782 Life-histories of Northern Animals 



in the band, it never attempted mischief. It was shot at by 

 an Indian and never seen after." 



The Rev. J. A. McLaughlin,-^ of Berens River, Lake 

 Winnipeg, wrote me, March 9, 1893: 



"Wolves are quite numerous here this winter, but do not 

 seem to band together, to any extent, and are not, so far as I 

 know, dangerous. Last week one of the Indians on going to 

 his cache, where he had been doing his fall fishing, found a 

 splendid black Wolf in a trap. He tied his mouth with a line, 

 took him out of the trap, hitched him up to his dog train, and 

 made him help haul in the load of fish. The Hudson's Bay 

 Company ofificer here had him chained up at the Fort, and 

 intends trying to make a cross with one of his dogs. I have 

 seen a number of Wolves, but none like this specimen. The 

 fur is exactly like a Silver-fox in colour, thick and beautiful. 

 The ears are much more rounded than usual, giving the head 

 more of the appearance of a Bear than a Wolf. I have handled 

 it, but there is never any sign of crossness, and no attempt at 

 biting." 



D. T. Hanbury on his journey from Selkirk to Norway 

 House, February 26, 1899, says:'^ "At this place [Berens 

 River], I had the novel experience of riding in a sleigh drawn 

 by a team which included a Wolf. This animal was muzzled 

 and, though rather savage, worked well. I was told that a pure 

 Wolf does not retain its stamina in captivity, but a half or 

 quarter cross makes a most useful animal." 



It is hard to understand why the train-dogs should so fear 

 the Wolves, if they are such near kin. Probably the wild ones 

 are larger and the train-dogs more or less cowed by their life. 



LATENT The savage nature of the Wolf, however, is apt to break 



FEROC- . . ° , . , , , J . ' 



iTY out at times m the tram-dog, as already noted m my account 



of the Winnipeg Wolf on an earlier page. Another tragic 



incident of the kind took place recently on the Saskatchewan. 



"Mr. McLaughlin was drowned in Lake Winnipeg, September 12, 190,3, while 

 faithfully doing his work. 



"" Northland, Canada, 1904, p. 6. 



