68 My Dogs in the Northland 



My good wife was also the owner of a 

 capital train, that was generally kept well 

 employed, under the charge of an efficient 

 driver, in taking her around, as, on her mis- 

 sions of comfort and helpfulness, she visited 

 the wigwams and other lowly homes of the 

 Indians, where sickness prevailed. All the 

 wood, some winters, required for the great 

 stoves in the church, school house, and Mis- 

 sion home, was dragged from the adjacent 

 forests by my dog trains. In addition to 

 this, after I had been in the country some 

 time, I kept several cows, and for three 

 years tried the risky experiment of keeping 

 a couple of horses in those high latitudes. 

 Of course, I required a large quantity of 

 hay. All this, which had been cut and dried 

 during the short summer months, in distant 

 marshy places and old dried-up beaver 

 meadows, was dragged home to my stables 

 by the dogs on specially prepared sleds. It 

 will thus be seen how essential for efficient 

 work good dogs would be, and so I welcomed 

 the coming of Jack and Cuffy with great 

 anticipation and delight, and never once 

 did either of them fail or disappoint me. 



Jack, when he reached his prime, was 

 thirty-three inches high at the fore-shoulder. 



