. The Arctic prairies, a canoe-journey of 2,000 miles in search of the caribou; being the account of a voyage to the region north of Aylmer Lake. Deer hunting. 94 THE ARCTIC PRAIRIES thrown in. I saw numberless other cases of dread- ful, hopeless, devastating diseases, mostly of the white man's importation. It is heart-rending to see so much' human misery and be able to do nothing at all for it, not even bring a gleam of hope. It made me feel like a murderer to tell one after another, who came to me covered with cankerous bone-eating sores, "I can do nothing"; and I was deeply touche
. The Arctic prairies, a canoe-journey of 2,000 miles in search of the caribou; being the account of a voyage to the region north of Aylmer Lake. Deer hunting. 94 THE ARCTIC PRAIRIES thrown in. I saw numberless other cases of dread- ful, hopeless, devastating diseases, mostly of the white man's importation. It is heart-rending to see so much' human misery and be able to do nothing at all for it, not even bring a gleam of hope. It made me feel like a murderer to tell one after another, who came to me covered with cankerous bone-eating sores, "I can do nothing"; and I was deeply touched by the simple statement of the Chief Pierre Squirrel, after a round of visits: "You see how unhappy we are, how miserable and sick. When I made this treaty with your govern- ment, I stipulated that we should have here a poUce- man and a doctor; instead of that you have sent noth- ing but ;. Anemone patens, Slave River, 40 miles above Fort Smith, June 7, 1907 While sketching this a hummins-bird moth visited the bloom. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Seton, Ernest Thompson, 1860-1946. New York, C. Scribner's Sons
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