Re: [Paddlewise] Voyageurs

From: Stephen Bird <stephen.bird_at_superaje.com>
Date: Wed, 01 Apr 1998 12:35:49 GMT
On Tue, 31 Mar 1998 22:07:56 -0500, you wrote:

>"P.S. By the way, these guys would carry 2, sometimes 3, 90 lb. bales of
>furs over the portage trails. "
>And in good weather, these guys would average 75 miles a day along the
>north shore of Lake Superior in their freight canoes en route to and from
>Grand Portage.

And I seem to recall that these guys died really young, probably of
exhaustion, broken bodies, or whatever.... not a fun life, methinks.
-- 
cheers, Stephen                     stephen.bird_at_superaje.com
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