CHAPTER XIX. 



SLEDGE DOGS OF THE NORTH 



nOT a hunting dog in a strict sense of the 

 word, yet most important in that con- 

 nection, is the sledge dog, in transporta- 

 tion of hunters and their outfits to and 

 from the hunting and trapping scenes. 



Following is a first hand, specially written 

 article by Colonel F. H. Buzzacott, the intrepid 

 Arctic explorer. That he writes from experience 

 is evident, which necessarily adds interest and 

 value to his highW interesting contribution. 



What the Indian pony is to the plain 

 Indian, the Pack Horse or Mule is to the White 

 Settler, Hunter or Trapper, the Sledge Dog or 

 Reindeer is to natives of the distant and Far 

 North. An old saying among frontiersmen is 

 that a white man will abandon a horse as broken 

 down and utterly unable to go when a Mexican 

 Avill take that same horse and make him go a 

 hundred miles further, while an Indian after 

 all of this will mount and ride him for a week 

 still. 



With all Indians, natives of the north or 

 Esquimaux, knives are luxuries, ponies and 



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