feats in eating the dog feast the sioux indians and i believe it is true of all others consider that the greatest compliment they can pay a stranger is to give him a dog feast and this intended compliment constitutes the burthen of the speech of the giver of the feast or the master of ceremonies the traders are generally invited to these feasts i have tasted dog meat ; it is like pork only it has a sweeter taste those who can get over the prejudice against such meat become veory fond of it but my prejudice was too1 strong ever to be able to relish it i think the indians understand the art of flattery as well as any ' people in the world when i concluded to enter into business for myself there were several indians of influence from about the mouth of the st peters river and of the gens de feuille or leaf nation from the little rapids on the st peters who had wintered in my neighborhood and came to my house in the spring i agreed with these indians to meet me at my wintering house in the fall with as many of their tribes as they could per suade to come upi that i would have a large cargo1 of goods and would fit them out to go across to the head of the mississippi to hunt according to agreement i met them in the fall with two mackinaw boat loads of goods and found on my arrival about three thousand indians of the yankton sissiton gens de lac gens de feuille and other sioux bands encamped about it and they received me with a grand salute each man having a gun firing with ball over the boat so that we could hear the |