Hunting Musk-Ox with the Dog Ribs 



few ounces of salt. My bedding consisted 

 of a single four-point blanket sewed to a 

 light deerskin robe. 



Johnnie tried to "plant" me on the hun- 

 dred and fifty mile trip to the camps. He 

 would have walked that distance in two 



Map of the Country Traversed, showing the A lit/tor's 

 Route from Fort Rae. 



days, but his dogs were not equal to the 

 task ; and though they were beaten until 

 their heads were bruised and bleeding, they 

 could not reach our destination in less than 

 three days. My ankles troubled me with 

 the torturing mal de raquette, which made 



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