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Re: the attack of the killer frozen dumplings



I thionk there was also a Bannock tribe out west somewhere.

Best wishes,

Thomas Berry, Archivist
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ellen Chapman" <ellen@HAWAII.EDU>
To: <ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 6:06 PM
Subject: Re: the attack of the killer frozen dumplings


> Bannock may have been attributed to a native American group, but probably
> by someone from Scotland where bannock is a bun with lots of sultanas.
>
> |((|  Ellen (3/8ths Scottish) Chapman
> |((|  University of Hawaii at Manoa Library
>
>
> On Fri, 11 Jan 2002, Boles, Jan wrote:
>
> > 1-11-2002
> >
> > List,
> >
> > There is a traditional bread recipe called "bannock" that is sometimes
> > attributed to Native Americans. It makes a great trail food. Our family
also
> > enjoys it fresh off the griddle.
> >
> > I can visualize a frozen chunk as a rock-like missile.
> >
> > Jan Boles, Archivist
> > The Robert E. Smylie Archives
> > Albertson College of Idaho
> > 2112 Cleveland Blvd
> > Caldwell, ID 83605-4494
> > (208) 459-0514
> > jboles@albertson.edu
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Sharon [mailto:centans@TAMPABAY.RR.COM]
> > Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 3:34 PM
> > To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
> > Subject: Re: the attack of the killer frozen dumplings
> >
> >
> > Could this have been a piece of "hard tack", a really tough bread used
> > by sailors and soldiers too.  With the cold weather, it could have
frozen
> > up and been a tough as a brick. Hard tack is a bread that is very dry
> > and tough, but preserves well, a bit like crackers. It served well for
> > long journeys before refrigeration--just throw it in your canvas sack
and
> > you had portable food.
> >
> > Sharon Centanne
> >
> > Russell Baker wrote:
> >
> > > Colleagues:
> > >
> > >         Since this is Friday and I value your expertise, I thought to
> > share
> > > with you one of the stranger incidents I have come across in my
research
> > > into American Frontier History, the attack on the frozen dumplings.
James
> > > Hubbard, an early settler in east Tennessee, was a noted "Indian
fighter",
> > > and, I must confess, my ancestor. About 1783, during the Cherokee Wars
in
> > > Tennessee,  he had a chance encounter with a Native American named
> > "Watts".
> > > instead of fighting, they set down together on the trail to share a
hasty
> > > common meal. It must have been about this time of the year, the dead
of
> > > winter. Hubbard brought out venison and other game and offered to
share
> > it.
> > > Watts is said to have brought out of his larder a "mess" or perhaps a
> > "mass"
> > > "of frozen dumplings". During the course of the meal, Watts "sprang to
his
> > > feet drew a frozen dumpling and hit Hubbard on the upper lip cutting
it
> > > badly". You can guess what followed. All of this is taken from the
Draper
> > > Manuscript Collection for Tennessee. What I want to know is has any
one
> > ever
> > > heard of a "frozen dumpling" being used as an attack weapon or for any
> > other
> > > purpose? And what in the world was a "frozen dumpling" in 1783? Was it
a
> > > staple of native American diet, frontier fare?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Russell P. Baker, CA
> > > Arkansas History Commission and State Archives
> > > One Capitol Mall
> > > Little Rock, AR 72201
> > > 501-682-6900
> > > russell.baker@mail.state.ar.us <mailto:russell.baker@mail.state.ar.us>
> > >
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