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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 83 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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PEMMICAN , a

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AMERICAN

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INDIAN

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CREE

Cree) word for a

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MEAT

meat prepared in such a way as to contain the greatest amount of nourishment in the most compact

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FORM (Lat. forma)

form . As made by the

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INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians it was composed of the lean parts of the meat, dried in the

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sun., and pounded or shredded and mixed into a

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PASTE (O. Fr. paste, modern pate, Late Lat. pasta, whence also in Span., Port. and Ital., from Gr. 1r&vrrl or 1raara, barley porridge, or salted pottage, ir&ao'ety, to sprinkle with salt)

paste with melted

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FAT (O.E. fdett; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch vet, Ger. Fett, &c., and may be ultimately related to Greek Irian, and =apos, and Sanskrit pivan)

fat . It is flavoured with

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ACID (from the Lat. root ac-, sharp; acere, to be sour)

acid berries . If kept dry it will keep for an indefinite

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time, and is thus particularly service-able in

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ARCTIC (Gr. "ApKroc, the Bear, the northern constellation of Ursa Major)

arctic or other explorations .

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