Post by blackcrowheart on Jan 21, 2008 11:35:40 GMT -5
Napi' Nakapa'
I put water in a pot, and in this I dropped a section of a string of dried
squash, with some beans. Dried squash was always strung on a long grass
strings; and having , from one of these strings cut off a piece I tied the ends
together, making a wreath, or a ring, four or five inches in diameter. It was
this ring of dried squash slices that I dropped into the pot. When well boiled,
I lifted the squash slices out by the string and dropped them into a wooden
bowl, where I mashed them and chopped them fine with a horn spoon. The mashed
squash I dropped back into the kettle again, with the beans; the now empty
string I threw away.
Meanwhile corn had been parched, and some buffalo fats had been held over the
coals on a stick, to roast. The parched corn and roast fats I pounded
together in the corn mortar; and the pounded mass I stirred into the kettle. The
mess was now ready to be eaten.
I put water in a pot, and in this I dropped a section of a string of dried
squash, with some beans. Dried squash was always strung on a long grass
strings; and having , from one of these strings cut off a piece I tied the ends
together, making a wreath, or a ring, four or five inches in diameter. It was
this ring of dried squash slices that I dropped into the pot. When well boiled,
I lifted the squash slices out by the string and dropped them into a wooden
bowl, where I mashed them and chopped them fine with a horn spoon. The mashed
squash I dropped back into the kettle again, with the beans; the now empty
string I threw away.
Meanwhile corn had been parched, and some buffalo fats had been held over the
coals on a stick, to roast. The parched corn and roast fats I pounded
together in the corn mortar; and the pounded mass I stirred into the kettle. The
mess was now ready to be eaten.