No known copyright restrictions. Please credit ubc library as the image source. For more information, see digitalcollections. Library. Ubc. Ca/cdm/about. Transcript: "christmas in british columbia. A. Hudsons bay ball. Those who are lucky enough to be able to leave their forts"; go to headquarters for xmas have lots of fun. Amongst other things there is invariably a ball. A very different thing tho’ to a civilized ‘ball’. All the voyageurs & laborers etc. Are invited together with their wives & daughters (all halfbreeds as there are no pure white women so far north. ) the dancing consists entirely of jigs & reels & the music is violin & a drum. All the women sit on one side of the room & the men on the other. The man chooses his partner dances the jig or reel & then takes the “fair one” back to her side of the room. The women never utter a word & always look as demure & serious as possible. (when alone tho’ quite the reverse). The men on the other hand yell all the while they dance. & give vent to the most fearful war hoops. The dresses are most amusing. The women with their beaded leggings"; gorgeous silk handkerchiefs on their heads & the men in the flashiest of leggings & beautifully worked deerskin coats. They all wear moccasins. Hbw. "
creator: bullock-webster, harry, 1855-1942
date created: [between 1874 and 1880?]
source: original format: university of british columbia. Library. Rare books and special collections. Sketches of hudson bay life by h. Bullock webster 1874-1880
permanent url: digitalcollections. Library. Ubc. Ca/cdm/ref/collection/bull.
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