SHOSHONE LAND 



Winnenap' carried those buzzard's eggs in 

 the slack of his single buckskin garment ! 

 Young Shoshones are like young quail, 

 knowing without teaching about feeding 

 and hiding, and learning what civilized chil- 

 dren never learn, to be still and to keep on 

 being still, at the first hint of danger or 

 strangeness. 



As for food, that appears to be chiefly a 

 matter of being willing. Desert Indians all 

 eat chuck-wallas, big black and white liz- 

 ards that have delicate white flesh savored 

 like chicken. Both the Shoshones and the 

 coyotes are fond of the flesh of Gopherus 

 agassizii, the turtle that by feeding on 

 buds, going without drink, and burrowing 

 in the sand through the winter, contrives 

 to live a known period of twenty-five years. 

 It seems that most seeds are foodful in the 

 arid regions, most berries edible, and many 

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