| 单词 | pemmican |
| 例句 | I read all the Swallows and Amazons books and hoarded the sailor speak – pemmican, hitch knots, port and starboard and wake – while having no desire whatsoever to run away to sea. The Mary Rose museum has cast me adrift on a sea of 80s nostalgia 2013-05-30T16:00:01Z There is also a gorgeous pemmican bag from about 1883, with a striped pattern of bright orange quills on gray horsehair; blue, beaded borders; and fringes made of small, conical metal elements. Art Review: Plains Indian Culture, as Seen Through the Ingenuity of the Tepee 2011-03-14T22:32:12Z Some tribes still make pemmican today and even market a commercial version. Cranberries can bounce, float and pollinate themselves: The saucy science of a Thanksgiving classic 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z European fur traders learned and eventually adopted pemmican as a great trail food. To make an excellent Cosmo, don’t mess up the key ingredient 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z It’s no surprise that Roald Amundsen, on his 1910-12 journey to the South Pole, packed snow knives, a sledge meter, snowshoes, mittens, skis and pemmican. Three New Books Will Take You to Places You’ve Never Gone Before 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z “Energy bars” of pounded berries mixed with dried deer meat and fat — called “pemmican” — were traded with fur traders and highly prized for their nutritional value. The dishes on your Thanksgiving table have deep, indigenous roots beyond the first feast 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z There was food, too, including a hunk of unappetizing pemmican. Perspective | In 1931, Washington tourists could visit Admiral Byrd’s Antarctic flagship 2018-05-12T04:00:00Z She remained there, in fact, for the next 21 months, drifting along with the ice pack while her crew survived on seals, polar bears, pemmican and hopes for warmer weather. Book review: “In the Kingdom of Ice,” polar voyage of USS Jeannette, by Hampton Sides They had even gnawed into two or three barrels of salt beef, which they had quite emptied, and it was their claws that had punched holes in the heavy pemmican tins. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z The field ration was almost entirely pemmican, two pounds per day, with a few biscuit and the indispensable tea. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z “I will deal out a little pemmican,” answered Barwell Dawson, and served each person about five ounces. First at the North Pole Two Boys in the Arctic Circle 2012-02-27T03:00:16.033Z I’ll put up a snack for our lunch; and besides we can carry some of that pemmican from the six pound can. Phil Bradley's Snow-shoe Trail The Mountain Boys in the Canada Wilds 2012-02-27T03:00:13.497Z True pemmican was not manufactured, although the pulverized buffalo meat was mixed with dried roots and berries preparatory to being eaten. Shoshone-Bannock Subsistence and Society 2012-02-17T03:00:38.253Z It consisted of a pannikin full of cocoa, and the same amount of pemmican with biscuit. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z When the sledgemen came to rough ice they promptly dumped both boat and pemmican, realizing the impossibility of hauling them. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z But we’ll have to fall back on pemmican more or less. First at the North Pole Two Boys in the Arctic Circle 2012-02-27T03:00:16.033Z Of the dried and powdered flesh, mixed with tallow, the women prepare the well-known pemmican, which is an important article of food for these people in their wanderings. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z I can make a shift with pemmican, but I honestly like a good dinner. The Turnstile 2012-01-29T03:00:09.260Z The fuel used consisted exclusively of spirits of wine, the cocoa, or pemmican soup, being cooked in an iron pot over a shallow lamp with seven wicks. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z The tent was uninjured though the bear had overturned it, tossing the buffalo-robes and pemmican into the snow. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z Mr. Dawson was a busy man, for he superintended the buying of everything, from fur clothing to pemmican. First at the North Pole Two Boys in the Arctic Circle 2012-02-27T03:00:16.033Z With smoldering eyes and no explanations, he resigned his profitable post and started inland, on his snowshoes, with a toboggan load of pemmican and flour. Hoof and Claw 2012-01-28T03:00:27.507Z But, thank goodness, we had some cheese and pemmican with us, so we sat down on the snow, and ate it. Fridtjof Nansen A book for the young 2011-11-17T03:00:36.810Z The hunters were unsuccessful, and they made “a scanty meal off a handful of pemmican, after which only half a bag remained.” The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z Not sparing himself, Kane went on with one man and reached the half-way tent, to melt ice and pemmican, in time to save its destruction by a predatory polar bear. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z Of the supplies the greater portion was pemmican, over a thousand pounds being placed on the sledges. First at the North Pole Two Boys in the Arctic Circle 2012-02-27T03:00:16.033Z One quite rare object, a "pemmican maul," formed of a single piece of wood, is figured in plate 34, a. Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi 2011-11-02T02:00:10.087Z Presently he brought in something to eat, for we were famished; and when Eva smelt it wasn’t cheese and pemmican, she woke up. Fridtjof Nansen A book for the young 2011-11-17T03:00:36.810Z The pemmican was always mixed with a proportion of preserved potatoes. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z Erroneously attributing the trouble to the thin runners of his Eskimo sledge, he changed it for one with broad-gauged sledge-runners, and then added two hundred pounds of pemmican to the load. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z Then they made themselves a hot stew of pemmican and ground-up peas. First at the North Pole Two Boys in the Arctic Circle 2012-02-27T03:00:16.033Z The pemmican is then pressed into cases capable of containing 42 lbs. each. In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z The pack consists of a blanket, a kettle and cup, sugar and salt, tea, of which the Indians are very fond, and enough pemmican to last several days. Little Folks of North America Stories about children living in the different parts of North America 2011-09-01T02:00:19.377Z But they arrived safely at the tent, and by the time the others came up had a good steaming pemmican soup ready. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z The luggage consisted of their little stock of pemmican, tents, ammunition, fishing-nets, hatchets, instruments, extra clothing, sleeping and cooking gear. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z The latter they make up into pemmican,—a large bundle of finely chopped fat and lean, seasoned with wild herbs, and tightly wrapped up in buffalo-hide. Frontier Folk 2011-08-19T02:00:11.653Z Our provisions consisted mainly of pemmican, biscuit, and tea, with a small addition of boiled pork, rum, and some tobacco. In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z When this is ready, he enjoys his hot drink, together with a share of the pemmican brought from home. Little Folks of North America Stories about children living in the different parts of North America 2011-09-01T02:00:19.377Z These publications were all of the kind that Franklin afterwards came to regard as hopelessly dry pemmican. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z Their important vegetable food, berries, failed a few miles from the river, and as very little game was seen they were obliged to eat the last of their pemmican on September 4. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z To the Indian who invented pemmican and snowshoes; To the Eskimo who gave the art of sled traveling; To this twin family of wild folk who have no flag Goes the first credit. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z A pemmican tin, painted lead color, and marked "E." In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z After a deer-hunt they dry the meat and grind it to make pemmican. Little Folks of North America Stories about children living in the different parts of North America 2011-09-01T02:00:19.377Z He sat beside the little spring, and ate several cakes of pemmican, composed of dried meat and berries, which he had brought for just such an emergency. The War Trail 2011-07-30T02:00:15.833Z The seamen then listened to Tyson's advice and decided to eke out life on one meal a day, owing to the fast-vanishing stock of bread and pemmican. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z Our breakfast consisted of two cups of tea, a watch-sized biscuit, a chip of frozen meat and a boulder of pemmican. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z Many of the men ate pemmican, a dried meat mixture concocted by Native Americans. National Geographic Museum takes visitors on a world tour 2011-07-15T16:58:46Z Broadcloth and pemmican seldom met together in the far West during the old buffalo days. The Warden of the Plains and Other Stories of Life in the Canadian North-west 2011-07-03T02:00:11.037Z There the skins were pegged out to dry, the meat was cut up into strips or sheets for drying, or made up into pemmican. American Indians 2011-04-21T02:00:55.200Z Tyson then arranged to save for emergencies their little remaining bread and pemmican. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z Eating became a hardship, for the pemmican, tasteless and hard as metal, was cold. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z At the worst, an abstract ideal is pemmican to carry the voyager through the long nights until the ice begins to break. Seeing Things at Night 2011-04-10T02:00:05.360Z There was no delay in arranging the table, and seated upon the grass the tired men ate heartily of the pemmican, slap-jacks and strong black tea. The Warden of the Plains and Other Stories of Life in the Canadian North-west 2011-07-03T02:00:11.037Z Where there was buffalo meat, the Indian women made pemmican, which was good. American Indians 2011-04-21T02:00:55.200Z Bread, pemmican, some ammunition, the tent, and sleeping-gear were put in the boat, and with a spirit of loyalty criticised by the seamen, Tyson took on board the desk and records of Captain Hall. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z We had an ample supply of pemmican, which was made of pounded dried beef, sprinkled with a few raisins and some currants, and slightly sweetened with sugar. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z Conceal a quantity of pemmican for provision on our return. Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. II 2011-03-24T02:00:13.247Z We hed a few sacks of pemmican an' berries, but that couldn't last long with so many mouths to fill. The Warden of the Plains and Other Stories of Life in the Canadian North-west 2011-07-03T02:00:11.037Z Recover the pemmican, which had been hidden in an island. Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. I 2011-03-24T02:00:11.430Z With difficulty Tyson was able to mollify the offended natives, by whom this injustice was the more felt as Tobias, one of Hans's babies, was quite sick and could not eat pemmican. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z We planned our future food supply with pemmican as practically the sole food; the other things were to be mere palate satisfiers. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z We had also a little flour, and some pemmican. Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. II 2011-03-24T02:00:13.247Z So he came away with many of the bright creatures in his pemmican bag. Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion 2011-02-14T03:00:35.553Z What they do not want of the former for raiment and food, they sometimes make into pemmican, or pounded meat, while they melt the fat, and prepare the skins in their hair, for winter. Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. I 2011-03-24T02:00:11.430Z Their food supplies on October 18 consisted of 14 hams, 14 cans of pemmican, 12 bags of bread, 1 can of dried apples, 132 cans of meats and soups, and a small bag of chocolate. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z This necessitated a total of seven hundred and twenty pounds of pemmican. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z Though our stock of provisions was getting so low, I determined, nevertheless, to hide about twenty pounds of pemmican, by way of providing against our return. Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. II 2011-03-24T02:00:13.247Z All over the prairie and plains great stores of pemmican were kept, and men grew to like it very much, though it was nothing but dried buffalo beef pounded and mixed with melted fat. On Canada's Frontier Sketches of History, Sport, and Adventure and of the Indians, Missionaries, Fur-traders, and Newer Settlers of Western Canada 2011-02-09T03:00:51.093Z Conceal two bags of pemmican in an island. Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. I 2011-03-24T02:00:11.430Z To insure an equable distribution of the food, Tyson took charge and personally measured out both bread and pemmican. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z Hereafter there was to be a short daily allowance of food and fuel—one pound of pemmican a day for the dogs, about the same for the men, with just a taste of other things. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z At our first hiding-place we left a bag of pemmican, weighing ninety pounds, two bags of wild rice, and a gallon keg of gunpowder. Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. II 2011-03-24T02:00:13.247Z I passed the night in my cajack; and next morning, after a frugal meal of pemmican, and a draught of water from my flask, once more ventured forth. The Swiss Family Robinson or, Adventures on a Desert Island 2011-01-03T03:01:03.473Z We must increase our travelling store and prepare pemmican or dried meat; it will be the easiest way of carrying it with us. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Tyson and the Eskimo families did their cooking from the first by lamp, native-fashion, the lamps being made from pemmican cans with wicks of canvas ravelings. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z We carried about two hundred pounds of pemmican above the expected consumption, and in the final working out the dogs were used for traction purposes longer than we anticipated. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z My own load, and that of Mr. Mackay, consisted of twenty-two pounds of pemmican, some rice, a little sugar, &c., amounting in the whole to about seventy pounds each, besides our arms and ammunition. Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. II 2011-03-24T02:00:13.247Z Before they started, Fritz begged some bear's meat from the mother, to make pemmican. The Swiss Family Robinson or, Adventures on a Desert Island 2011-01-03T03:01:03.473Z Another grip had to be sewed together, as it was dripping pemmican. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 But the smoked meats were becoming terribly monotonous, and they had not yet had the courage to try the pemmican. Stranded in Arcady Because of the need of fuel economy we now cut our pemmican with an axe. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z I therefore directed a few pounds of pemmican to be left with him, for his immediate support, and took leave of him and the place, which I named Canoe Island. Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. II 2011-03-24T02:00:13.247Z "Oh, oh!" thought I, "the little fellow has his doubts about that pemmican, and thinks a tough old pigeon would be preferable." The Swiss Family Robinson or, Adventures on a Desert Island 2011-01-03T03:01:03.473Z With 200 grammes of pemmican, 100 grammes of bread, and 120 grammes of potatoes you can make a very satisfying and palatable dish. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 I figure something like the Imperial Institute filled with Colonials eating pemmican. Sinister Street, vol. 2 We had only a few cartridges and four cans of pemmican in our baggage. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z Having found plenty of wild parsnips, we gathered the tops, and boiled them with pemmican for our supper. Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. II 2011-03-24T02:00:13.247Z Not having tasted food since the previous evening, he took out some pemmican and commenced to eat. Hawk Eye Kayaks— Bags stuffed with pemmican placed under, II, 82, 86. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 The thing that stands by you best on a hard trip, after all, is jerky and pemmican. Unexplored! In the piercing rays of a high sun the tent was erected, and in it, after eating only four ounces of pemmican and drinking two cups of icy water, we sought rest. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z Our stock was, at this time, reduced to twenty pounds weight of pemmican, fifteen pounds of rice, and six pounds of flour, among ten half-starved men, in a leaky vessel, and on a barbarous coast. Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. II 2011-03-24T02:00:13.247Z Instead of going ashore for their midday meal, the boys ate pemmican while paddling. Hawk Eye The pemmican bolsters and dried-liver pie are now ready; the kayaks will get an excellent bedding, and I venture to say that such meat-bolsters are an absolute novelty. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 I quitted the Fort, accompanied by five of our men and the two Indians, the latter dragging each sixty pounds of pemmican on their sledges. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea With this key to gastronomics, pemmican was selected as the staple food, and it would also serve equally well for the dogs. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z So up to 1380 a large number of nameless explorers went to this celebrated watering-place, shot a few pemmican, ate a jerked whale, shuddered a couple of times, and died. Cordwood Hawk Eye took out pemmican and dried bear meat from a pack and sat down beside Raven Wing. Hawk Eye As a rule, it consisted one morning of chocolate, bread, butter, and pemmican; another of oatmeal porridge, or a compound of flour, water, and butter, in imitation of our “butter-porridge” at home. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 By the time the moose was finished, the men came back from Fort Norman, with three bags of pemmican, which enabled us to continue the daily issue of rations, though the fare was still scanty. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea For, in this sea game, existed food supplies which, instead of entirely confining myself to pemmican, I planned also to use on my Polar journey. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z Even when the occupation is temporary, a tribe of savages engaged with the preparation of dried meat and pemmican in a very short time produce a considerable heap of bones and other rejectamenta. The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science As Raven Wing still slept on, Hawk Eye unpacked some pemmican and ate his morning meal. Hawk Eye The meat was divided into 26 portions, but 8 dogs refused it, and had to be given pemmican. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 We waited one day to make some pounded meat we had brought into pemmican. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea Then each dog was given a double ration of pemmican. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z The number of bone needles found in some of the caves would seem to hint that, like the Americans, they sewed up their pemmican in skin bags. The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science "Try this instead," laughed Phil, holding out a chunk of frozen pemmican that he had just chopped off. Harper's Round Table, July 2, 1895 The pemmican—altogether 11 cases—the cases of dog-biscuits, and 19 cases of bread were conveyed to the same place. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 In the afternoon we were overtaken by a violent thunder-storm, with heavy rain, which made us apprehensive for the pemmican, that spoils on being wet. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea A pemmican soup, flavored with musk ox tenderloins, steaming with heat—a luxury seldom enjoyed in our camps—next went down with warming, satisfying gulps. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z Three days later, the party dragging a sled laden with pemmican reached a snow-house, where they found Brainard and his friends returning. The Greater Republic A History of the United States I didn't know there was a mouthful of anything to eat on this sledge, and here I've just found about five pounds of pemmican. Harper's Round Table, July 2, 1895 In the middle of the day we generally had a rest and something to eat—as a rule, bread-and-butter, with a little pemmican or liver pâté. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Sunday, 27th.On the 27th the weather was calm; but as a heavy surf prevented our embarkation, we took advantage of the delay to dry our bedding, clothes, and pemmican. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea The bird peered about, espied the luring bait, descended with a flutter of wings, pecked the pemmican. