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Pastimes : Answers From The Sage
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To: Snowshoe who wrote (70)11/12/1996 2:24:00 AM
From: The Sage   of 87
 
Greg..

Yes, wild rice was a common ingredient when we could get it. It grows in the Great Lakes region and was available from the Indians in what is now northern Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota. We used to first get it at Fort William, then from Grand Portage on west, it was growing in practically every lake.

Unfortunately, we couldn't take the time to harvest it as we had to beat the winter either coming or going. Once the lakes iced in, you were going to winter at whatever post you happened to be at. It was you duty to get back to your post with your goods. That meant if you were iced in, you had to make snow shoes and toboggans and walk the rest of the way. It happened to me several times.

If you were a Montrealer your plan was to make the round trip from Lachine to Ft. William-- now the town of Thunder Bay, Ontario and back in one season. The northmen would do the reverse. They would bring furs down to Ft William and then return back to their post in the west by freeze up.

Lyed corn was rarely eaten by us. It was common in the south when I visited there. They called it hominy or hoaminy. I recall it being very white in color.

Our diet in the canoes was mostly pea soup. A lot of peas were grown in lower Canada and they kept well. We would each get a gill or two of soup morning and evening.

The Sage
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