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NATIVE-MADE MEN*S LEGGING GARTERS 46 



WAPITI HUNTER 48 



JOHN 50 



ALGONGl'S SHOE 52 



LUXURIOUS CAMPING-GROUND WOOD PLENTIFUL .... 53 

 POLE LODGE IN WHICH MOOSE AND CARIBOU SKINS ARE 



SMOKED 58 



NORTHWEST SOCK OF DUFFEL 59 



INDIAN SLIPPERS 60 



A WOMAN'S PORCUPINE-QUILL BELT 62 



NOONDAY TEA 63 



DRYING FISH THE STAPLE FOOD OF MAN AND DOG ... 71 



MEETING OF TWO DOG BRIGADES 75 



MY OUTFIT FROM McMURRAY TO CHIPEWYAN 79 



FORT CHIPEWYAN 83 



TYPES OF NORTHLAND INDIANS 86 



MAN'S SHOE 87 



CHIPEWYAN, ON ATHABASCA LAKE, THE LARGEST POST IN 



THE NORTH COUNTRY 89 



THE NORTHLAND SHOEMAKER 92 



SQUAW LEGGING 94 



PAPPOOSE IN ITS MOSS BAG 95 



THE BELLE OF THE NORTH COUNTRY 97 



ANCIENT KNIFE WITH BEAVER-TOOTH BLADE 99 



THE CARIOLE. DR. MACKAY'S HOUSE AND OFFICE IN 



BACKGROUND 103 



HAND-WARMERS OF THE NORTH 105 



THE "RABBIT CAMP" 109 



CHIPEWYAN TRIPPING-SHOE 113 



WOOD-BISON HEAD BROUGHT OUT BY THE AUTHOR . . .115 



LOUCHEUX SHOE Il6 



CUTTING A WAY THROUGH THE SMALL FIRS 119 



WAR-BONNET 123 



RABBIT SNARE 125 



"JEREMI WAS TOO QUICK WITH HIS GUN" 127 



ONE OF THE OLD FLINT-LOCKS . . . 133 



