That's a Lot of Meat

Journal 2005 02 22
That’s a Lot of Meat!

Warm weather and a ton and a half of meat! The weather was sunny and 30 degrees. The men put out their clothes to “sun”. Most of the party was sent to help bring in the sled with 2400 pounds of meat on it. A total of 3000 pounds was brought in to camp.

Can you imagine what kind of effort it must take to pull a ton of meat on a sled in the deep snow? For many miles, at least twenty, maybe forty. Sixteen men wearing moccasins evidently made the work easier. I bet they all were a little hungry, too!

The Mandan chiefs went to “The Medicine Rock” to consult it regarding the coming year. The rock is a large flat rock and is a state park today. The rock has changing patterns that are interpreted by the Chiefs and applied to what we might call a prophecy. This is where spiritism and shamanism come to the forefront of the Indian cultures. If God is embodied in all things then all things can speak for God. Not a Christian tenet!

I’m a little at a loss today to make a spiritual application other than one of the reward of hard work and perseverance on provision. And I think that is enough.