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ing his life. The bones, especially the skull, are 

 hung up at the exact spot where he fell, jour- 

 neys from camp often being taken with the ex- 

 press purpose of carrying out this sacred duty. 



Deer and moose antlers and shoulder blades 

 are generally found on stakes or dry knots of 

 trees at the discharge of some big lake on main 

 canoe route. There are certain parts of the flesh 

 and insides of these animlas that the women 

 are never allowed to partake of, such as the 

 head, heart and paws of the bear. 



Likewise it is infra dig. for a man to carry 

 water to the camp, chop wood or dry his own 

 moccasins. After the killing of big game it 

 rests with the women and children to cut up 

 the meat and toboggan it to camp. The man 

 merely walking ahead to show the way and loll- 

 ing about an open fire while the work of butch- 

 ering and loading sled is going on. 



Physique and Health. Before the Indian 

 came in close contact with the whites he lived 

 on the produce of the country and remained 

 close to nature. He was of a wirey and healthy 

 stature and lived to a ripe old age. Now from 

 their acquired taste of the white man's foods, 

 love of liquor, insufficient clothing and early 

 marriages, the "white plague" has taken firm 

 hold in every band and a few decades will see 



