LAST OF THE POTTOWATTOMIES 



dians cooked their mgats and the way they roast 

 a deer head, it is the finest and most delicious 

 in the world. They dig a hole about a foot 

 square and about a foot deep and inake a hot 

 fire in it and keep it burning until it is nearly lull 

 oi red hot coals. Then scrape out the coals and 

 ashes. Wrap the deer head with the skin on in 

 wet leaves and place it in the hole and cover it 

 up with the hot ashes and coals and leave it un- 

 til it is roasted through, then take it out and the 

 skin will peel off and leave a clean, tender meat. 

 Brains and tongue are all nicely cooked and 

 that throws v/hale tongue in the shade. You 

 can cook fish just caught in the same way. You 

 wrap the fish in a wet paper of any kind and 

 lay the fish down and cover it up with hot ashes 

 and coals just as you would a roast potato in 

 the ashes. After it is done take it out and the 

 paper and skin peels off and leaves the juicy 

 meat for you to place your pepper and salt and 

 eat it. It is the finest thing in the world. You 

 just try it sometime when you are out camping 



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