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z In the lee of an island Marcel made camp and boiled life-giving tea,—the panacea of the north—and pemmican, on a hot fire, which soon revived the frozen Hunter. The Whelps of the Wolf It does seem to me the very best pemmican that was ever put up, too, and I only wonder that we didn't eat it long ago. Harper's Round Table, July 2, 1895 The dogs were at one of our precious pemmican grips last night; they have torn off a corner of the bag and eaten some of its contents, but happily not much. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 The whole of the pemmican in the Union, and some of that in the Dolphin, was wet on this occasion. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea In this shape it was an extremely useful thing for us, for it took the place of pemmican on our less urgent journeys. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z There he obtained from Jules five days' rations of whitefish for the dogs, and some pemmican, hard bread and tea. The Whelps of the Wolf That evening they ate all that remained of their pemmican, excepting a small bit that was reserved for Nel-te's breakfast. Harper's Round Table, July 2, 1895 This pemmican, however, proved to be rather an unfortunate invention; even the dogs would not eat it after they had tasted it once or twice. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 One of them showed his honesty, by returning some arrows, and a piece of a pemmican bag, that we had left at our last resting-place. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea After partaking of a boulder of pemmican, E-tuk-i-shook went east and I west to examine the lead of water for a safe crossing. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z Then, hot tea, bread and pemmican spurred the fighting heart of Marcel with hope. The Whelps of the Wolf This was how he contracted small-pox, and the reason his companions were forced to leave him to fight death for himself with a little supply of pemmican and some bannocks as his sole backers. Seeds of Pine The chocolate had been dissolved by the damp, and no longer existed; and the pemmican—well, it had a strange appearance, and when we tasted it—ugh! Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 The Lion and Reliance received thirty-two bags of pemmican, and two of grease, with sufficient arrow-root, &c., to make their supply proportionate to that of the eastern party. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea Melting some snow, we drank the icy liquid as an eye-opener, and began our ration of a half-pound boulder of pemmican. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z The three prospectors sat down around the fire, and in order to overhear what they might say while they munched at the tough pemmican, Thad crept closer to the vine screen. The Boy Scouts in the Rockies or the Secret of the Hidden Silver Mine The pemmican now used is of moose or caribou beef. The Story of the Trapper The smoking hot lobscouse, made of pemmican and the last of our potatoes, was delicious, and we sat inside the tent and kicked the bare grit under us to our heart’s content. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Their lading was now increased by the bales already mentioned, as well as by several bags of pemmican, which Mr. Keith had stored up for our use. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea The pemmican, which we really found too hard to eat, had to be first broken into pieces with an axe. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z Bits of buffalo meat, old bones, odds and ends of waste, shreds of pemmican, or gollops of stew—the bulge took them all and still had room for more. Dusty Star On all long trips by dog train or canoe, pemmican made of buffalo meat and marrow put in air-tight bags was the standard food. The Story of the Trapper Mix pemmican with flour and water, boil and stir till it thickens, and the result will be ‘robbiboo.’ Frontier Boys in the South Seas We left in his charge five bags of pemmican, and the superfluous stores, to lighten the boats. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea A brick of pemmican was next taken out and the teeth were set to grind on this bone-like substance. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z Dusty Star was squatting with Kiopo at the back of the tepee, watching his mother making pemmican, when this yellow vision peered in upon them through the opening. Dusty Star Two dollars worth of tobacco would buy a thousand pounds of "jerked" buffalo meat, and a few gaudy trinkets for a squaw all the pemmican white men could use. The Story of the Trapper Then he gave them another bit, while Norman opened one of the cans of pemmican. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 There would be no dried meat for pemmican; no caches of roots or berries; no packed fish; no smoked tongue; no backfat—nothing. The Plow-Woman The dogs, which had joined the chorus of gladness, were given an extra lump of pemmican. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z He got up softly, took his bow and arrows, and a strip of pemmican that was handy, and passed stealthily out of the tepee. Dusty Star And somewhere, in side pockets or hanging down his back, is his skipertogan—a skin bag with amulet against evil, matches, touchwood, and a scrap of pemmican. The Story of the Trapper Wasting no words, he merely stepped back to unbuckle the shaggy pony, and at the ensuing noonday meal Arthur for the first time tasted the wilderness preserve called 'pemmican.' Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement “The Indians always used to carry pemmican along with them, to munch on when going into the enemy’s country where a fire would endanger their lives,” announced Toby. Jack Winters' Campmates Then the breakfast ration of pemmican must be divided. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z We munched the last of our pemmican dry. few minutes after we had started on the last morning, Ray stopped suddenly. Astounding Stories, April, 1931 He has had nothing to eat but the piece of pemmican. The Story of the Trapper Of course, it was easy to arrange the money that way, and possible to make bundles of robes, bridles, beadwork, buckskin, pemmican, and weapons. The Preacher of Cedar Mountain A Tale of the Open Country I had about 600 pounds of pemmican and 200 pounds of bread brought up from the hold to-day and stowed on the forecastle. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I The two slumberers are given a thump, and their eyes open to the stone-like pemmican. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z We felt immensely better after a reckless, generous fill of hot pemmican stew; but the next morning my feet were so painful from frost-bite that I could hardly get on my fur boots. Astounding Stories, April, 1931 Six hundred bags of pemmican were seized and carried to Brandon House. The Red River Colony A Chronicle of the Beginnings of Manitoba Great stores of pemmican, some eight tons, together with suitable boats and experienced crews, were sent in June 1847 to Hudson Bay, ready for an expedition along the northern coast. Adventurers of the Far North A Chronicle of the Frozen Seas There were exactly twenty pounds of pemmican—two pounds a man for a three months' trip back. Pioneers of the Pacific Coast A Chronicle of Sea Rovers and Fur Hunters Between yawns the teeth are set to grind the pemmican. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z Harness and carts repaired and more pemmican bought, the travellers crossed the Qu'Appelle river in a Hudson's Bay scow, paying toll of fifty cents a cart. The Cariboo Trail A Chronicle of the Gold-fields of British Columbia The party journeyed in five boats, and had with them twenty-two bales of furs and six hundred bags of pemmican. The Red River Colony A Chronicle of the Beginnings of Manitoba A few bits of food were found and a box quarter full of pemmican. The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras The buffalo are all gone now, and, in fact, we don’t get much pemmican any more. The Young Alaskans on the Trail This was followed by a few strips of frozen fresh meat, then by a block of pemmican. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z Not far from Moose Lake the last bag of pemmican was eaten. The Cariboo Trail A Chronicle of the Gold-fields of British Columbia The evening repast was composed of fresh meat, pemmican, and hot tea. A Winter Amid the Ice and Other Thrilling Stories That morning they had to go without breakfast; of the pemmican and the salt meat nothing was left. The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras “I know that’s the way the Indians dry the pemmican that they use in the winter for food.” The Banner Boy Scouts Snowbound A Tour on Skates and Iceboats Our steady diet of pemmican, tea and biscuits was not entirely satisfactory. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z "Made entirely of fish food, sugar, pemmican, and cassava," he said modestly. The Gay Rebellion They provided themselves, moreover, with a large quantity of "pemmican," an Indian preparation which concentrates a great deal of nutrition within a small volume. A Winter Amid the Ice and Other Thrilling Stories Towards eleven o'clock everything was prepared for a meal; the canvas of the tent served as a cloth; the breakfast, consisting of pemmican, salt meat, tea and coffee, was set and soon devoured. The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras The lodge that he and Will inhabited was well stored with pemmican, with nuts and a good store of shelled corn. The Great Sioux Trail A Story of Mountain and Plain We pitched our tent, and silenced the dogs by blocks of pemmican. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z That boy's folks would give all us boys a dish of pemmican for the good deed he had performed. The Vanishing Race At last Sally, realizing his proud defiance of hunger, offered him a little lump of pemmican and a biscuit, and with a grunt he took it from her hands and ate it. Northern Lights By strict search they found a few chests of pemmican here and there, and two barrels of preserved meat, which had escaped destruction. The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras They made no stop at noon, merely eating a little pemmican, Will's share being handed to him by Inmutanka. The Great Sioux Trail A Story of Mountain and Plain Too tired and sleepy to wait for a cup of tea, we poured melted snow into our stomach and pounded the pemmican with an axe to ease the task of the jaws. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z Here the explorers collected as much food as they could, manufacturing with reindeer flesh what is known throughout North America as pemmican. