Pri: Beaver (ekse Re: skookum)

[Jeffrey Kopp]

On Tue, 11 Apr 2000 17:47:11 -0700, "Lisa M Peppan"
<lisapeppan at JUNO.COM> wrote:

>Because it was only among their own that such
>nostalgia was lifted above its more mundane level of providing an excuse
>to get drunk and break furniture, membership in the Beaver Club was
>limited to fifty-five fur traders who had spent at least one full season
>in le pays d'en haunt." 

Thanks for another delightful and colorful citation, Lisa.  Now I
believe I know what the exclusive "Sons of the Tundra" lodge in
"Northern Exposure" was at least partly an allusion to.

Regards,

Jeff