Re: Braintanned Buckskin

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: Joe wrote:
: :You actually use the brain matter of the animal in the process.  I know it sounds quite yukky but it makes the softest most comfortable clothes.

: Thanks for the explanation, Joe.  I've heard of urine being used in the tanning process, but not brains.  Very interesting.

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: : Native Americans used every part of the animal for something, nothing was wasted.

: What a shocking notion for we who were raised in a society where the highest compliment in advertisements for new products is (or has been) "disposable."  Hope we are getting away from that.  Native Americans had it right!

: : An old saying I've heard for years is, "Every animal has just enough brains to save his hide, one way or another!" 

: Except for people??

: : Now about my post, I know Hawkeye was wet when he was in Col. Munro's office, but his shirt and his hair looked quite dry when he stepped into the surgery to see Cora & Uncas just moments later. "Clear it up for you any?"

: Yup!  And I agree, he looked pretty dry by the surgery scene.  But that is such a tension-charged scene, I'm afraid I forget all other details, save the emotions playing out on his and Cora's faces.

: : Here' another site you guys will find interesting! 

: "What site?  When?  There was no site!"  ;o) Could you re-post the URL for us?  Thanks.

: Marcia  


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