“But,” I began—and turned to the rack in which Slattin’s

managed to exist with the slender rations we could spare and such

But,

indifferent food as they could pick up, until the Indian Department

But,

succeeded in getting up its regular supplies. In the past the poor

But,

things had often been pinched by hunger and neglect, and at times

But,

their only food was rock oysters, clams and crabs. Great quantities

But,

of these shell-fish could be gathered in the bay near at hand, but

But,

the mountain Indians, who had heretofore lived on the flesh of

But,

mammal, did not take kindly to mollusks, and, indeed, ate the shell-

But,