The great carcass, weighing perhaps three thousand pounds, was drawn onto the ice and divided into portable pieces.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
Musk ox meat was cut into portable blocks, candles were made, fur skins were dressed and chewed, boots, stockings, pants, shirts, sleeping bags were made.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
At the appointed time, a large committee-headed, I am sorry to say, by two lawyers who were backed up by promise of support of their fellow conspirators-went to the Chinese quarters, and, with threat of the use of force if they did not obey, compelled them to pack up their portable effects and to go to a designated wharf where they could go aboard of a steamer bound for San Francisco.
"Memoirs of Orange Jacobs"
Orange Jacobs