122 CANADIAN WILDS. 



The whole slaughter was well planned and car- 

 ried out. 



Three young beaver make a pretty solid 

 lump on a man's back, but a hunter may leave 

 moose meat and bear's meat in the bush to a 

 chance wolf, but beaver, no! hardly! even if he 

 has to make double trips. Na-ta-way had car- 

 ried heavy weights slung by a portage strap 

 across his forehead from childhood and could 

 well support and carry what he now had. 



I well remember that night when he entered 

 our kitchen and let slide off his back that mix- 

 ture of beaver, mink and bear skin. In four- 

 teen hours he had walked about ten miles and 

 killed: 1 moose, 1 mink, 1 bear and 3 beaver. 

 Verilv this was luck or success. 



