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Re: CROSSING THE BERING STRAIT? How ridiculous!
Kathy McIntosh (postmaster@vineries.demon.co.uk)
Mon, 2 Dec 1996 17:38:54 +0000
In article <57ten5$hcf@news.alaska.edu>, GREENWALT ART E
<sxaeg@aurora.alaska.edu> writes
Snipping of some rubbish from Conrad, and a very sensible, patient reply
from Art.
> A caribou
>herd supplied a pre-contact Alaskan with just about everything they
>needed. Sinew for cord, bowstrings, fishing line, etc. Fur for
>incredibly warm parkas, pants, boots, mittens. Meat and
vegies(stomach
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^contents). The bones could be formed into ladles,
projectile poi^^^^^^^^^
nts,
>tools, even flutes and needles.
> More snipping, as above.
Yuk! I nearly threw up on the keyboard!
Seriously, Art, did they actually eat the stomach contents? Surely
caribou eat grass, would it really have been that important to them?
--
Kathy McIntosh
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits."
Robert Byrne.
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