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In fall and winter it was the custom of the Chippewa to move to hunting grounds where they could provide winter food and furs for clothing and trading. Hunting stopped in the spring and summer seasons when small furred animals were changing their pelts and the deer were hidden in the forest with the fawns. This was a time for making maple sugar, berry picking, social festivities and dancing. It was also the time for warfare when the Indians could hide in the forest foliage and approach an enemy unseen.
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