110 The Pemmican Wars - One Era Ends and Something Else Begins
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Come try Prizefighters, Circusfreaks & Gangsters! But if that's too much adventure, come along and learn about the war that happened around pemmican. Sure, just drop your colony on top of other people's lives - what's the problem? Sure, sending under prepared colonists with not enough food into a pretty tight food economy is going to be dicey, but how bad could it get? War bad my friends. War bad. But as far as my little history brain is concerned - this is the first real big energy war of the Americas. Come see what I mean. in the meantime - links I promised: Modern beadwork - Modern beading in Vogue Magazine Modern Beadwork Exhibits Hudson's Bay Blankets - https://www.hbcheritage.ca/things/fashion-pop/hbc-point-blanket Music Credit: Fingerlympics by Doctor Turtle Show Notes: https://thehistoryofamericanfood.blogspot.com/ Email: TheHistoryofAmericanFood at gmail dot com Threads: @THoAFood Instagram: @THoAFood
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