Can't help but note the description of a meeting between a strong, tall and healthy indigenous man versus short, unhealthy European explorer. I recall this bein

Can't help but note the description of a meeting between a strong, tall and healthy indigenous man versus short, unhealthy European explorer. I recall this being noted in a university course I took on early French Canadian history as well. Very soon the health of early colonists also eclipsed those back home. While those in France needed the permission of the Seigneur(Lord) to kill a deer, and meat was a expensive food, First Nations and Colonists had an abundance of easily available game and fish, and had much more freedom to claim it for themselves. (This is not to say that First Nations didn't have concepts of exclusive hunting/farming areas handed down through family and political ties, but in general, there was a lot more food to be had in NA!)