Sport and travel in the northland of Canada . rhoto by y. ir Tyu-ll. Eskimo who visit tiik Akk-i-iTnik in Hunting Camp. FROM GREAT SLAVE LAKE EASTWARDS 31 On Artillery Lake we expected to meet caribou, or deer,as I shall now call them, and we kept a keen lookout overthe hilly ground on either side as we paddled along, for wewere getting hungry for fresh meat. On July 25, while ascending the river flowing into thehead of Artillery Lake, we shot our first deer, whichoccasioned great excitement among the Indians. Afterexamining the hoofs and inside, they were positive that theani
Sport and travel in the northland of Canada . rhoto by y. ir Tyu-ll. Eskimo who visit tiik Akk-i-iTnik in Hunting Camp. FROM GREAT SLAVE LAKE EASTWARDS 31 On Artillery Lake we expected to meet caribou, or deer,as I shall now call them, and we kept a keen lookout overthe hilly ground on either side as we paddled along, for wewere getting hungry for fresh meat. On July 25, while ascending the river flowing into thehead of Artillery Lake, we shot our first deer, whichoccasioned great excitement among the Indians. Afterexamining the hoofs and inside, they were positive that theanimal had just come from the main bands, which theyasserted we were sure to meet the following day. In thisopinion, however, they were completely wrong. Thissmall bull was one of many which had separated from themain bands on their migration northwards, and had thenremained in the south by themselves during the summer. Next day a bull musk-ox was spied and shot. Not verymany years ago musk-oxen were plentiful round and to thenorth of Artillery Lake, but they were killed off by theIndians and are now extinct in
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