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MAMMALS OF N O R T H E R N CANADA 211
SKUNK— Mephitis hudsonica ( Richardson).
I believe that a few straggling individuals have been met
with as far north as the Upper Peace, the Lower Athabasca,
and the Upper Slave Rivers, but I never heard of any having
been discovered in the Mackenzie River District, or beyond
Great Slave Lake. Chief Trader B. R. Ross, however, found
the bones and part of the skin of a skunk at a short distance
from the south shore of that great inland sea. As already
indicated, this is one of the herein- designated " periodic "
species. The statement of sales in London rather corroborates
this view, although perhaps not in as exact a manner
as under martens and minks. First, we have 1,61.9 skins for
1853, then seven successive " good" years, ranging from
the lowest ( 4,474 in 1854) to the highest ( 11,320 in 1856)
for the entire period of twenty- five years. These were followed
by seven " l e a n " years ( 1861 to 1867) with from
1,617 for 1865 to 3,758 in 1861. After that three more
" good" years, 6,208 in 1868, 6,679 in 1869, and 9,606
in 1870. Then we finish the list with seven poor seasons
from 1871 to 1877, varying between 1,322 in 1874 and
3,928 in 1877. I regret that I am unable to furnish details
of the later sales, except for the years 1888, 1902, and 1903,
and they consisted of 16,322, 5,682 and 5,206 skins, respectively.
There is no record of the trade of even one example
of this fur- bearing animal in the Athabasca or Peace River
Districts for over thirty years subsequent to 1858, nor, I
believe, previously; but from its former Edmonton posts
to the south some skins have since been obtained. In 1889,
Lesser Slave Lake gave 62, Sturgeon Lake 3, Trout Lake 2,
and Whitefish Lake 20 skins; English River District, to the
south- east of Athabasca, turned out 461 skins in 1889 and
207 in 1890, most of which were purchased from Indians
resorting to Isle a la Crosse and Green Lake. Portage la
Loche had but 11 and 14 skins, respectively, for those outfits.
At Fort St. James, Stuart Lake, British Columbia, the Company
traded 6 skunks in 1887, 23 in 1888, and 61 in 1889.
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| OCR | MAMMALS OF N O R T H E R N CANADA 211 SKUNK— Mephitis hudsonica ( Richardson). I believe that a few straggling individuals have been met with as far north as the Upper Peace, the Lower Athabasca, and the Upper Slave Rivers, but I never heard of any having been discovered in the Mackenzie River District, or beyond Great Slave Lake. Chief Trader B. R. Ross, however, found the bones and part of the skin of a skunk at a short distance from the south shore of that great inland sea. As already indicated, this is one of the herein- designated " periodic " species. The statement of sales in London rather corroborates this view, although perhaps not in as exact a manner as under martens and minks. First, we have 1,61.9 skins for 1853, then seven successive " good" years, ranging from the lowest ( 4,474 in 1854) to the highest ( 11,320 in 1856) for the entire period of twenty- five years. These were followed by seven " l e a n " years ( 1861 to 1867) with from 1,617 for 1865 to 3,758 in 1861. After that three more " good" years, 6,208 in 1868, 6,679 in 1869, and 9,606 in 1870. Then we finish the list with seven poor seasons from 1871 to 1877, varying between 1,322 in 1874 and 3,928 in 1877. I regret that I am unable to furnish details of the later sales, except for the years 1888, 1902, and 1903, and they consisted of 16,322, 5,682 and 5,206 skins, respectively. There is no record of the trade of even one example of this fur- bearing animal in the Athabasca or Peace River Districts for over thirty years subsequent to 1858, nor, I believe, previously; but from its former Edmonton posts to the south some skins have since been obtained. In 1889, Lesser Slave Lake gave 62, Sturgeon Lake 3, Trout Lake 2, and Whitefish Lake 20 skins; English River District, to the south- east of Athabasca, turned out 461 skins in 1889 and 207 in 1890, most of which were purchased from Indians resorting to Isle a la Crosse and Green Lake. Portage la Loche had but 11 and 14 skins, respectively, for those outfits. At Fort St. James, Stuart Lake, British Columbia, the Company traded 6 skunks in 1887, 23 in 1888, and 61 in 1889. |
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