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century The vast ice-hummocks had been his housing; pemmican, the raw flesh of fish, and even the fat and oil of seals had been his food. Northern Lights The packs consisted of old kettles, stale meat, old elk skins made into robes, parflesakes filled to the brim with pemmican, made of elk fat, choke cherries, and jerked elk half dried and half horsehair. The Sheep Eaters Nor was he allowed to leave until long after twilight, when, surprised to find how weary he was, he dragged his feet to the tepee of Inmutanka, where he had venison, pemmican and water. The Great Sioux Trail A Story of Mountain and Plain As a result of eating pemmican twenty years old, in 1895, Astrup was disabled by poisoning, due to Peary's carelessness in furnishing poisoned food. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z The pemmican prepared from eighty reindeer and the fish obtained in Winter River both run short before the expedition was able to proceed. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century We shall need neither sleeping bags nor furs nor pemmican. The Boy Scouts on the Yukon Why should any one haul canned pemmican hundreds of miles into the greatest game country in the world? The Ascent of Denali (Mount McKinley) A Narrative of the First Complete Ascent of the Highest Peak in North America At noon they ate pemmican, and, after a rest of a half hour, pushed on again. The Great Sioux Trail A Story of Mountain and Plain Back to the bags; cracking ice; the breaking and separating ice and the crevasse episode; in a bag and in water; ice-water and pemmican; masks of ice. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z One of the principal sources of subsistence of these frontier people in their long journeys through uninhabited regions was pemmican. The History of Minnesota and Tales of the Frontier As the tent was a very small one, Marengo's sledge, with the utensils and pemmican bags, was always left outside close by the opening. Popular Adventure Tales We made our own pemmican of the choice parts of this tender, juicy meat and we never lost appetite for it or failed to enjoy and assimilate it. The Ascent of Denali (Mount McKinley) A Narrative of the First Complete Ascent of the Highest Peak in North America The Sioux began to strengthen their lodges and to accumulate stores of pemmican. The Great Sioux Trail A Story of Mountain and Plain Upon these and our little pemmican we can possibly survive for 20 days. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z It is also pounded with the fat of the animal, and converted into pemmican—an especially nutritious food, which, if kept dry, will continue in good order for several years. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America Some tribes of North American Indians used to store their corn, and even their dried meat and pemmican, in similar underground holes, which the French backwoodsmen called caches. Chatterbox, 1906 With this pemmican and this extract of caribou, a package of erbswurst and a cupful of rice, we concocted every night the stew which was our main food in the higher regions. The Ascent of Denali (Mount McKinley) A Narrative of the First Complete Ascent of the Highest Peak in North America The food varied according to the season, ranging from pemmican and moose-muffle—which is the nose of the moose—to venison and beaver, many kinds of fowl, and fresh and salted fish. The Cryptogram A Story of Northwest Canada Stopped by signs of storm; tried to build igloo but wind prevented; in a collapsed tent for 24 hours; eat only half ration of pemmican. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z The carts bring in the slaughtered animals to the camp, when the squaws set to work, aided by the men, to cut them up, and prepare them for drying and for making pemmican. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America Food, high in calories and small in bulk, was a necessity on their excursions and nourishing pemmican high in protein quickly replaced the cloying and messy candybar. Greener Than You Think But the immediate cause of the failure was the mistake of relying upon canned pemmican for the main food supply. The Ascent of Denali (Mount McKinley) A Narrative of the First Complete Ascent of the Highest Peak in North America A hurried meal was taken, and each warrior furnishing himself with a supply of pemmican for several days, we immediately set off. The Story of Nelson also "The Grateful Indian", "The Boatswain's Son" This consisted chiefly of pemmican, which is frozen or dried reindeer-flesh kneaded with the fat into a kind of paste. Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold One pound of pemmican is considered equal to four pounds of ordinary meat,—and it keeps for years, perfectly good, exposed to any weather. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America The undignified days of Miss Francis and Le ffaçasé faded from my mind and I was aware of the grass only as a cause for selling our excellent pemmican. Greener Than You Think Most fortunately, the food provided especially for the high-mountain work had not yet been taken to the cache, and our pemmican, erbswurst, chocolate, compressed tea, and figs were safe. The Ascent of Denali (Mount McKinley) A Narrative of the First Complete Ascent of the Highest Peak in North America It is now called pemmican, from pemmi, meat, and ken, fat, in the Cree language. The Story of Nelson also "The Grateful Indian", "The Boatswain's Son" Okématan occupied himself in stirring the contents of the large kettle, and occasionally devouring a mouthful of pemmican uncooked. The Buffalo Runners A Tale of the Red River Plains This, with the marrow, is pounded together with the dried flesh, and makes the best kind of pemmican—a food of the greatest value to the hunter. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America I didnt know what pemmican was and I didnt particularly care, but if a man could invest at 1/16 he could double his money overnight when it rose to 1/8. Greener Than You Think When our travellers began to feel hungry a fire was quickly kindled, a kettle of tea prepared, and a hearty lunch of cold meat or pemmican was eaten and washed down with the strong tea. Oowikapun How the Gospel Reached the Nelson River Indians As the tent was a very small one, Marengo’s sledge, with the utensils and pemmican bags, was always left outside close by the opening. The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North It passed, however, and the pair went on smoking with placid contentment, for they had but recently had a “square” meal of pemmican and flour. The Buffalo Runners A Tale of the Red River Plains There were pemmican from England, potatoes from the Mediterranean, cranberry juice from Finland. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole Let's lay in our pemmican, and hustle back for a seat in the parquet circle. Miss Pat at School Their breakfast consisted of pemmican and boiling tea; the latter beverage comforted the cold wayfarers. The English at the North Pole Part I of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras On the pemmican which they made from these buffaloes they depended for their winter's food. Old Fort Snelling 1819-1858 “Whenever you have finished breakfast we must start off home,” said Davidson, helping Elspie to some of the much-needed and not yet warmed soup, which was quickly made by mixing pemmican with flour and water. The Buffalo Runners A Tale of the Red River Plains No white man could ever make pemmican right. Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History Among the provisions we had purchased was a quantity of pemmican placed on the top. Adventures in the Far West They picked up all the pemmican and biscuit that was still eatable. The English at the North Pole Part I of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras In this state it is often made up into packs, and sent about the country to be consumed as dried meat; but when pemmican is wanted, it has to go through another process. Hudson Bay “No, nothing,” answered Perrin, breaking off a piece of pemmican and putting it into the pot. The Buffalo Runners A Tale of the Red River Plains Preparatory to quitting their sledge, the men had loaded themselves with eight pounds of pemmican and two of biscuit, besides the artificial horizon, sextant, and compass, a rifle, and a boathook. The Ocean and its Wonders Off they went, several of the rascals carrying bags of pemmican or of flour, or packages of hams in their mouths. Adventures in the Far West Some remains of food were drawn out, and a case a quarter full of pemmican. The English at the North Pole Part I of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras While there, a couple of Indians visited us, and gave us an immense trout in exchange for some pemmican. Hudson Bay They returned from the plains rejoicing,—their carts heavily laden with buffalo-robes and innumerable bags of pemmican. The Buffalo Runners A Tale of the Red River Plains The small allowance of pemmican with which he had set out had long ago been consumed. The Giant of the North Pokings Round the Pole Had his tribe been alone he would have moved westward to escape from them, as his object at present was to kill buffalo, and lay in a winter store of pemmican. Adventures in the Far West In another we prepared that thick soup so familiar to the Nor’-wester, composed of pemmican and flour, which is known by the name of robbiboo. The Big Otter With a few Indians encamped on this portage we exchanged a little pemmican for some excellent white-fish, a great treat to us after living so long on pemmican and tea. Hudson Bay We will load our cart with meat and pemmican, pay off all our debts, and spend a happy winter in Red River. The Buffalo Runners A Tale of the Red River Plains Alf replied by producing from his box a paper parcel which contained some of the required specimens in the shape of biscuit and pemmican. The Giant of the North Pokings Round the Pole We therefore remained in camp, both for my sake, and Charley’s; while all hands were employed in manufacturing pemmican. Adventures in the Far West The débris of supper lay around them—scraps of pemmican, pannikins, spoons, knives, and the broken shells of teal-duck eggs which, having been picked up some time before, had gone bad. The Big Otter The breakfast consisted solely of pemmican and flour, boiled into the sort of thick soup dignified by the name of robbiboo. Hudson Bay She placed before him the robbiboo, or pemmican, soup, which the seaman had so grievously misnamed. The Buffalo Runners A Tale of the Red River Plains “Make matches or firewood of it,” said Benjy just as he was about to stop up his impudent mouth with a lump of pemmican. The Giant of the North Pokings Round the Pole The flesh of the buffaloes having by this time been cut up and turned into pemmican, no small portion having been eaten by the Indians, both they and we were ready to recommence our march. Adventures in the Far West A frozen