. The land of the muskeg [microform]. Hunting; Chasse. le SHokr COMMONS ct at MLcod. 'Yes,' they would say, \6'J kinds of muck- bisciiits—yes. ev'yth yes, al plenty ;i-muck at M'Leod; jam. cak you see by-'n-by; plenty Ml!' — muck-a-muck, you s(!e.' Charl have a <rreat love for (juesnelle and the district; this h c explained to us. coimtry Quesnelle-much whisk ey s(;emed to surroundiniL;- ' Y(.'s, ood y, .i^ood.' We asked m<)- with some tradi some very fair beavet ow stringent the laws ians. ' Me em— -good th. him how he oot it, knowinn- h were against .^ivin^- anythini^- to Ind .L^ittum.
. The land of the muskeg [microform]. Hunting; Chasse. le SHokr COMMONS ct at MLcod. 'Yes,' they would say, \6'J kinds of muck- bisciiits—yes. ev'yth yes, al plenty ;i-muck at M'Leod; jam. cak you see by-'n-by; plenty Ml!' — muck-a-muck, you s(!e.' Charl have a <rreat love for (juesnelle and the district; this h c explained to us. coimtry Quesnelle-much whisk ey s(;emed to surroundiniL;- ' Y(.'s, ood y, .i^ood.' We asked m<)- with some tradi some very fair beavet ow stringent the laws ians. ' Me em— -good th. him how he oot it, knowinn- h were against .^ivin^- anythini^- to Ind .L^ittum.' lie would answer, 'Sywash' ,t;ittum all the time—me steal man at Ouesnelle dam fool- country.' We did them, obtainin; skins in exchange for shirts, or orders drawn upon the Hudson's Bay Com- pany. All Indians are ^jrcat gamblers. We had heard the boats' crews beat- ing the tom-tom and shouting round their fire at the Athabaska Landing, but had nevcn- until now had a chance to watch their game. The process is simple. They squat in two lines opposite each other, each man facing his adver- sary. The players have two sticks of equal length, one of which has a small notch in the middle. Taking the sticks in the palms of their hands, they wave them about, changing them with wonderful ' liiili;ui, from the i rciicli sutivart: ; sir( Ks Ci. 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 Somerset, H. Somers (Henry Somers). London : W. Heinemann
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