. Through the Mackenzie Basin : a narrative of the Athabasca and Peace River Treaty Expedition of 1899 . Ascending the Chachakew (Pelican Kiver). Half-breed family crying whitefish at Wahpooskow Lake THE TRIP TO WAHPOOSKOW 139 down, given in our honour bv the local community. Ittook place in a building put up by a Mr. George, an Eng-lish catechist of the Mission; a solid structure of logs ofsome length, the roof poles being visible above the peeledbeams. On one of these iive or six candles were alight, fas-tened to it by simply sticking them into some melted were two fiddlers and
. Through the Mackenzie Basin : a narrative of the Athabasca and Peace River Treaty Expedition of 1899 . Ascending the Chachakew (Pelican Kiver). Half-breed family crying whitefish at Wahpooskow Lake THE TRIP TO WAHPOOSKOW 139 down, given in our honour bv the local community. Ittook place in a building put up by a Mr. George, an Eng-lish catechist of the Mission; a solid structure of logs ofsome length, the roof poles being visible above the peeledbeams. On one of these iive or six candles were alight, fas-tened to it by simply sticking them into some melted were two fiddlers and a crowd of half-breeds, of elders,youths, girls and matrons, the latter squatting on the floorwith their babes in moss-bags, dividing the delights of theevening between nursing and dancing, both of which wereconducted with the utmost propriety. Indeed, it was inter-esting to see so many pretty women and well-behaved menbrought together in this out-of-the-world place. The danceswere the customary reels, and, of course, the Red River was sorry, however, to notice a so-called improvement uponthis historic dance; that is to say, they dou
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