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  • That divining the entrals looking for motive and suspects is a distracting waste of serious-citizen time, in the case of intrigues trying to ensnare Cindy.

    Cindy Sheehan Bugged in Denver 2008

  • We shut the door, and went on with our mourning; but the mother taking her son in her arms, and stroaking him, found nothing but a bolster of straw; it had neither heart, entrals, nor any thing, for the fairies belike had stollen him out of his cradle, and left that of straw instead of him.

    The Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter 20-66 Petronius Arbiter

  • Neesh-ne-park-kee-ook and several other indians joined us this morning. 2 we gave this cheif and the indians with us some venison, horsebeef, the entrels of the four deer, and four fawns which were taken from two of the does that were killed, they eat none of their food raw, tho 'the entrals had but little preperation and the fawns were boiled and consumed hair hide and entrals. these people sometimes eat the flesh of the horse tho' they will in most instances suffer extreem hunger before they will kill their horses for that purpose, this seems reather to proceede from an attatchment to this animal, than a dislike to it's flesh for I observe. many of them eat very heartily of the horsebeef which we give them.

    Original journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806 1904

  • This morning Drewyer and Collins returned having killed two Elk only, and one of those had died in their view over a small lake which they had not the means of passing it being late in the evening and has of course spoiled, as it laid with the entrals in it all night; as the tide was going out we could not send for the elk today, therefore ordered a party to go for it early in the morning and

    The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 Meriwether Lewis 1791

  • Neesh-ne-park-kee-ook and several other indians joined us this morning. we gave this cheif and the indians with us some venison, horsebeef, the entrels of the four deer, and four fawns which were taken from two of the does that were killed, they eat none of their food raw, tho the entrals had but little preperation and the fawns were boiled and consumed hair hide and entrals. these people sometimes eat the flesh of the horse tho they will in most instances suffer extreem hunger before they will kill their horses for that purpose, this seems reather to proceede from an attatchment to this animal, than a dislike to it's flesh for I observe many of them eat very heartily of the horsebeef which we give them.

    The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 Meriwether Lewis 1791

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