. History of Saskatchewan and the Old North West. ge or agony, andmaking the earth tremble with their trampling. The hunters followed the 3 The forcsoing laws are quoted from a capital article on The People of theRed River, contained in Harpers Xcw Monthly Magazine, January, 1859. 66 HISTORY OF THK rUOVIXCE OF SASKATCIIKWAX herd at a gallop, loading and firing their weapons while at full speed. Acharge of powder would be settled in place by striking the gun againstthe saddle, the bullet being dropped from the huntsmans mouth down thebarrel without any wads. It is not surprising that their crud
. History of Saskatchewan and the Old North West. ge or agony, andmaking the earth tremble with their trampling. The hunters followed the 3 The forcsoing laws are quoted from a capital article on The People of theRed River, contained in Harpers Xcw Monthly Magazine, January, 1859. 66 HISTORY OF THK rUOVIXCE OF SASKATCIIKWAX herd at a gallop, loading and firing their weapons while at full speed. Acharge of powder would be settled in place by striking the gun againstthe saddle, the bullet being dropped from the huntsmans mouth down thebarrel without any wads. It is not surprising that their crude, old-fash-ioned weapons frequently exploded, maiming their reckless users. Thewake of the flying herd was marked by piles of dead buffalo, and the prairiewas deluged with blood like a fit-Id of battle. The carts followed up, andremoved the carcasses to the camp, ^fuch of the meat was spoiled by theheat, but the hides and tongues Avere removed and great quantities of pem-mican were made, the meat for this purjKise being shredded and boiled with. h;;Jj> II < \l \\ \N \1J K()\( lll\( h\\ I I the tallow. This staple article of food was poured, while in a lluid state intosacks maile of raw skins. The tongues were cured and the robes the autumn hunt, however, the meat was taken back to the settle-ments frozen. Such are some of the brief outlines of life among the hunters and trad-ers who first established contact between the western i)rovinces and the civil-ized worUl. It was a life full of adventure, glamour and romance, wellfitted to call forth the sterner virtues, and characterized 1)\- a boyisli com-mingling of frolic and toil. In their isolated pusis the commanders orclerks surnunuled themselves with the barbaric dignitv of feudal barons HISTORY OF THE TROVIXCE OF SASKATCHEWAN 67 and ruled their foyo(/cins and coiiriciirs du hois with a despotic hand. Inthe seasons of rest between their laborious duties of gatliering peltries andtransporting their supplies,
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