THE LAW OF THE BOUNDARIES 59 



Muskeg our streets run clear to view. Beyond 

 our Run-ways we do not go. Nor do we build 

 houses in violation of the law only roads are 

 we allowed, and these we have made. In the 

 Muskeg parks, the nice open places Beaver has 

 formed by damming back the waters, we labor. 



&quot;When the young Spruce are growing, and 

 would choke up the park, we strip the bark off 

 and they die, and the open is still with us. 

 Neither do we kill any Animal, nor make trouble 

 for them keeping well within the law. Are 

 we not ourselves food for all the Animal King 

 dom ? Lynx lives off us, and Marten lives off 

 us, and Fox lives off us, and Wolf and Bear 

 sometimes. Neither I nor my Tribe complains, 

 because that law is older than the laws we make 

 ourselves. 



&quot;But have we not certain rights which are 

 known to the Council ? For one hour in the 

 morning, and one hour in the evening, just when 

 the Sun and the Stars change their season of toil, 

 are we not to be free from the Hunting ? &quot; 



&quot;Yes, it is written,&quot; replied Black King, 

 &quot; that no one shall kill Wapoos at the hour of 

 dusk and the hour of dawn. Has anyone done 

 so?&quot; 



&quot; If they have, it s a shame ! &quot; cried Carcajou. 

 &quot; I do not eat Wapoos ; but if everything else 