bird thrown to each of the dogs, and a junk of equally frozen pemmican cut out of the bag with a hatchet for the travellers, formed the repast. The Big Otter In this state a bag of pemmican will keep fresh and good for years. Away in the Wilderness “Look here, daddy,” she said, holding up a bit of pemmican about the size of a hen’s egg. The Buffalo Runners A Tale of the Red River Plains “I’ll catch one of these rascals,” said Harry, as he saw them jump unceremoniously into and out of the pemmican bag. The Young Fur Traders “You have plenty strong moccasins ready, have you not?” asked Nazinred, “and pemmican, and dried meat?” The Walrus Hunters A Romance of the Realms of Ice I’m not quite ready for it, being still engaged with the pemmican. The Big Otter Five years later some travellers discovered this pemmican, and it was found, at that time, to be fit for food. Away in the Wilderness Some of it, however, was dried and stored away in bales; while a small quantity was pounded after being dried, made into pemmican, and reserved for future journeys. Ungava Throw on that billet, like a good fellow, and spit those grouse, while I cut some pemmican and prepare the tea.” The Young Fur Traders With his usually observant nature, our Indian looked keenly about him while cooking his pemmican, noting every particular with an intelligent eye. The Walrus Hunters A Romance of the Realms of Ice “Gross creature!” he repeated some time afterwards with a pleasant smile of intense enjoyment, as he sat in front of the blaze sipping a can of hot tea, and devouring pemmican and biscuit with avidity. The Big Otter Pots, pans, kettles, and pemmican bags were tossed into the boats, and in the course of half-an-hour they were ready to continue the voyage. Away in the Wilderness On the table was spread a solid lump of excellent pemmican—excellent, because made by the fair hands of Mrs Stanley. Ungava Fetch it, please, and we’ll have real pemmican curry; and rouse up my lazy girls as you pass. The Red Man's Revenge A Tale of The Red River Flood Indeed, they did not dare to venture on a large one while near the enemy’s country, and usually contented themselves with a supper of cold, uncooked pemmican. The Prairie Chief “That is true,” said I, attacking the pemmican with a small hatchet; “yet have I seen these same scoffers at careful cookery doing ample and appreciative justice to the mess when cooked.” The Big Otter Their contents were flour and pemmican, made into a thick soup called Rubbiboo. Away in the Wilderness This took at least a quarter of an hour to do, and during the interval she endeavoured to allay her impatience by packing up a few mouthfuls of pemmican and biscuit. Ungava They carried with them a small amount of pemmican, about half rations, trusting to meet with something to shoot on the way. The Red Man's Revenge A Tale of The Red River Flood Most of the other women in the camp were at the place where the buffalo were being cut up and dried and converted into pemmican. The Prairie Chief “No,” said I, glancing at the contents of my wallet, “there is enough of biscuit and pemmican to give us a light meal.” The Big Otter As pemmican is a kind of food but little known in this country, I may as well describe how it is made. Away in the Wilderness “Tankee, sur,” said the giant, extending his cup with one hand, while with the other he forced into his capacious mouth as much pemmican as it could hold. Ungava “I expect his father here this evening from Fort Garry, where he went in the morning for some pemmican.” The Red Man's Revenge A Tale of The Red River Flood This style of pemmican will keep fresh for years. The Pioneers Having my wallet on my back I took out some biscuit and pemmican and ate it as I walked. The Big Otter Such is the bison, or buffalo, from which pemmican is made. Away in the Wilderness Our bottles were empty, our fresh animal food exhausted; and we were afraid to eat the salt pemmican, for fear of still further increasing the thirst from which we were suffering. Twice Lost He was engaged in frying a mess of pemmican and flour, of which provender he had secured enough to stand a siege of at least six months’ duration. The Red Man's Revenge A Tale of The Red River Flood “Now, lads,” said Mackenzie, when the canoe brought ashore the welcome provisions, “set the women to work to make pemmican, for we must leave a supply concealed here against our return.” The Pioneers Having given Laurence the articles he mentioned, with a handful of pemmican from his wallet, he hastened down the hill, in the direction the wolf had taken along the valley. The Trapper's Son When a man wishes to make a bag of pemmican, he first of all kills the buffalo—not an easy thing to do by any means, for the buffalo runs well. Away in the Wilderness I advise you also to munch a little biscuit and pemmican; you’ll get it down in time, though at first you may find it difficult to swallow.” Twice Lost Probably our readers are aware that pemmican is made of dried buffalo meat pounded to shreds and mixed with melted fat. The Red Man's Revenge A Tale of The Red River Flood Louis Blanc superintended the making of this pemmican, which consisted of fish dried in the sun and pounded between two stones. The Pioneers The only provision they took with them was a good supply of pemmican; but they had an abundance of ammunition, knowing that they might depend for their support on the animals they might shoot. The Trapper's Son The last operation is to sew up the mouth of the bag and leave it to cool, after which the pemmican is ready for use. Away in the Wilderness “Then let us sit down under it and be thankful; and now we’ll eat some pemmican and biscuit,” exclaimed my companion, “and get a little strength into our bodies.” Twice Lost Chatting and merry laughter resounded on all sides, for pemmican and bales of dried meat meant money, and they were coining it fast. The Red Man's Revenge A Tale of The Red River Flood At this place two bags of pemmican were concealed on an island, and here one of their leads was lost in taking soundings. The Pioneers The pemmican, or pounded buffalo meat, further restored his strength, and he began to think that he would follow in the direction his father had taken, to save him from having to ascend the hill. The Trapper's Son We had exhausted the remainder of our pemmican and dried meat at the last, meal we had taken at noon, having given Bouncer a larger portion than usual. Snow Shoes and Canoes The Early Days of a Fur-Trader in the Hudson Bay Territory We ate a little more pemmican and biscuit, though I had the greatest difficulty in swallowing my share. Twice Lost The robbiboo referred to was a sort of thick soup made of pemmican boiled with flour. The Red Man's Revenge A Tale of The Red River Flood Jules, stuffing some pemmican and bread into his pouch, without loss of a moment set off. The Frontier Fort Stirring Times in the N-West Territory of British America “Yes, poor fellow, you shall have it,” he answered, in a tone of commiseration, taking from his wallet some pemmican, which I ate with a keen relish. Dick Onslow Among the Redskins He advised also that we should try to manufacture some pemmican, which, though not equal to that of buffalo, would make nutritious food. Snow Shoes and Canoes The Early Days of a Fur-Trader in the Hudson Bay Territory Our fish had come to an end, our last handful of pemmican was exhausted, and for a whole day we had no food except a few berries. Afar in the Forest They merely shot a few ducks to save their pemmican. The Red Man's Revenge A Tale of The Red River Flood The travellers spent the evening with their new friends, the hunters, who, as soon as the buffalo they had last killed had been turned into pemmican, intended to return to the Red River. The Frontier Fort Stirring Times in the N-West Territory of British America We were fortunate in killing several turkeys and prairie-hens, so that we were able to husband our dried pemmican, at the same time that we fed sumptuously. Dick Onslow Among the Redskins We supped off pemmican, refraining from lighting a fire lest it might betray our position. Snow Shoes and Canoes The Early Days of a Fur-Trader in the Hudson Bay Territory Having eaten a little more pemmican, we formed our beds of spruce-fir tops, and lay down to rest. Afar in the Forest A few minutes sufficed to get the canoe ready and roll up their blankets, during the performance of which operations they each ate several substantial mouthfuls of pemmican. The Red Man's Revenge A Tale of The Red River Flood This fruit is much prized by the Indians, and frequently used, mixed with dried meat, in the manufacture of their finest pemmican. Three Boys in the Wild North Land Off we set, with a little pemmican and bread in our pockets, and our rifles and long poles in our hands, fully expecting some good sport. Dick Onslow Among the Redskins Several horses having been sent for, the pemmican and fresh meat were packed on them, and we set off on our return to the Cree camp. Snow Shoes and Canoes The Early Days of a Fur-Trader in the Hudson Bay Territory It is also cut into strips and dried in the sun; or it is pounded up with the fat and converted into pemmican. Afar in the Forest Then the pemmican began to wax low, for in their anxiety to push on they neglected to hunt. The Red Man's Revenge A Tale of The Red River Flood While the men went to kill the buffalo the women had to go also to dry and pack the meat and to make pemmican. Three Boys in the Wild North Land This, with some pemmican and flat cakes, made us a capital dinner. By Canoe and Dog-Train "We will dry, and smoke some of it, or turn it into pemmican." A Mating in the Wilds Fortunately there was plenty of fresh herbage, and we allowed the animals to crop it, while we sat down and discussed some of the pemmican with which, by Mike’s forethought, we had provided ourselves. Afar in the Forest Each sledge is loaded with about two hundred and fifty pounds of provisions, consisting of pemmican, biscuits, tea, and alcohol. A Negro Explorer at the North Pole Gather full store for the pemmican bags, Garner the booty of warriors bold. Lords of the North Throw me out a blanket and a piece of pemmican, and leave me here. By Canoe and Dog-Train Then we will make pemmican," she said smiling, "or rather I shall. A Mating in the Wilds “But will our pemmican last us as long?” Afar in the Forest Have had our evening meal of travel-rations; pemmican, biscuits, and tea and condensed milk, which was eaten with a relish. A Negro Explorer at the North Pole It also meant that all the upper posts of the Nor'westers—the fur posts of Athabasca and British Columbia, which depended on pemmican for food—would be without adequate provisions. Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom I bent down the tree, and found the large piece of pemmican. By Canoe and Dog-Train "But what has that to do with us, Frank; we have no pemmican in camp, have we?" The Outdoor Chums at Cabin Point or The Golden Cup Mystery They killed as many of the buffalo as they wished and after the fashion of the more northerly Indians reduced the meat to pemmican. The Young Trailers A Story of Early Kentucky American Indian: maize, moccasin, pemmican, potato, tobacco, tomahawk, tomato, wigwam. New Word-Analysis Or, School Etymology of English Derivative Words He built no fire that evening, but shared a slab of pemmican with Brave, and they huddled together under the bearskin robe. The Keeper We caught some trout of considerable size with our lines, and a few white fish in the nets, which maintained us, with a little assistance from the pemmican. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 2 The most material stores we received did not amount, in addition to our own, to more than two barrels of powder, a keg of spirits, and two pieces of tobacco, with pemmican for sixteen days. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 1 They included canned vegetables, potatoes, hominy, rhubarb, pemmican, tea, and coffee. The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club The best pemmican was made from buffalo meat, and 2 lb. of buffalo pemmican was considered equal to 2 1/2 lb. of moose or 3 lb. of caribou pemmican. The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure They rested for a long time, and Raud got a slab of pemmican from the pack and divided it with Brave. The Keeper Several deer were seen, but could not be approached in this naked country; and as our stock of pemmican did not admit of serving out two meals, we went dinnerless to bed. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 2 However, Mr. Mac Leod agreed to send a canoe after us to the Methye Portage, with the pemmican, and we calculated that the diminution of our provision would there enable us to receive it. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 1 The Cape Richardson party returned on the evening of the 19th, and was sent out again on the 21st, nineteen Eskimos and twenty-two sledges, to take 6,600 pounds of dog pemmican to Porter Bay. The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club That man of weight and might, our old friend Chief Factor Belanger, once served out to thirteen men a sack of pemmican weighing ninety pounds. The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure Finally, he got up and ate some of his pemmican, gathered his gear and broke camp. The Keeper As there was no appearance of increasing our stock of provision, the allowance was limited to a handful of pemmican, and a small portion of portable soup to each man per day. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 2 The pemmican is then firmly pressed into leathern bags, each capable of containing eighty-five pounds, and being placed in an airy place to cool, is fit for use. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 1 Bartlett and Marvin started off with the pickaxes as soon as they had finished their morning tea and pemmican, and their divisions, with Borup and his division, followed as soon as their sledges were stowed. The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club By all means pemmican," replied the Chief Factor, "and give each dog a pound a day. The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure Women were pounding the buffalo meat into pemmican for the raiders. Pathfinders of the West Being the Thrilling Story of the Adventures of the Men Who Discovered the Great Northwest: Radisson, La Vérendrye, Lewis and Clark The pounded meat and fat were converted into pemmican, preparatory to our voyage. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 2 The mode of making pemmican is very simple, the meat is dried by the Indians in the sun, or over a fire, and pounded by beating it with stones when spread on a skin. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 1 As soon as we had eaten our usual breakfast of pemmican, biscuit, and tea, Henson, Ootah, and Keshungwah, with three sledges and twenty-five dogs, got away on Bartlett's trail. The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club In the pouches of the caribou coat was only pemmican; but my hand crushed against a softness in the inner waistcoat. Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade Radisson had neither gun nor hatchet, and the Indians left him only ten pounds of pemmican. Pathfinders of the West Being the Thrilling Story of the Adventures of the Men Who Discovered the Great Northwest: Radisson, La Vérendrye, Lewis and Clark The beach furnished no drift wood, and we dispensed with our usual meal rather than expend our pemmican. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 2 Under the name of meesasscootoomeena it is a favourite dish at most of the Indian feasts, and mixed with pemmican, it renders that greasy food actually palatable. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 1 The daily allowance of pemmican and biscuit I could not increase. The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club By the time we had changed our footgear the savoury smell of the pemmican proclaimed that breakfast was ready. South with Scott Ten starving men on a barbarous coast had exactly twenty pounds of pemmican, fifteen of rice, six of flour. Pathfinders of the West Being the Thrilling Story of the Adventures of the Men Who Discovered the Great Northwest: Radisson, La Vérendrye, Lewis and Clark Having walked twelve miles and a half, we encamped at seven P.M., and distributed our last piece of pemmican, and a little arrow-root for supper, which afforded but a scanty meal. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 2 The Crees call it tawquoy-meena, and esteemed it to be when dried and bruised a good addition to pemmican. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 1 The parties were to use the regular arctic ration of tea, pemmican, and biscuit, unless they found game, in which case they were to use fresh meat for both men and dogs. The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club Out at 5.45, and then after a yarn with Captain Scott and our welcome pemmican, tea and biscuit. South with Scott All winter the men joined in the buffalo hunts, laying up store of pemmican. Pathfinders of the West Being the Thrilling Story of the Adventures of the Men Who Discovered the Great Northwest: Radisson, La Vérendrye, Lewis and Clark Drift wood had become very scarce, and we found none near the encampment; a fire, however, was not required, as we served out pemmican for supper, and the evening was unusually warm. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 2 The food was prepared by the chief's wife, and consisted of marrow pemmican, berries boiled with fat, and various other delicacies that had been preserved for the occasion. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 1 Morning and night we had pemmican, biscuit and tea, and the pioneer or leading party had tea and lunch in the middle of the day's march. The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club You will depart from Butter Point with provision as under: 11 weeks' pemmican. South with Scott He showed the white men also how to make pemmican, the compressed meat ration of native hunters, and how to construct and use a birch canoe, a pair of snowshoes, and a fire-drill. Days of the Discoverers On the 23d the last of our winter's stock of deer's meat was expended, and we were compelled to issue a little pounded meat which we had reserved for making pemmican for summer use. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 2 On the 8th two men arrived, and informed us, that they had brought us our ten bags of pemmican, from Isle à la Crosse, but that they were found to be rotten. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 1 It was merely because none of the ship's food seemed to have the satisfying effect of pemmican, and I could not seem to hold enough to satisfy my appetite. The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club Needless to say, the sharp air had keened our appetites, and we were all eager for the fragrant smelling pemmican. South with Scott In 1883, however, a little pemmican found its way to Winnipeg, where it sold at 15 cents per pound; an exceedingly high price. The Extermination of the American Bison At three P.M. we halted within nine miles of the Salt River, and made a hearty meal of mouldy pemmican. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 2 Our people had selected two bags of pemmican less mouldy than the rest, which they left on the beach. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 1 It was a change for them from the pemmican diet. The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club The pemmican consisted of the finest beef extract, with 60 per cent. pure fat, and it cooked up into a thick tasty soup. South with Scott If the fat used in this process is that taken from the parts containing the udder, the meat is called fine pemmican. The Extermination of the American Bison The fresh meat being expended, a little pemmican was served out this evening. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 2 In order to supply food at Fort Douglas Pambrun started down the river to reach the Fort by descending the Assiniboine with five boat loads of pemmican and furs. The Romantic Settlement of Lord Selkirk's Colonists The Pioneers of Manitoba In order not to disturb Bartlett, we camped a hundred yards distant, put up our igloos as quietly as possible, and turned in, after our usual supper of pemmican, biscuit, and tea. The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club When four miles on our homeward journey the wind dropped to a calm, and at 10.30 we had some pemmican and tea, having covered nine and a half miles according to our sledge meter. South with Scott For all that, and despite its resemblance in flavor to Liebig’s Extract of Beef, it is quite good, and better to the taste than ordinary pemmican. The Extermination of the American Bison Our breakfast diminished our provision to two bags of pemmican, and a single meal of dried meat. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 2 But though the orders to prepare for the Colonists had been sent on in good time,83 there was not a single bag of pemmican or any other article of provision awaiting the hapless settlers. The Romantic Settlement of Lord Selkirk's Colonists The Pioneers of Manitoba Mr. Lewis immediately despatched two men with some pemmican, to meet him; the aid came too late,—they found the monster roasting a part of his last child at the fire. Notes of a Twenty-Five Years' Service in the Hudson's Bay Territory Volume II. Following the pemmican and biscuit came a fine brew of cocoa. South with Scott It is quite evident from the testimony of disinterested travelers that ordinary pemmican was not very palatable to one unaccustomed to it as a regular article of food. The Extermination of the American Bison We had the mortification to discover that two of the bags of pemmican, which was our principal reliance, had become mouldy by wet. