Re: MtMan-List: making snowshoes

["David Tippets" <dtippets@xmission.com>]

"Making the Attikamek Snowshoe," by Henri Vaillancourt is by far the most
detailed and complete description of how the Indians made snowshoes using
only tools and materials that would have been available during the fur trade
period of history.

If you want to use modern power tools and equipment this book is probably
not the one you want.  If you want to know what the mountain men learned
from the Indians about how to make showshoes -- no other book on the topic
compares to this one.

A few, but not many, libraries have it.  To purchase it, you have to contact
the Trust for Native American Cultures and Crafts at: Box 142, Greenville,
NH  03048.  Phone: 603-878-2944.


-----Original Message-----
From: GMG9@aol.com <GMG9@aol.com>
To: hist_text@lists.xmission.com <hist_text@lists.xmission.com>
Date: Friday, October 16, 1998 12:09 AM
Subject: MtMan-List: making snowshoes


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>Dear Sir,
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>I am looking around tonight for information on making my own snowshoes and
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>on your site.  Is it possible you can tell me how.  I would appreciate any
>help you can give me.
>Thank you,
>Georgia
>gmg9
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