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August 17, 1901
The Gazette News
Daytona, Volusia County County, Florida
What is this article about?
On the Northwest frontier, a family endures a severe winter with dwindling supplies after Indians steal wheat contaminated with glass. They meticulously clean it kernel by kernel, joking through hardship, and boil it for food until relief prevents starvation.
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A Queer Frontier Experience,
In narrating the frontier experiences of "The First White Baby Born In the Northwest" in The Ladies' Home Journal W. S. Harwood tells of a queer experience that befell the family in the first year after settling on a farm far removed from the settlements.
The winter had been unusually long and severe, and their stock of provisions ran low. It was a long distance to the nearest base of supplies, and communication with the outside world had been cut off. Indians in the neighborhood one night broke into the granary where the wheat was stored and stole a quantity. In doing this a large amount of broken glass became mixed with the wheat which the Indians left, so for many days, amid much merry storytelling and many a joke and laugh, in spite of the serious situation, the family gathered about a large table in their living room and spent the short winter days picking over the wheat, kernel by kernel, in order to free it from the pieces of glass.
For this wheat stood between them and starvation, and none of its precious kernels must be lost. Their stock of flour had long since wasted away, as had most of their food supplies, so they boiled and ate the wheat without grinding. Relief reached them just in time to prevent a sad ending to the experience.
In narrating the frontier experiences of "The First White Baby Born In the Northwest" in The Ladies' Home Journal W. S. Harwood tells of a queer experience that befell the family in the first year after settling on a farm far removed from the settlements.
The winter had been unusually long and severe, and their stock of provisions ran low. It was a long distance to the nearest base of supplies, and communication with the outside world had been cut off. Indians in the neighborhood one night broke into the granary where the wheat was stored and stole a quantity. In doing this a large amount of broken glass became mixed with the wheat which the Indians left, so for many days, amid much merry storytelling and many a joke and laugh, in spite of the serious situation, the family gathered about a large table in their living room and spent the short winter days picking over the wheat, kernel by kernel, in order to free it from the pieces of glass.
For this wheat stood between them and starvation, and none of its precious kernels must be lost. Their stock of flour had long since wasted away, as had most of their food supplies, so they boiled and ate the wheat without grinding. Relief reached them just in time to prevent a sad ending to the experience.
What sub-type of article is it?
Survival
Historical Event
Adventure
What themes does it cover?
Survival
Misfortune
Triumph
What keywords are associated?
Frontier Survival
Indian Theft
Wheat Cleaning
Starvation Avoidance
Where did it happen?
Frontier Farm In The Northwest
Story Details
Location
Frontier Farm In The Northwest
Event Date
Winter, First Year After Settling
Story Details
Family faces starvation after long severe winter and Indians stealing wheat mixed with glass; they pick kernels clean amid jokes to eat boiled wheat until relief arrives.