DARE Interview : Lancaster, Wisconsin; Primary Informant WI045

Fieldworker

Lee, Peter

Date

• 1968

Publisher

Dictionary of American Regional English

Summary

• Informant Data:
• WI045: White; male; age: 85 (old); education: college; community type: village
• Media Files:
• Full Interview 1 (Tape 1786-S1).
• Content:
• 00:45 Informant grazed cattle on Indian reservations in South Dakota for four years
• 03:30 Indians, religion, Sioux, dances, wedding, schooling, language
• 11:35 Informant's Indian neighbor died, description of funeral
• 15:00 Description of Fourth of July celebration
• 16:45 Job history in South Dakota; logging
• 21:20 Description of farming in North Dakota, hired a man to plant wheat for him
• 30:20 Logging in Minnesota
• 31:15 Tape end
• Full Interview 2 (Tape 1786-S2).
• Content:
• 00:05 Experiences in a logging camp in Minnesota
• 06:30 Experiences with wolves
• 11:50 Informant's job at a logging camp
• 14:40 Indian loggers
• 15:30 Temperatures in camp in winter
• 16:25 Job history in Wisconsin, bank
• 19:45 Tape end