OUTFITTING INDIANS. 27 



of the bush. Should his proposed hunting 

 grounds be remote from a deer country he 

 would take dressed leather for mits and moc- 

 casins, parchment deerskin for his snow shoes. 

 Snow shoes, of course, each one of his family 

 must have, and supplying himself with this 

 leather, makes quite a hole in the amount of his 

 debt. 



Here again another addition of figures is 

 made ; perhaps a few dollars yet remain to com- 

 plete the agreed upon sum. He and his wife, 

 on the floor of the shop, handle each article 

 they have received, and think their hardest to 

 remember some forgotten necessary article that 

 may have escaped their memory. We also, 

 from long use to the Indian's requirements, 

 come to their assistance and sometimes suggest 

 something quite overlooked, but very necessary. 



A further adding up is now made; they have 

 positively all they require for the winter 

 months, and yet a few dollars remain to make 

 up the amount, and then the Indian's weakness 

 shows itself and he says: "Oh! well give sugar 

 and lard for the remainder." Then he and his 

 wife make all the purchases up into one or two 

 blankets; an order on the provision store is 

 given him and his account is made up and giv- 

 en him in the following manner. 



