Greater Canada: the Past, Present, And Future of the Canadian Northwest ...
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As early as 1820 the number of ox-carts assembled for the "Summer Hunt" exceeded five hundred, and in the fifties there were years when as many as fifteen hundred carts and waggons and more than two thousand men, women, and children came to the time-honoured trysting-place on the high prairies about two days' journey from Fort Garry.
A hunter's wage consisted in those days of Hud- son's Bay " blankets " or notes to the value of £i sterling; the women, whose duty it was to skin and cut up the ca...rcases of the buffalo and make them into the famous pemmican, received £2 5^.
apiece ; and each of the boys and girls who assisted obtained the sum of ;^i as a quid pro quo. Seeing that the hunt generally lasted a full three months, nobody can say these folk were too well paid for their work, especially when it is remembered that buffalo-running was an arduous and risky pursuit, and that now and again the parties were molested by Blackfeet and other "wicked" Indians.
L 146 GREATER CANADA Many of the hunters of the plains were also farmers in a small way, so that a start was not possible until after seeding.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
As early as 1820 the number of ox-carts assembled for the "Summer Hunt" exceeded five hundred, and in the fifties there were years when as many as fifteen hundred carts and waggons and more than two thousand men, women, and children came to the time-honoured trysting-place on the high prairies about two days' journey from Fort Garry.
A hunter's wage consisted in those days of Hud- son's Bay " blankets " or notes to the value of £i sterling; the women, whose duty it was to skin and cut up the ca...rcases of the buffalo and make them into the famous pemmican, received £2 5^.
apiece ; and each of the boys and girls who assisted obtained the sum of ;^i as a quid pro quo. Seeing that the hunt generally lasted a full three months, nobody can say these folk were too well paid for their work, especially when it is remembered that buffalo-running was an arduous and risky pursuit, and that now and again the parties were molested by Blackfeet and other "wicked" Indians.
L 146 GREATER CANADA Many of the hunters of the plains were also farmers in a small way, so that a start was not possible until after seeding.
What to read after Greater Canada: the Past, Present, And Future of the Canadian Northwest ...?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Edward Bolland Osborn to read onlineMoreLess
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