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 2 Their prisoner Lieutenant Pambrun was taken with them and the captured pemmican was carried along as supplies for the journey. The Romantic Settlement of Lord Selkirk's Colonists The Pioneers of Manitoba Hot tea was made, and pemmican and hardtack served out. A Man's Woman Uncle Bill had a fine pemmican supper awaiting us. South with Scott In 1881 he saw many Cree Indians at Fort Qu’Appelle in a starving condition, and there was no pemmican or buffalo meat at the fort. The Extermination of the American Bison On the 23d, the men were busily employed in making their trains, and in pounding the meat for pemmican. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 2 The hunt is just over as we reach the Settlement, and every day carts come in laden with the buffalo meat, hides, and pemmican. The Romantic Settlement of Lord Selkirk's Colonists The Pioneers of Manitoba He had more buffalo robes and more pemmican than any other man in the village. Stories of American Life and Adventure Here he would often sit and help Meares make dog pemmican out of seal meat—they made about 8 cwt. of this sustaining preparation. South with Scott In some cases, dried fruits, such as the prairie pear and cherry, are intermixed, which forms what is called seed pemmican. The Extermination of the American Bison Pemmican is at no time a delicacy; but pemmican flavoured with skunk was more than I could attempt. The Great Lone Land A Narrative of Travel and Adventure in the North-West of America A quantity of meat went into surprisingly little pemmican. The Silent Places After lingering for two days, the Indians stole a bag of chopped buffalo meat, or pemmican, and an old gun. Stories of American Life and Adventure How we watched Bowers cook that extra thick pemmican. South with Scott A bundle of dried meat weighs 60 to 70 pounds, and a bag of pemmican 100 to 110 pounds. The Extermination of the American Bison I had got a canoe and five stout English half-breeds, blankets, pemmican, tea, flour, and biscuit. The Great Lone Land A Narrative of Travel and Adventure in the North-West of America The invariable diet was meat, tea, and pemmican. The Silent Places They also brought back pemmican, which is made by chopping buffalo meat very fine, and mixing it with the tallow from the animal. Stories of American Life and Adventure The pemmican is chopped out with an axe, when required. The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries This was probably the last buffalo pemmican made. The Extermination of the American Bison Our stock of provisions, too, was not such as would admit of much delay; pemmican and dried meat we had none, and flour, tea, and grease were all that remained to us. The Great Lone Land A Narrative of Travel and Adventure in the North-West of America Three times a day they boiled tea and devoured the little square of pemmican. The Silent Places They put a few cranberries in with the meat to give the pemmican a good taste. Stories of American Life and Adventure Part of the pemmican was mixed with Zante currants, and another part with sugar. The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries Pemmican.—Out of the enormous waste of good buffalo flesh one product stands forth as a redeeming feature—pemmican. The Extermination of the American Bison He could devour quantities of pemmican any number of times during the day, and be hungry still. The Great Lone Land A Narrative of Travel and Adventure in the North-West of America They still further reduced the ration of pemmican. The Silent Places When it got cold, the pemmican sack was almost as hard as a stone. Stories of American Life and Adventure A traveller who desired to furnish himself with pemmican might procure his supplies from thence. The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries A handful of pemmican was sufficient food to constitute a meal when provisions were at all scarce. The Extermination of the American Bison As the word pemmican is one which may figure frequently in these pages, a few words explanatory of it may be useful. The Great Lone Land A Narrative of Travel and Adventure in the North-West of America Perhaps her share of the pemmican would bring them to their quarry. The Silent Places The bags of pemmican were placed upon the sledges, and the bread in the boats, with the intention of securing the latter from wet; but this plan we were soon obliged to relinquish. Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 2 It was next mixed with nearly an equal weight of melted beef, suet, or lard; and the plain pemmican was made. The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries So they took down to the piskun1 pemmican and nice back fat and placed it there, and many of them hid close by. Blackfeet Indian Stories I can only reply, "Like pemmican," there is nothing else in the world that bears to it the slightest resemblance. The Great Lone Land A Narrative of Travel and Adventure in the North-West of America Now it came to the point where they could no longer afford to eat their pemmican. The Silent Places We left Sail Island with a fair wind and soon afterwards arrived at a depot situated on Swampy Lake where we received a supply of mouldy pemmican.* The Journey to the Polar Sea The pemmican, when complete, cost at the rate of 1x. u 1/2 d. per pound, but then the meat was only 6 3/4 d. per pound; it is dearer now. The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries He said to his youngest wife, "Take some back fat and pemmican over to your mother; she must be well fed now that she has to nurse this child." Blackfeet Indian Stories And now let us see what the "eaters of pemmican" proceeded to do after their forcible occupation of Fort Garry. The Great Lone Land A Narrative of Travel and Adventure in the North-West of America Some of the pemmican, a mere scrap, he left with Sam. The Silent Places We had the satisfaction however of exchanging the mouldy pemmican obtained at Swampy Lake for a better kind, and received moreover a small but very acceptable supply of fish. The Journey to the Polar Sea Fish "pemmican" was sun-dried fish ground to powder. Pioneers in Canada In compliance with my instructions, a case of pemmican was buried at this place. The New North We will make the balance swing level between the bag of pemmican and the blankets, but we will carry out the idea still further. The Great Lone Land A Narrative of Travel and Adventure in the North-West of America From time to time, at long intervals, he would taste the pemmican. The Silent Places The food was prepared by the chief's wife and consisted of marrow pemmican, berries boiled with fat, and various other delicacies that had been preserved for the occasion. The Journey to the Polar Sea The former are literary fodder; the latter are literary pemmican. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 64, February, 1863 That man of weight and might, our old friend, Chief-factor Belanger—drowned, alas, many years ago with young Simpson at Sea Falls—once served out to thirteen men a sack of pemmican weighing ninety pounds. Through the Mackenzie Basin A Narrative of the Athabasca and Peace River Treaty Expedition of 1899 The products-of the Saskatchewan proper principally consists of provisions, including pemmican and dry meat, buffalo robes and leather, linx, cat, and wolf skins. The Great Lone Land A Narrative of Travel and Adventure in the North-West of America Then he came back and got me:—I had a little pemmican and boiled my moccasins. The Silent Places The most material stores we received did not amount in addition to our own to more than two barrels of powder, a keg of spirits, and two pieces of tobacco, with pemmican for sixteen days. The Journey to the Polar Sea When mixed with fat, it forms the pemmican used by explorers in Arctic voyages. Science in the Kitchen. Deer and buffalo were numerous in the region, and, during the day, thirteen sacks of pemmican were made for the party from materials stored at the fort. Through the Mackenzie Basin A Narrative of the Athabasca and Peace River Treaty Expedition of 1899 Sometimes, when the stock of pemmican or robes is small, the braves object to see their "pile" go for a little parcel of tea or sugar. The Great Lone Land A Narrative of Travel and Adventure in the North-West of America And hour after hour he went on, eating a strip of pemmican when he grew hungry, and drinking in the spring coulées when he came to them, where the water was cold and clear. The Alaskan On the 8th two men arrived and informed us that they had brought us our ten bags of pemmican from Isle a la Crosse, but that they were found to be rotten. The Journey to the Polar Sea A thick camp soup with a basis of pemmican. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I The poor man went to his sister, and told her to give him some moccasins and some pemmican. Blackfoot Lodge Tales The Story of a Prairie People It is useless to tell them that such is not the case, they answer, "Where then does all the pemmican go to that you take away in your boats and in your carts?" The Great Lone Land A Narrative of Travel and Adventure in the North-West of America He breathed deeply, ate a breakfast of pemmican as he walked, and proceeded to make up lost time. The Alaskan It was fortunate for us that Mr. Franklin had desired ten bags of pemmican to be sent from the Saskatchewan across the plains to Isle a la Crosse for our use. The Journey to the Polar Sea We went to bed on a cup of cocoa and pemmican solid with the chill off. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I He said to his youngest wife, "Take some pemmican over to your mother; not much, just enough so that there will be plenty of milk for the child." Blackfoot Lodge Tales The Story of a Prairie People On the plains he receives a daily ration of 2 lbs. of pemmican. The Great Lone Land A Narrative of Travel and Adventure in the North-West of America Among the most portable kinds of solid food are pemmican, jerked meat, wheat flour, barley, peas, cheese, and biscuit. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 50, December, 1861 However Mr. McLeod agreed to send a canoe after us to the Methye Portage with the pemmican, and we calculated that the diminution of our provision would there enable us to receive it. The Journey to the Polar Sea We started march on tea and pemmican as last night—we pretend to prefer the pemmican this way. