The main food of the early metis was pemmican, or dried buffalo meat, but wild game was also plentiful. _Galette_, an unleavened bread made by mixing flour with water, salt, and shortening, was preferred to white man's bread. Great respect for old age, and deep affection for relatives characterize metis family relationships. Concerning birds and animals, they have many unusual beliefs: a hungry beast coming to the door is regarded as a sign of poverty, a woodpecker pecking at a window is said to be a sign of death in the family, and snakes are believed to be symbols of quarrels and enemies. TOUR 6 (Duluth, Minn.)--Grand Forks--Devils Lake--Minot--Williston--(Glasgow, Mont.). US 2. Minnesota Line to Montana Line, 390.5 m. G. N. Ry. roughly parallels entire route, Farmers' Line between Devils Lake and Webster. Graveled roadbed except for about 110 m. of short stretches hard-surfaced. Accommodations in principal towns. This route reveals a cross section of the agricultural life of the State. In the east the flat, fertile lands of the narrow Red River Valley, which formed the bottom of glacial Lake Agassiz, blend into the uneven, farm-dotted surface of the broad Drift Prairie, bordered on the west by the rougher, more sparsely settled grazing areas of the Missouri Plateau. The route touches on Devils Lake and crosses the level loop of the wooded Mouse River, a region at one time covered by Lake Souris, another extinct creation of the glacial epoch. Midway across the State is the geographic center of North America. The western half of the route is through a rich, though largely undeveloped, lignite coal area, formed ages ago by the inundation of prehistoric forests. GRAND FORKS, =0.0 m.= (834 alt., 17,112 pop.) (_see_ GRAND FORKS). _Points of Interest:_ University of North Dakota, Wesley College. At Demers Ave. and 5th St. is a junction with US 81 (_see Tour 1_), which unites with US 2 to the intersection of Skidmore Ave. N. and N. 16th St. West of Grand Forks US 2 passes through the western half of the Red River Valley, part of the bed of ancient Lake Agassiz. At =9 m.= is the junction with a county dirt road. Left on this road to tiny OJATA, =1 m.=, the remains of a once thriving boom town known as Stickney. In its heyday it was a railroad terminus, and for a time rivaled Grand Forks in trade. Since the site is swampland, each heavy rain makes it a quagmire, and residents, considering the first name too literal, soon changed it to Ojata. The place declined when the railroad was extended W. At one time a farmer acquired the entire village in exchange for a stallion. At =20 m.= is the junction with a county graveled road.