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M A M M A L S O F N O R T H E R N C A N A D A 1ST
suined i n traveling was less than seven out of the twelve
weeks spent thereon ( except on the last we always rested
on Sundays), and for that time we averaged more than 40
miles a day, a record probably never before or since attained
by the same dogs on a trip of equal extent. Four of the
five haulers were of Eskimo breed, and they were engaged
thereon from start to finish. A spare dog who lingered behind
our second day out from Fort Simpson was k i l l e d by
a band of wolves not far from our night encampment.
Another of the team, which suffered severely from sore paws,
was replaced at Chipewyan. With the exception of one or
two of the last of the many trade posts between Fort Simpson
and Oak Point, the team invariably arrived at a rattl
i n g fast pace. It was the custom i n those days, as it still
is i n some parts of the great interior, for winter voyagers
to stop for a short time w i t h i n a few miles of a post i n order
to make themselves presentable to the inmates. The dogs
were also dressed with worsted or silk- fringed tapis of fine
cloth, richly beaded or embroidered, and banded with brass
or silver- plated round bells. Ribbon- adorned iron- branded
stands of small open bells screwed on top of their harness
collars, having three or four of a larger size stitched to the
lower part thereof, made a fine display, while the jingling
of the bells emitted sounds of a musical and agreeable nature.
F r om previous experience, the dogs knew that they were
approaching a haven of food, plenty, and temporary rest,
and, once started, they lost no time i n cantering over the
intervening distance. In course of upward of forty years'
personal knowledge and experience of hauling dogs of various
breeds i n arctic America, B r i t i s h Columbia, and the
Northwest Territories, the already- alluded- to smallest dog
i n my own team, " Keskayoo" ( Cree for tailless dog), was,
for his size, the very best all- round hauler I ever met, drove,
or heard of i n the country. The very nearest approach to
h im i n endurance and other good qualities was " Cerf- volant,'
so highly and justly commended by Colonel ( now General)
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| OCR | M A M M A L S O F N O R T H E R N C A N A D A 1ST suined i n traveling was less than seven out of the twelve weeks spent thereon ( except on the last we always rested on Sundays), and for that time we averaged more than 40 miles a day, a record probably never before or since attained by the same dogs on a trip of equal extent. Four of the five haulers were of Eskimo breed, and they were engaged thereon from start to finish. A spare dog who lingered behind our second day out from Fort Simpson was k i l l e d by a band of wolves not far from our night encampment. Another of the team, which suffered severely from sore paws, was replaced at Chipewyan. With the exception of one or two of the last of the many trade posts between Fort Simpson and Oak Point, the team invariably arrived at a rattl i n g fast pace. It was the custom i n those days, as it still is i n some parts of the great interior, for winter voyagers to stop for a short time w i t h i n a few miles of a post i n order to make themselves presentable to the inmates. The dogs were also dressed with worsted or silk- fringed tapis of fine cloth, richly beaded or embroidered, and banded with brass or silver- plated round bells. Ribbon- adorned iron- branded stands of small open bells screwed on top of their harness collars, having three or four of a larger size stitched to the lower part thereof, made a fine display, while the jingling of the bells emitted sounds of a musical and agreeable nature. F r om previous experience, the dogs knew that they were approaching a haven of food, plenty, and temporary rest, and, once started, they lost no time i n cantering over the intervening distance. In course of upward of forty years' personal knowledge and experience of hauling dogs of various breeds i n arctic America, B r i t i s h Columbia, and the Northwest Territories, the already- alluded- to smallest dog i n my own team, " Keskayoo" ( Cree for tailless dog), was, for his size, the very best all- round hauler I ever met, drove, or heard of i n the country. The very nearest approach to h im i n endurance and other good qualities was " Cerf- volant,' so highly and justly commended by Colonel ( now General) |
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