. Rod and gun . Caribou reig-ned supreme. Then one dayIndian hunters, still hunting- in the re-serve today, noticed new and strangeprints on the river banks. They searchedfor the new comer, and found him withhis broad tossing horns and shaggy was of the advance euard. a pioneerof the moose invasion that has g-raduallydriven the caribou farther north, untillast winter not one was seen in the entiredistrict. Today the moose is hunted bythe Indians both for its meat and for its hide. In winter the smoked meat helpsout their scanty supply of pork; whilefrom the hide the squaws make mocassi
. Rod and gun . Caribou reig-ned supreme. Then one dayIndian hunters, still hunting- in the re-serve today, noticed new and strangeprints on the river banks. They searchedfor the new comer, and found him withhis broad tossing horns and shaggy was of the advance euard. a pioneerof the moose invasion that has g-raduallydriven the caribou farther north, untillast winter not one was seen in the entiredistrict. Today the moose is hunted bythe Indians both for its meat and for its hide. In winter the smoked meat helpsout their scanty supply of pork; whilefrom the hide the squaws make mocassinsfor home use and for sale to the whiteman in the spring, when the familiescome to their summer encampment atHudsons Bay posts. During thesummer the families take turns in hunt-ing moose : and when one is shot thereis feasting for the next few days. Fly season is the time when the moosecan most readily be found, for then themosquitoes and black flies drive them intothe water for protection. Once there they. Indians and White Men are Always Friendly. S5() ROr3 AXU GLX IX CAXADA do not readily leave. They become in-different to man, and at times refuse tovacate a stream to give a canoe the rightof way. It is by no means uncommon fora canoeist to back up from a moose thatdoes not wisli to be disturbed while feed-ing. As a rule, however, after surveyingthe intruder critically for a few moments,they will head for shore, stop behind thefirst trees for another inspection, and ofT into the bush. But they do not all go into the caught sight of a calf one morningon the Grassy. It watched us fromthe shore until we were close; and then itstruck out for the opposite bank. Witha shout we were after it, and quickly wererunning so close to it we could have forks, to the head of its two main bran-ches. For miles the river winds andtwists through a wide vallev of low landand swamp. All along were fresh tracks,trails, and every indication of many moosein the neighborhood
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