Show illi boss the celebrated french can and trop poi is a stal wart frontiersman forty three cars 0 age a 11 coal black boan ami mustache iio is one of six broth irs boasting an aggregate length of no less llian forty icat and an pile weight of somo 1400 pounds mj host is a alio has spent twenty foul acara of liis lifo in tho indian country now hunting in 10 lo great canadian for now trapping in alio hudsons Hud sons baj territory west with dog sleds through the wilderness then voyaging in his ow n boat on northern i ivr orienting on alio llio arctic shore until a nomadic tent life lias acconio baturo to him and tho restraints of chiv irksome at intervals aliis long period lie lins cone anck tc city liu in canada or california bul poon rowing restless has shaken the dust of civilization from his feet alij sought again the pathless woods and the lonely shore is nn expert with clodgo dogs and always makes it a point to own the host dog cams the best harness aal iho best traveling outfit ally iio hitched ii ono of ins do coams loams for my especial diversion and notwithstanding tho and to be drilled orar baro ground of now tho trained animals jank cd it along far faster than the supposed speed of alio traditional bobtailed bob tailed sud su d in a potato patch when alio digor dogs saw their camesa brought kiil how they leaped about in impatient joy to got antu the dogs acro hitched up pairs of f risky natives and one siga and heady old american to act as leader A linn attached to alio sled front was passed between alio dogs and to aliis line luicir traces wore hitched on opposite sides thu indian sleds of tho upper country diner considerably in ap J ruin alio sleds of alio boist natii cs tho driver mounted cracked his whip and tho impatient dashed air at a furious pace ocr alio rough ground pulling load of pounds up hill as though it nothing more than a tin can willi 1 dog kiil attachment gossiped entertainingly about dogs traveling reindeer behind a sled cant leold ni candle to a good its tanni nol even licca iho scent of the doys A journey of twelve hundred inilla lias been made with doa in nineteen een days which it would leavo required four half to make with deer oft soilo days anoro than seventy miles aro mado n dos elcani alic native io is inferior in size and power lr his american sledge bred bio lher but vastly more lively and will jivu on less stand more abusia make more with his ami do auie linal work on loss pay than any civilized do in existence A team i sill dos numbers livo it nino to do alic same work alic american do will do work on good feed alio llio native will pull through a lon journey on a couple of small dried fish cacci day their principal food on the coast is salmon and benl oil tho tricks of mischievous native doa nrc and amusing do nature like human nature is of many different sorts and their amcoats aro as various amusing abec were told of the antics of dos while in when a rabbit or a deer is sighted oil tho barcli oct will dart tho whole leani helter after the quarry overturning the sled and jerking it along like mad over tho ground soon belting clean boond the control 01 the driver for lie uses no lines depending solely upun voice and whip in aliu of his canino arb ono curious instance was related where such an escapade was attempted by alio native dogs in a but was frustrated by the prompt and timely action of alio llio sagacious and steady alil lender when harebrained natives dashed off in ono clion away from the line of march in pursuit of a i abbit alie old leader immediately made a sudden in tho opposite and by barking furiously gol apa falso alarm of game ahead this stia legy caused a diversion that brought alio runaways back to their places in line when taic leader at resumed his place and quietly trotted on ahead that dog willi a training accomplished complis hed local politician an adept in alt na cm dij in tho back counties til sledge traveling through deep snow it is usual to an indian run on and bruak the wiy on long winter journeys when nightfall overtakes tho traveler they halt and mako camp tho doga arc and fed fuel is gatli ored fur the camp tiro and spruce boughs if possible for tho beds A narrow excavation is mado in the deep snow leaving the sides hiigli to keep out abo wind and here alio campfire camp firo is built at ono end and alit bod made down at tho other the experienced perien ced camper taking care to place his fire so that the will not blow into his face these preparations completed daiy diy 13 mado anil drank then abo blankets aro dried and spread upon the spruce boughs or moss and each weary man after warming himself thoroughly and expelling awry parti clo of from his clothing wraps the drapery of his couch about him and lies down to a solid sleep tho feet and lower limbs aiu encased in a great fur lined bag which ia better than a aholo of liot bricks or a dozen warming pans alio hardy dogs curl up in tho snow and sleep 03 well as their masters who arc sometimes compelled to dig their teams out before they can start tho noal morning cor san francisco chronicle during tho epidemic of 1878 says the memphis a poor woman and her two children chil dien stricken with yellow fever tho children died and like thousands of others were hurried away to tho potters field and buried with no mark to indicate where they lay tho mother recovered and as soon as sho was able to get about bought two little wooden colons and went to search for tho bodies of her loved ones intending to hive thorn buried in consecrated ground leavin tho coffins at tho house of a colored near tho field she began her search and kept it up day by day lor beveral weeks but without accomplishing her object alic golgotha of tho poor kept its secret too adt at iho end of alic time mentioned lier visits feasca and it is supposed clial she died anim the acts of and the strain upon glicr enfeebled body u one knows her namo or when she died the collins anro still at abo hoium 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