<P> Reports of families eating dog meat out of choice, rather than necessity, were rare and newsworthy . Stories of families in Ohio and Newark, New Jersey who did so made it into editions of The New York Times in 1876 and 1885 . </P> <P> In the early 20th century, dog meat was consumed during times of meat shortage . </P> <P> The traditional culture surrounding the consumption of dog meat varied from tribe to tribe among the original inhabitants of North America, with some tribes relishing it as a delicacy, and others (such as the Comanche) treating it as a forbidden food . Native peoples of the Great Plains, such as the Sioux and Cheyenne, consumed it, but there was a concurrent religious taboo against the meat of wild canines . </P> <P> During their 1803--1806 expedition, Meriwether Lewis and the other members of the Corps of Discovery consumed dog meat, either from their own animals or supplied by Native American tribes, including the Paiutes and Wah - clel - lah Indians, a branch of the Watlatas, the Clatsop, the Teton Sioux (Lakota), the Nez Perce Indians, and the Hidatsas . Lewis and the members of the expedition ate dog meat, except William Clark, who reportedly could not bring himself to eat dogs . </P>

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