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I Then Old Man said, "Let me make the pemmican." Blackfoot Lodge Tales The Story of a Prairie People He was a miserable-looking wretch, but he ate enormous quantities of pemmican at every meal. The Great Lone Land A Narrative of Travel and Adventure in the North-West of America It seems to me to be all mixed up," said Amos. "like the fat and the lean in a bag of pemmican. The Refugees Our people had selected two bags of pemmican less mouldy than the rest which they left on the beach. The Journey to the Polar Sea At 9 we got up, deciding to have tea, and with one biscuit, no pemmican, so as to leave our scanty remaining meal for eventualities. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I Meantime, the tallow of the buffalo had been melted in a large kettle, and the pemmican bags prepared. Blackfoot Lodge Tales The Story of a Prairie People Clark led on ski, captaining a sledge with 400 lbs. of instruments, ammunition, pemmican, aleuronate bread; Mew followed, his sledge containing provisions only; and last came I, with a mixed freight. The Purple Cloud Nevertheless, the dumb-bell remains the one available form of home or office exercise: it is a whole athletic apparatus packed up in the smallest space; it is gymnastic pemmican. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 41, March, 1861 The rest of our winter's provision consisted of geese, salted in the autumn, and of dried meats and pemmican obtained from the provision posts on the plains of the Saskatchewan. The Journey to the Polar Sea We camped with difficulty last night, and were dreadfully cold till after our supper of cold pemmican and biscuit and a half a pannikin of cocoa cooked over the spirit. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I She also filled a small sack with pemmican, dried meat, and berries, and put it near the dog. Blackfoot Lodge Tales The Story of a Prairie People After a time I got up, went below in a state of somnambulism, took a packet of pemmican cakes, leapt to land, and went following the railway that runs from the Admiralty Pier. The Purple Cloud After eating a small quantity of pemmican, I made a very early start in the morning. Old Indian Days Mr. Isbester and an Orkney man joined us from Cumberland House and brought some pemmican that we had left behind, a supply which was very seasonable after our recent loss. The Journey to the Polar Sea The party went on a very simple food ration in different and extreme proportions; they took pemmican, butter, biscuit and tea only. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I So they put pemmican and nice back fat in the pis'kun, and many hid close by. Blackfoot Lodge Tales The Story of a Prairie People To cover a possible retreat a cache was made near our camp of thirty pounds of pemmican in tin cans and forty-five pounds of flour and some tea in a waterproof bag. The Long Labrador Trail Then I gave the horse his last ration of oats, and I ate the last of the pemmican that the Ree scouts had given me. Old Indian Days Under the name of meesasscootoomena it is a favourite dish at most of the Indian feasts and, mixed with pemmican, it renders that greasy food actually palatable. The Journey to the Polar Sea To-night we had a sort of stew fry of pemmican and horseflesh, and voted it the best hoosh we had ever had on a sledge journey. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I Food was placed before them,—pemmican of berries and dried back fat; and when they had eaten, a pipe was lighted. Blackfoot Lodge Tales The Story of a Prairie People The top of the can answered for a frying pan in which to melt our caribou tallow and pemmican when we wanted our ration hot, and as a plate. The Long Labrador Trail All partook of strong tea, dried meat of buffalo, and pemmican, a mixture of pounded dried meat with wild cherries and melted fat. Old Indian Days The mode of making pemmican is very simple, the meat is dried by the Indians in the sun or over a fire, and pounded by beating it with stones when spread on a skin. The Journey to the Polar Sea As they gathered round it, basking in the unaccustomed heat, and enjoying their hot coffee and biscuits and pemmican, they became quite cheerful, and forgot all their sufferings. The Field of Ice Part II of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras Many women came and made them presents of dried meat, pemmican, and berries. Blackfoot Lodge Tales The Story of a Prairie People This, with a small piece of pork, six pounds of pemmican, tea and a bit of tobacco was all that we had left in the way of provisions. The Long Labrador Trail Some of the tribes made a part of the capture into pemmican, which consists of dried and pulverized meat mixed with melted buffalo fat, which is baled in the hide of the animal. Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines The pemmican is then firmly pressed into leathern bags, each capable of containing eighty-five pounds and, being placed in an airy place to cool, is fit for use. The Journey to the Polar Sea Bell most opportunely chanced to shoot a white hare and several ptarmigans, which made an agreeable variety from the pemmican and salt meat. The Field of Ice Part II of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras Now, when they were about to eat, the Chief Wolf came along with many of his children, and one wolf said, "Let us make pemmican of those moose"; and every one was glad. Blackfoot Lodge Tales The Story of a Prairie People The thwarts, however, held fast in the overturned canoe a bag of pemmican, one other small bag, the tent and tent stove. The Long Labrador Trail The Base Camp, Coropuna, at 17,300 Feet Camping at 18,450 Feet on the Slopes of Coropuna For breakfast we had pemmican, hard-tack, pea soup and tea. Inca Land Explorations in the Highlands of Peru The Crees call it tawquoymeena, and esteemed it to be when dried and bruised a good addition to pemmican. The Journey to the Polar Sea About eleven o’clock, breakfast, or rather dinner, was ready, consisting of pemmican, salt meat, and smoking-hot tea and coffee. The Field of Ice Part II of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras This food was sometimes eaten by itself, but more often was used to flavor soups and to mix with pemmican. Blackfoot Lodge Tales The Story of a Prairie People A pound of pemmican a day with a bit of tallow is sustaining, but not filling, and left us with a constant, gnawing hunger. The Long Labrador Trail Our supper consisted of pemmican pudding with raisins, hard-tack and pea soup, which every one was able to eat, if not to enjoy. Inca Land Explorations in the Highlands of Peru The beach furnished no driftwood and we dispensed with our usual meal rather than expend our pemmican. The Journey to the Polar Sea Each man also carried in his belt his indispensable snow knife and hatchet, and a small supply of pemmican in case night should surprise them before their return. The Field of Ice Part II of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras When the time came for making the pemmican, two large fires were built of dry quaking aspen wood, and these were allowed to burn down to red coals. Blackfoot Lodge Tales The Story of a Prairie People We had a great desire, too, for something sweet, and always pounced upon the stray raisins in the pemmican. The Long Labrador Trail McKinley had led Tucker to believe heartily in the advantages of pemmican, a food especially Page 33prepared for Arctic explorers. Inca Land Explorations in the Highlands of Peru Having walked twelve miles and a half we encamped at seven P.M. and distributed our last piece of pemmican and a little arrowroot for supper which afforded but a scanty meal. The Journey to the Polar Sea After a thorough search, a few cases of pemmican were found scattered here and there, and two barrels of preserved meat, altogether enough for six weeks, and a good supply of powder. The Field of Ice Part II of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras A much finer grade of pemmican was made from the choicest parts of the buffalo with marrow fat. Blackfoot Lodge Tales The Story of a Prairie People Their own provisions consisted of pemmican, dried caribou meat, flour, salt, tea, and tobacco. Man Size Our provisions consisted of pemmican, biscuits, desiccated milk, and chocolate. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 21 The Recent Days (1910-1914) Driftwood had become very scarce and we found none near the encampment; a fire however was not required as we served out pemmican for supper and the evening was unusually warm. The Journey to the Polar Sea The thought that their mysterious enemies might return at any time caused the boys to despatch the meal consisting of hot chocolate, canned fruit, pemmican, and salt beef, with even more haste than usual. The Boy Aviators' Polar Dash or Facing Death in the Antarctic Then he laid it to one side, first opening the bill and putting a little piece of pemmican in its mouth. Blackfoot Lodge Tales The Story of a Prairie People Meanwhile he lived on pemmican and sour bannocks. Man Size Sometimes it was pounded between stones and mixed with fat, and was then called pemmican. A Brief History of the United States Some deer being seen on the beach the hunters went in pursuit of them and succeeded in killing three females which enabled us to save our last remaining meal of pemmican. The Journey to the Polar Sea By this time the appetites of the party were so ravenous that when the pemmican bag was slung alongside a tin of paraffin, and both smelt and tasted of oil, they did not really mind. The Voyages of Captain Scott : Retold from the Voyage of the Discovery and Scott's Last Expedition In the mouth of each one is put a piece of pemmican, so that they may not be afraid of the people. Blackfoot Lodge Tales The Story of a Prairie People To these his father had added the smoked hindquarters of a young buffalo, half a barrel of dried fish, and fifty pounds of pemmican. Man Size "Oh, I don't know about that," said the doctor, "they make up pretty large packages of pemmican for the arctic expeditions." A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder The pounded meat and fat were converted into pemmican preparatory to our voyage. The Journey to the Polar Sea They had traveled on a very simple food ration in different and extreme proportions, for the only provisions they took were pemmican, butter, biscuit and tea. The Voyages of Captain Scott : Retold from the Voyage of the Discovery and Scott's Last Expedition The older men carry their arms, while the boys bear the moccasins, the ropes, and the food, which usually consists of dried meat or pemmican. Blackfoot Lodge Tales The Story of a Prairie People Upon this they made tea, heated pemmican and bannocks, and thawed a jar of preserves Jessie had made the previous summer of service berries and wild raspberries. Man Size |
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