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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
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