Seasons and Equipment 55 



the outside, except your rifle, ammunition, and 

 knife. Everything else you should secure at the 

 outfitting post. There is nothing in this world 

 that equals the caribou-skin capote for travel in 

 the Northland ; it is very light and practically 

 impervious to the wind. You will also carry 

 with you a tepee, made of caribou skin. This 

 tepee, or lodge, is not carried for your comfort 

 or protection against inclement weather, but 

 entirely for the protection of your camp-fire ; be- 

 cause the furious wind that sweeps the Barren 

 Grounds in winter would not only blow out your 

 flame but blow away your wood as well. The 

 poles for your lodge you cut at the last wood 

 and lash to the side of the sledge. 



In summer time the question of transportation 

 is much simpler; you go by canoe and you do 

 not need strouds or the winter caribou-skin 

 capote. There is a very great difference between 

 the winter and the summer caribou pelts, and 

 the latter is used for the summer trips. Nor do 

 you need a tepee in summer. 



