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rated civilization the natives in some sections are dressed to-day 

 in clothing entirely derived from the forest. 



One of the most ancient methods of hunting and one which 

 is still in vogue in some remote localities is the "drive." Two 

 famous places for drive hunting in olden days were Point 

 Carcajou on Peace River, and the Grand Detour on Great 

 Slave River. The former driving ground was ahout thirty 

 miles long by about three miles across, while the latter was 

 about fifteen miles long by about three miles across. The 

 mode of hunting was for a party of Indians to spread out 

 through the woods, and all, at an appointed time, to move for- 

 ward toward a certain point, and thus drive the game before 

 them, until the animals, on coming out into the open at the 

 other end, were attacked by men in ambush. At those driving 

 grounds in the right season — even if a drive of only a few miles 

 were made — the Indians could count on securing two or three 

 bears, three or four moose, and twelve or fifteen caribou. Rut 

 in later years, a number of the drivers having been accidentally 

 shot from ambush, the practice has been discontinued in those 

 localities. 



THE BEAR IN HIS WASH 



It is not an uncommon occurrence for a hunter, when travel- 

 ling through the winter woods, to discover the place where a 

 bear is hibernating; the secret being given away by the 

 condensed breath of the brute forming hoar frost about the im- 

 perfectly blocked entrance to the wash. The Indians' hunting 

 dogs are experts at finding such hidden treasure, and when they 

 do locate such a claim, they do their best to acquaint their 

 master of the fact. 



One day when Oo-koo-hoo was snowshoeing across a beaver 

 meadow, his dogs, having gained the wooded slope beyond, 

 began racing about as though they had scented game and 

 were trying to connect a broken trail. So The Owl got out his 



