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T H E A T H A B A S C A R I V E R REGION 131
the borer. It was then spouting with a great noise like
the blowing- off of steam, and, situated at such a distance
from the shaft at the Landing and from the Point Brule
spiracle described, indicated, throughout the district, available-
resources of light, heat and power so vast as almost to
beggar imagining.
Mr. Ross having obtained on the 14th the adhesion of the
Crees to the Treaty at Wahpooskow, it was now decided
that the Scrip Commission should make the canoe trip to
that lake, whilst Mr. Laird and party would go on to Athabasca
Landing on their way home. Accordingly Matcheese
—" The Teaser "— a noted Indian runner, was dispatched
with our letters to the Landing, 120 miles up the river. This
Indian, it was said, had once run from the Landing to
Edmonton, ninety- five miles, in a single day, and had been
known to carry 500 pounds over a portage in one load. I
myself saw him shoulder 350 pounds of our outfit and
start off with it over a rough path. He was slightly built,
and could not have weighed much over nine stone, hut was
what he looked to be, a bundle of iron muscles and nerves.
On the 29th Mr. Laird and party bade us good- bye, and
an hour later we set out on our interesting canoe trip to the
Wahpooskow, a journey which led us into the heart of the
interior, and proved to be one of the most agreeable of our
experiences.
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| OCR | T H E A T H A B A S C A R I V E R REGION 131 the borer. It was then spouting with a great noise like the blowing- off of steam, and, situated at such a distance from the shaft at the Landing and from the Point Brule spiracle described, indicated, throughout the district, available- resources of light, heat and power so vast as almost to beggar imagining. Mr. Ross having obtained on the 14th the adhesion of the Crees to the Treaty at Wahpooskow, it was now decided that the Scrip Commission should make the canoe trip to that lake, whilst Mr. Laird and party would go on to Athabasca Landing on their way home. Accordingly Matcheese —" The Teaser "— a noted Indian runner, was dispatched with our letters to the Landing, 120 miles up the river. This Indian, it was said, had once run from the Landing to Edmonton, ninety- five miles, in a single day, and had been known to carry 500 pounds over a portage in one load. I myself saw him shoulder 350 pounds of our outfit and start off with it over a rough path. He was slightly built, and could not have weighed much over nine stone, hut was what he looked to be, a bundle of iron muscles and nerves. On the 29th Mr. Laird and party bade us good- bye, and an hour later we set out on our interesting canoe trip to the Wahpooskow, a journey which led us into the heart of the interior, and proved to be one of the most agreeable of our experiences. |
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