When the Ojibwa first tradedwith the whites they got their first gun and bottle of whiskey. They made an old women test the bottle because they thought it was poision. She tested it and after she aeoke she wanted more. they tried it and liked it. After that they called the whiskey "Mother's Milk". Some of the Indian tribes traded food and animal skins for whiskey or other alcoholic beverages.
 

Through Indians Eyes
Readers Digest
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