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...editors, though, are wimps. They were afraid that my pursuit of historical accuracy--killing a buffalo with a black-powder musket, for instance--would upset you. They were also concerned about the law, in terms of eating animals like grizzly bear, beaver, horse and whale. Worst of all, they certainly weren't going to let me eat dog. The Corps of Discovery reached the Upper Columbia during the run of the fall Chinook and coho salmon. But instead of eating the fish, they bought the local tribes' dogs for butchering. Bill Yallup Jr., a descendant of Lewis and Clark...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Have You Ever Tried Ashcakes? | 7/8/2002 | See Source »

Unsuccessful and woefully beaver-less, the MIT students forged a plan to reclaim...

Author: By Maria S. Pedroza, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: First-Years’ Paw Prank Foiled by MIT Imposter | 5/13/2002 | See Source »

Wanting to get full use of the beaver suit, a group of about 15 MIT students traveled to Harvard Square with plans of wreaking havoc on the campus...

Author: By Maria S. Pedroza, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: First-Years’ Paw Prank Foiled by MIT Imposter | 5/13/2002 | See Source »

...students had the beaver climb onto the John Harvard statue and simulate sex acts...

Author: By Maria S. Pedroza, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: First-Years’ Paw Prank Foiled by MIT Imposter | 5/13/2002 | See Source »

After word of Harvard’s theft spread around MIT, and the group was charged $650 by the costume rental agency for the missing beaver paw, MIT assembled an attack team...

Author: By Maria S. Pedroza, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: First-Years’ Paw Prank Foiled by MIT Imposter | 5/13/2002 | See Source »

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