Sport and travel in the northland of Canada . nting, cutting upmeat, looking after dogs and sleighs in winter and boatingin summer, is done better and more quickly by Huskiesthan by white men. The wives somewhat retard thejourney, but they perform services which are indispensable,making and mending clothes and foot-gear, which soon getworn out. Huskies are hard-working, honest, good-natured,and cheerful companions. They are unwearying on behalfof one who treats them well, and the traveller, on his side,must learn to exercise a little patience with them. However, white companions, or else half-
Sport and travel in the northland of Canada . nting, cutting upmeat, looking after dogs and sleighs in winter and boatingin summer, is done better and more quickly by Huskiesthan by white men. The wives somewhat retard thejourney, but they perform services which are indispensable,making and mending clothes and foot-gear, which soon getworn out. Huskies are hard-working, honest, good-natured,and cheerful companions. They are unwearying on behalfof one who treats them well, and the traveller, on his side,must learn to exercise a little patience with them. However, white companions, or else half-breeds, arenecessary in order to reach Husky-land and to return fromit. I decided to take only two. One, Sandy Turner byname, a half-breed, I engaged at Edmonton, and trusted tofind another suitable man at Fort Resolution. Not thatthere was any scarcity of applicants, for it seemed as ifthe whole of Edmonton wished to accompany me. Thefascination of the north had seized even sober businessmen and farmers. A freighter who owned a fine team of. PROJECTED EXPLORATION 21 horses and was earning good money, was eager to join me,and when I asked what would become of his team during his absence, he replied : To h with the b y horses if I can only get along with you. Another man, engagedto be married shortly, protested his willingness to chuckit if he could only get to the north. Transport of merchandise from Edmonton to AthabascaLanding, a distance of about ninety miles, is by canoes and heavy stuff I despatched under thecharge of Sandy Turner, and, a few days later, I followedby the stage, which covers the distance in two dayswhen the road is not unusually bad. There is no maderoad, but only a natural track through the bush, whichhere consists of stunted cotton woods, with an occasionalbluff of pine or spruce. A few short and indispensablebridges have been put up, but otherwise hardly a cent hasbeen spent in improving the track, though the whole of thetraffic for the north h
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