In the Sierra 



boys, girls, men and women, and rings of sage 

 brush fire, when of course they are quickly 

 killed. The skins are made into blankets. In 

 the autumn the more enterprising of the 

 hunters bring in a good many deer, and rarely 

 a wild sheep from the high peaks. Antelopes 

 used to be abundant on the desert at the base 

 of the interior mountain-ranges. Sage hens, 

 grouse, and squirrels help to vary their wild 

 diet of worms; pine nuts also from the small 

 interesting Pinus monophylla, and good bread 

 and good mush are made from acorns and wild 

 rye. Strange to say, they seem to like the lake 

 larvae best of all. Long windrows are washed 

 up on the shore, which they gather and dry 

 like grain for winter use. It is said that wars; 

 on account of encroachments on each other's 

 worm-grounds, are of common occurrence 

 among the various tribes and families. Each 

 claims a certain marked portion of the shore. 

 The pine nuts are delicious,- -large quanti- 

 ties are gathered every autumn. The tribes 

 of the west flank of the range trade acorns 



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