150 My Dogs in the Northland 



pany was so arranged that the long trip of 

 the gentlemen of the service could be made 

 during the few months of the brilliant 

 summer of that great Northland. However, 

 there had arisen some emergency in the 

 business of the Company, and this long cold 

 journey had to be made by these officials and 

 their retainers in spite of the bitter cold, 

 and the fact that for a number of nights 

 they would have to sleep in holes dug in the 

 snow, in the dreary forests on the shores of 

 the great Lake Winnipeg — on the frozen 

 surface of which they travelled day after day. 



There was a large number of dog trains 

 with their Indian drivers, as in travelling 

 of this description not only is it imperative 

 to carry along large supplies of fur robes 

 and blankets for the wintry beds, but abun- 

 dant supplies of food, with kettles, guns, am- 

 munition, axes and various other things, in 

 addition to a large, supply of pemmican and 

 fish for the dogs. 



Voyageur led the way. Not even the most 

 clever of the Indian guides thought of indi- 

 cating the route by keeping in the front 

 while this noble dog was in his place. All 

 that was necessary, when the wintry camp 



