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KOONA, THE ESKIMO LEADER 



KOONA was a pure white Eskimo 

 dog. Hence his name, as " Koona " is 

 the Cree Indian word for snow. He 

 was of medium size, and as an Eskimo dog, 

 was as perfect as a picture. 



While Csesar was tricky and surprisingly 

 cunning, Koona was simply mischievous. I 

 retained him and a few other animals of the 

 Eskimo variety because of some peculiar 

 excellences. Koona, although at first only 

 kept as a dog in the fish or wood trains, soon 

 developed into such a capital leader dog 

 that he was promoted to a place among the 

 most aristocratic trains. Indeed, after I 

 was so unfortunate as to break poor Voy- 

 ageur's heart, my sole reliance was upon 

 Koona as a leader even in front of Jack, 

 Cuffy and Muff. 



Like other leaders he had his peculiarities 

 and antipathies. One peculiarity was he 

 hated to have a guide running on just ahead 

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