. On snow-shoes to the barren grounds [microform] : twenty-eight miles after musk-oxen and wood-bison. Hunting; Chasse. UENIAH'S ARRIVAL 165 often had the right end of tiiO solution He is good-nat- ured, except at such time as he considers his dignity affronted by those dependent on his bounty, and some- what of a wag too, whose most mirth-provoking sally was a repeated and crescendo exclamation of "â cdo" (Dog-Rib for hot) when it was bitterest cold. The greatest tribute I can pay Beniah is to say that he kept his word with me, and that is so rare a virtue among these Indians as to
. On snow-shoes to the barren grounds [microform] : twenty-eight miles after musk-oxen and wood-bison. Hunting; Chasse. UENIAH'S ARRIVAL 165 often had the right end of tiiO solution He is good-nat- ured, except at such time as he considers his dignity affronted by those dependent on his bounty, and some- what of a wag too, whose most mirth-provoking sally was a repeated and crescendo exclamation of "â cdo" (Dog-Rib for hot) when it was bitterest cold. The greatest tribute I can pay Beniah is to say that he kept his word with me, and that is so rare a virtue among these Indians as to be praise enough. The only thing I treasure against him was his dis- tressing rendition of a song which had few words and a tune that wailed for longer and shorter periods of time over three treble notes. 1 could never decide whether it was a song of joy or lam- entation, as he set it going on all occasions before we reached the Barrens; and then he subsided, for there no opportunity of rejoic- ing offered, and no chant, be it never so dolorous, could have expressed the depth of our misery. There was much mental measuring of one another, of drinking tea, and smoking on the day after lieniah's ar- rival at Resolution, but we did not come to the business of my venture until the evening. Then we all gathered in Gaudet's room and smoked some more, and talked for a long time about everything else, as is usual at these. IlKMAH From a Pliotogmph by tlie author. 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 Whitney, Caspar, 1862?-1929. New York : Harper
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