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From: Beth Miller
Date: 10/11/2002
Time: 3:47:20 AM
Remote Name: 216.7.36.50
I've lost this twice already so I'll send pieces more often. I've studied the wool dog at least 14 years and it appears you've seen my wool dog, woolly dog website, presently incompete, (I'm working on other books). I finally found a picture of the dog at the Chilliwack Museum. They allow use of the picture for educational research, but charge at least 15 dollars for inclusion in articles or books for sail It shows a formal portrait of two Indian Girls, probably local holding such a dog in their laps in a formal portrait by J.O. Boone, circa 1895, when the dogs were almost gone. The dog looks like a terrier wearing a curly sheep's fleece. It is just bigger than a lap dog. A lady friend, Samish/Lummi, told me of her grandmother who had the last flock of twelve to sixteen wool dogs in the Puget Sound area, and whose Hawaiian husband forced her to abandon them by Vancouver, by the Fraser River. You may be interested to know the Indians, (Native Americans) of the America's had at least thirty six special breeds of dogs. Bernardo de Sahagun, was charged by the Spaniards to describe and picture Mexican culture, plants, animals, people and customs and he lists eight special breeds. These include the wool dog used for its wool to make fabric, the chihuahua, the Mexican hairless (Xolo dog) guard dogs, war dogs, and many dog and turkey recipes. Dogs were portable fresh meet who walked themselves between camping spots on trips.