The Barren Ground of Northern CanadaMacmillan and Company, 1892 - 300 An account of a journey in 1889 to the desert region of Canada between Hudson Bay and the Arctic Sea, in order to find and study the musk-ox and its Indian hunters. |
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... tracks . We thought we had a chance of finding them close to the lake , but as a matter of fact we had several days ' journey yet before we fell in with them . It now seemed pretty certain that we were in for a spell of what my ...
... tracks . We thought we had a chance of finding them close to the lake , but as a matter of fact we had several days ' journey yet before we fell in with them . It now seemed pretty certain that we were in for a spell of what my ...
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... whitefish , while others explored the surrounding hills for caribou tracks , but without success . The half - breeds were all much put out by this failure , as they have always found the Lac du 36 CHAP . III . THE BARREN GROUND.
... whitefish , while others explored the surrounding hills for caribou tracks , but without success . The half - breeds were all much put out by this failure , as they have always found the Lac du 36 CHAP . III . THE BARREN GROUND.
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... tracks of the caribou and move as they move ; a permanent house and a winter's supply of meat are an abomination to him . Since the introduction of firearms the Indian has lost much of his old hunting lore ; a snare is almost wind and a ...
... tracks of the caribou and move as they move ; a permanent house and a winter's supply of meat are an abomination to him . Since the introduction of firearms the Indian has lost much of his old hunting lore ; a snare is almost wind and a ...
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... leave the track they have selected ; the chase lasts for many hours , till the victim , wearied by the incessant running , leaves the band and his fate is sealed ; he has a little the best of 52 CHAP . IV . THE BARREN GROUND.
... leave the track they have selected ; the chase lasts for many hours , till the victim , wearied by the incessant running , leaves the band and his fate is sealed ; he has a little the best of 52 CHAP . IV . THE BARREN GROUND.
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... tracks suddenly cease and the hunter is left to wonder and starve . It is very unlucky to let the dogs eat any part of the head , and the remaining bones are always burnt or put up in a tree out of reach , the dogs going hungry , unless ...
... tracks suddenly cease and the hunter is left to wonder and starve . It is very unlucky to let the dogs eat any part of the head , and the remaining bones are always burnt or put up in a tree out of reach , the dogs going hungry , unless ...
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2nd Edition 3rd Edition 4th Edition A. W. VERRALL animals Arctic Athabasca band bank Barren Ground BEGINNERS blanket Book cache camp canoe caribou chance Chipeweyan course crossing Crown 8vo dogs Edited by Rev ELEMENTARY ENGLISH Esquimaux ESSAYS Extra fcp F. T. PALGRAVE fire fish flour Fond du Lac Fort Resolution Fort Smith Globe 8vo GREEK half-breeds HISTORY Hudson's Bay Company Hudson's Hope hunt Illustrated Indians Introduction island John journey killed Lac de Gras land LATIN Lesser Slave Lake load lodge Mackay Mackenzie River MACMILLAN'S Maps meat Medium 8vo miles morning mountains musk-ox night passed Peace River pines plenty POEMS portage rapid reached revised rocks Saltatha SCHOOLS SERMONS sewed shore short Slave Lake sleighs snow snow-shoes STORIES stream tion tobacco tracks Translated TREATISE vols weather willows wind winter woods Yellow Knives
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