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212 T H K O I G I I T H E MACKENZIE BASIN
Eraser Lake post contributed about one- half of the number.
It is said that the sexes come together i n the months of
F e b r u a r y and March, and that the female produces from
four to seven young, which for a time are b l i n d and rather
weak and helpless. In M a y , 1885, I sent the skins of two
young skunks, secured shortly before by an I n d i a n near
Fort Chipewvan, Lake Athabasca, and captured south of
the place, to Dr. Robert B e l l , of the Canada Geological Survey
at Ottawa.
B.\ I> GEI!— T a r i d e a taxus ( Schrcber).
S i r J o h n Richardson gives latitude 55° north as the l i m it
of this animal's northern range. It used to l> e f a i r ly
abundant in the p r a i r i e regions, but as these are settled it
is gradually d i m i n i s h i n g i n numbers. If it ever extended
as far as the Peace R i v e r it must have been many years
ago, as not a single example has been traded by the Company
i n that quarter since 1858 ( I have no earlier data),
but elsewhere to the south they collected a total of 39,579
skins between 1853 and 1877. The best three years were
1870 with 2,445, 1873 with 2,705, and 1876 w i t h 2,274
skins and the three lowest 1854 w i t h 886, 1857 w i t h 871,
and 1867 with only 597 skins. In 1902 and 1903, respectively,
the London sales amounted to 1,141 and 824 skins.
The female badger has from three to five at a b i r t h , and
they arc said to be, like most mammals, born b l i n d and
helpless. Mr. D o n a l d Gunn, of the Red R i v e r Settlement,
Manitoba, was misinformed when he wrote that the Indian
name for badger was Weenusk. This, I believe, is the
native ( Crec) name for Arclomys monax, and M i s t u n u s k for
the badger. In 1889, Isle a l a Crosse and Green L a k e each
traded one badger skin, and the latter one also i n 1890.
RACCOON— Procyon lotor ( Linnseus).
According to the Company's twenty- five years' statement
( 1853- 1,877), they sold a total of 99,179 raccoon skins i n the
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| OCR | 212 T H K O I G I I T H E MACKENZIE BASIN Eraser Lake post contributed about one- half of the number. It is said that the sexes come together i n the months of F e b r u a r y and March, and that the female produces from four to seven young, which for a time are b l i n d and rather weak and helpless. In M a y , 1885, I sent the skins of two young skunks, secured shortly before by an I n d i a n near Fort Chipewvan, Lake Athabasca, and captured south of the place, to Dr. Robert B e l l , of the Canada Geological Survey at Ottawa. B.\ I> GEI!— T a r i d e a taxus ( Schrcber). S i r J o h n Richardson gives latitude 55° north as the l i m it of this animal's northern range. It used to l> e f a i r ly abundant in the p r a i r i e regions, but as these are settled it is gradually d i m i n i s h i n g i n numbers. If it ever extended as far as the Peace R i v e r it must have been many years ago, as not a single example has been traded by the Company i n that quarter since 1858 ( I have no earlier data), but elsewhere to the south they collected a total of 39,579 skins between 1853 and 1877. The best three years were 1870 with 2,445, 1873 with 2,705, and 1876 w i t h 2,274 skins and the three lowest 1854 w i t h 886, 1857 w i t h 871, and 1867 with only 597 skins. In 1902 and 1903, respectively, the London sales amounted to 1,141 and 824 skins. The female badger has from three to five at a b i r t h , and they arc said to be, like most mammals, born b l i n d and helpless. Mr. D o n a l d Gunn, of the Red R i v e r Settlement, Manitoba, was misinformed when he wrote that the Indian name for badger was Weenusk. This, I believe, is the native ( Crec) name for Arclomys monax, and M i s t u n u s k for the badger. In 1889, Isle a l a Crosse and Green L a k e each traded one badger skin, and the latter one also i n 1890. RACCOON— Procyon lotor ( Linnseus). According to the Company's twenty- five years' statement ( 1853- 1,877), they sold a total of 99,179 raccoon skins i n the |
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