Native American and French Settlement Patterns - Northern ...
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were passed through the ice.[48] Large<br />
catches of whitefish <strong>and</strong> lake trout were<br />
caught in the summer, fall <strong>and</strong> winter through<br />
the use of nets.<br />
The Huron <strong>and</strong> Odawa also used spears <strong>and</strong><br />
hooks <strong>and</strong> line to catch fish especially<br />
during the winter <strong>and</strong> spring. The Indians<br />
used antler <strong>and</strong> large mammalian bone as raw<br />
material in the manufacture of conical<br />
projectile points, leister prongs <strong>and</strong> large<br />
unilaterally barbed harpoons. These spears or<br />
"javelins" were used for catching large or<br />
"monstrous" lake trout during the winter<br />
through holes in the ice. The fish were<br />
decapitated <strong>and</strong> filleted on the ice <strong>and</strong> then<br />
brought to the village.[49] Bone awls, iron<br />
fishhooks <strong>and</strong> brass <strong>and</strong> iron wire were used<br />
in catching fish. Lake trout is best taken by<br />
hook <strong>and</strong> line early in the spring immediately<br />
after the ice breakup.[50] Spring is also the