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CHAPTER XL 



INDIAN DOGS. 



THESE faithful animals, that cling to man through 

 good and evil, are of the utmost importance to 

 the native tribes inhabiting the Pacific and 

 Atlantic sides of the Rocky Mountains. On the 

 eastern slope, the Thickwood Crees, who occupy 

 the country to the west of Lake Winnipeg and 

 the northern boundary of the Saskatchewan, 

 manage their transport with horses and canoes 

 during summer, and in winter with dogs only. 



In summer, dogs carry the loads on their backs 

 on pads. In winter, the Indians travel on snow- 

 shoes, and then harness the dog's to li^ht sleighs. 



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which they tug over the snow. A pretty sight 

 it is in bright summer time, when hill and valley 

 are alike clothed with a luxuriant vegetation, to 

 see a train of dogs trotting along with their little 

 loads, stopping continually to take a good sniff at 

 some attractive perfume, or lap from a tempting 



