North of the Medicine Line

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Given the theory with some evidence that the natives of this land had about the same tolerance for alcohol as they had for smallpox and because someone “knew better” they were not allowed to buy it If your hubby showed a weakness for drink and a strong tendency to spend the grocery money on the demon rum You’d just go to the proper authorities have him added to the Indian list and barred from every bar

The Medicine Line refers to the 49th parallel and Fort Whoop-Up (pictured above) was a notorious trading post in the late 1800s.

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