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everything that he had promised. He offered to leave 

 the money with Brown or any other trader whom they 

 knew, but just as the party started they decided not to 

 trust the traders, but told the naturalist to keep the 

 money himself and pay it to them when the animals 

 were killed. With this understanding the party filed 

 out of the village, Maypuck drawing the sled on which 

 was packed the camp equipment. 



Dogs are the usual draught animals of the Indians, 

 and when Dyche asked why they were not used on 

 this trip the response was : 



"Dog no nickoshin [no good]. Too much brush." 



The Chippewas found a malicious pleasure in travel- 

 ling fast, apparently to try the mettle of the naturalist, 

 whose side was still painful and who kept up with his 

 red companions with much difficulty during the first 

 few days of the trip. It was now very cold, the tem- 

 perature going as low as ten and fifteen degrees below 

 zero every night. During the day Dyche's mustache 

 and eyebrows froze solid as he walked along. The 

 Indians were warmly dressed in heavy clothing made 

 from blankets, and Maypuck, in addition, had a pe- 

 culiar hood of white flannel with a blue fringe run- 

 ning from the front over the top of the head to the 

 neck. This hood was shaped something like the old- 

 fashioned sun-bonnet and was very warm, and 

 highly prized by the chief. As an especial mark of 

 favour he offered to let the naturalist wear it, but 

 Dyche was a little shy of its inhabitants and declined 

 as gracefully as possible. 



The Indians kept up a species of dog- trot all day over 

 the moskegs, keeping out of the dense forests as much 



