NO. 1405. MAMMALS OF NORTHWEST TERRITORIES— MACFARLANE. 685 



Season . 



1885. None were observed within many miles of tlie establislinients. 



1886. None were observed in the spring or autumn of this season. 



1887. None were observed in the spring or autumn of thi.'^ season. 



1888. None were observed in tlie spring or autumn f>f tliis season. 

 1389. None were observed in the spring of this year. 



Dec. 21. First deer seen on tlieir autumn migration from tlic north. 



1890. 

 Apr. 16. First deer seen on their spring migration to the north. 



ROCKY MOUNTAIN GOAT. 



Oreaiimos )iw7ita)ms (Ord). 



Tlio Niihanni tribe of Chipewyan, or Athabasca, Indians of the 

 Mackenzie River District kill a miniher of these goats annuall}'^ in the 

 northern ranges of the Rock\' Mountiiins; l)iit it is perhaps remarkable 

 that no wild sheep or goats are met with in even the most extensive 

 spurs thereof, situated on or to the eastward of that great river. They 

 extend, however, north to the Arctic Circle, if not l)e3^ond. At Forts 

 Norman and (xood Hope the company frequently receives small (juanti- 

 ties of the dried meat of this animal from their Indian himters on the 

 west side of the river and in the mountains. 



BALL'S MOUNTAIN SHEEP. 



Orlt< (lam (Nelson). 



It is probal)ly this recently-determined variety, or species, of wild 

 sheep which inhal)its the Rocky Mountains of the lower Mackenzie 

 Ri^■er to the arctic coast, while the true Bighorn, 0ms canadensis 

 Shaw, exists in the ranges to the south. Some of the western Eski- 

 mos, who occasiorrall}^ resorted to Fort Anderson, wore outer coats 

 or capotes made from the skin of this animal, with the hair attached. 

 The Nahatuii tril)e of Indians belonging to the company's northern 

 posts of Nelson, Liard, Simpson, Norman, Good Hope, Peel River, 

 and La Pierre House usually brought in for trade, small supplies of 

 the meat of the goat and sheep of the Rockies in a partly smoked or 

 sun-dried state. We alwaj's considered it, when in prime condition, 

 second to no other variet}^ of flesh food to be had in that extensive 

 territory. 



MUSK ox. 



Orihon iiinsclKitiis ( Zinunermann). 



This interesting member of the family Bovidic has not, so far as I 

 am aware, been discoN ered in the flc^sli to the westward of the Macken- 

 zie River, noi-. as a rule, are many met with in the tract of country 

 lying to the eastwai'd l)etween that stream and the Anderson. Mr. P. 

 Deschambeault distinctly rememl)ers ha\'ing, upward of tifty years 

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