"Some would have oil clothes. My mother used to make mine when I
was a boy, make it out of flour sacks. You'd get 100 pound bag
flour sacks then and she used to make it and she'd put it in oil,
linseed oil and do it up... sealed over 2 or 3 times with linseed
oil. Then you'd put it in press and let the [linseed] set
into it... and when you'd take it out and put it out to dry and
when you'd put it on in the morning... oooh, what a smell!"
(Mr. Gordon Durnford, Francois, Southwest
Coast)
 he women were no less
resourceful than the men. While the men did much of their work in
their workshops, the women accomplished an astonishing variety of
tasks in their kitchens. Activities included cooking, washing, mending,
sewing, spinning wool, knitting, making items of clothing and hooking
mats. The items they produced were often both utilitarian and
decorative.
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