Show meat not exclusive food of red indians li among all the american indians there were nere no pure hunter tribes in the north portion of the con continent tinen t the diet was three fourths animal food lo in the southern part it was three fourths vegetable and with the tribes of the const coast mountains lakes and plains it varied according to the food supply As a rule the indian women were ivere cooks of considerable ingenuity and contrary to popular belief the andalus preferred cooked food they were good at husbandry and after drying their vegetables they sometimes hullt built granaries wherein to store them aal mal food was often dried or frozen but sometimes was smoked fru frails I 1 Ls were pulped gulped or dried nuts were often ground before being stored as were also maize grass seeds and the legumes potatoes and squashes fre were stored lo in holes do dug beneath the frost line the indians liked salt to flavor their dishes and obtained it sometimes by evaporating the water from salt springs and sometimes by taking the crystals from salt lakes and coves caves tinny many of them were fond of cl chewing eIng gum which they got get from spruce trees savors nadore and condiments were valued detroit news |