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138 T H R O U G H T H E M A C K E N Z I E B A S IN
dred Indians received head- money, and all were not paid,
and the half- breeds seemed quite as numerous. About a
quarter of the whole number of Indians were said to be
pagans, and the remainder Protestants and R o m a n Catholics
i n fair proportion. In the latter denomination, Father
G i r o u x told me, the proportion of Indians and half- breeds,
i n c l u d i n g those of the first lake, was about equal. The
latter, he said, raised potatoes, but l i t t l e else, and l i v e d l i ke
the Indians, by fishing and hunting, especially b y the former,
as they had to go far now for fur and large game.
The Hudson's B a y Company had built a post near M r .
Weaver's Mission, and there was a free- trader also close
by, named Johnston, whose brother, a fine- looking native
missionary, assisted at an interesting service we attended in
the M i s s i o n church, conducted i n Cree and E n g l i s h , the
voices i n the Cree hymns being very soft and sweet. Mr.
Ladoucere was also near w i t h his trading- stock, so that business,
it was feared, would be overdone. But we issued an
unexpectedly large number of scrip certificates here, and the
price being r u n up by competition, a great deal of trade
followed.
Wahpooskow is c e r t a i n l y a wonderful region for fish, part
i c u l a r l y the whitefish and its cousin- german, the tullabee.
They are not got freely i n winter i n the first lake, but are
taken i n large numbers i n the second, where they throng at
that season. But i n the f a l l the take is very great i n both
lakes, and stages were seen i n all directions where the fish
are hung up by their tails, very tempting to the hungry dogs,
but beyond their reach until the crows attack them. The
former keep a watchful eye on this process, and when the
crows have eaten off the tails, which they i n v a r i a b l y attack
first, the dogs seize the fish as they drop. When this performance
becomes serious, however, the fish are generally removed
to stores.
One night, after an excellent dinner at M r . Weaver's, that
grateful r a r i t y w i t h us, we adjourned to a ball or " break-
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| OCR | 138 T H R O U G H T H E M A C K E N Z I E B A S IN dred Indians received head- money, and all were not paid, and the half- breeds seemed quite as numerous. About a quarter of the whole number of Indians were said to be pagans, and the remainder Protestants and R o m a n Catholics i n fair proportion. In the latter denomination, Father G i r o u x told me, the proportion of Indians and half- breeds, i n c l u d i n g those of the first lake, was about equal. The latter, he said, raised potatoes, but l i t t l e else, and l i v e d l i ke the Indians, by fishing and hunting, especially b y the former, as they had to go far now for fur and large game. The Hudson's B a y Company had built a post near M r . Weaver's Mission, and there was a free- trader also close by, named Johnston, whose brother, a fine- looking native missionary, assisted at an interesting service we attended in the M i s s i o n church, conducted i n Cree and E n g l i s h , the voices i n the Cree hymns being very soft and sweet. Mr. Ladoucere was also near w i t h his trading- stock, so that business, it was feared, would be overdone. But we issued an unexpectedly large number of scrip certificates here, and the price being r u n up by competition, a great deal of trade followed. Wahpooskow is c e r t a i n l y a wonderful region for fish, part i c u l a r l y the whitefish and its cousin- german, the tullabee. They are not got freely i n winter i n the first lake, but are taken i n large numbers i n the second, where they throng at that season. But i n the f a l l the take is very great i n both lakes, and stages were seen i n all directions where the fish are hung up by their tails, very tempting to the hungry dogs, but beyond their reach until the crows attack them. The former keep a watchful eye on this process, and when the crows have eaten off the tails, which they i n v a r i a b l y attack first, the dogs seize the fish as they drop. When this performance becomes serious, however, the fish are generally removed to stores. One night, after an excellent dinner at M r . Weaver's, that grateful r a r i t y w i t h us, we adjourned to a ball or " break- |
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