The Life of Primitive Woman 



1657 



Paper. — How primitive woman cured, preserved, and stored meat and 



fish. 

 Paper. — Primitive ways of planting and cooking grains and vegetables. 

 Reading. — • Kipling's The Cat That Walked by Himself in Just So Stories. 

 Paper.— Humorous and realistic story of primitive woman's escape from 



death by poison while she tasted and experimented on foods for her 



family. 



Fig. 39. — - Indian caches for storing acorns used for food in California 

 STUDY TOPICS FOR PROGRAM 2 



Finding, preser\-ing, storing such foods as grain, roots, meats, and 



fruits. 

 Struggles of primitive woman to discover food in the "three kingdoms." 

 Appetites and needs of the primitive family considered and met, with 



no aid from books or recipes except traditions. Rule and process was 



to taste and find out what was satisfying, nutritious, and non-poisonous. 

 Discoveries made from results of the planting of seeds by winds and birds 



led to cultivation of grains with better harvest. 

 Invention of implements, such as stone hoes, knives, mortars, and pestles, 



for use in producing and preparing foodstuffs. 

 Invention and need of granaries. Use of baskets for picking, dr^dng, 



sifting, and storing berries and grains. 

 Skin cases for pemmican, which is the primitive woman's sausage or 



canned meat in all cold countries. 

 Domestication of animals — goats for milk, cats to guard granaries, 



horses to help in transportation. 

 Drinks; their discovery, preparation, and effects. 



