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ON SNOW-SHOES TO THE BARREN GROUNDS 



away on close inspection that discovered the dirt of 

 the man, and the scraggy, half-starved condition of the 

 beast. These people had never before seen a camera, 

 and many of my plates show them scurrying away or 



IN A 24-BELO\V-ZERO ATMOSPHERE 



turning their backs. It was only after the most elaborate 

 descriptions to Gairdner, who instructed the interpreter, 

 who explained to the Indians, that we induced one or two 

 "types" to sit in our presence while Heming sketched 

 them. They thought we were making " medicine " against 

 them, but were won over by Heming drawing the moose 

 and caribou, while they watched the animals they knew so 

 well develop under his pencil. 



When we returned to the house the dance was still on ; 

 it was always "on " during the first thirty-six hours of our 

 stay at La Biche. Formerly the Hudson's Bay Company 

 officers merely " received " on New-Year's day ; but as the 



