. The Arctic prairies, a canoe-journey of 2,000 miles in search of the caribou; being the account of a voyage to the region north of Aylmer Lake. Deer hunting. 20 THE ARCTIC PRAIRIES At noon we camped above the Boiler Rapids. In the evening I climbed the 400- or 500-foot hill behind camp and sketched the canyon looking northward. The spring birds were now beginning to arrive, but. Canyon of the Athabaska River, looking north were said to be a month late this year. The ground was everywhere marked with moose sign; prospects were brightening. The mania for kilHng that is seen in many white men i
. The Arctic prairies, a canoe-journey of 2,000 miles in search of the caribou; being the account of a voyage to the region north of Aylmer Lake. Deer hunting. 20 THE ARCTIC PRAIRIES At noon we camped above the Boiler Rapids. In the evening I climbed the 400- or 500-foot hill behind camp and sketched the canyon looking northward. The spring birds were now beginning to arrive, but. Canyon of the Athabaska River, looking north were said to be a month late this year. The ground was everywhere marked with moose sign; prospects were brightening. The mania for kilHng that is seen in many white men is evidently a relic of savagery, for all of these Indians and half-breeds are full of it. Each carries a rifle, and every living thing that appears on the banks or on the water is fusilladed with Winchesters until it is dead or out of sight. This explains why we see so little from the scows. One should be at least a day ahead of them to meet with wild life on the river. This morning two Bears appeared on the high bank —and there was the usual uproar and fusillading; so far as could be learned without any effect, except the ex- penditure of thirty or forty cartridges at five cents 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 Seton, Ernest Thompson, 1860-1946. New York, C. Scribner's Sons
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