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Society of London. Ikrnanl K. Ross (l.S()l) st'cnis to have coiiliiscd 

 tlu- two as wi'll; for a skull collected by him at Fort Simpson and seiii 

 to the r. S. N. M. as "Wnz/.v Iikjojui.s^' iscxcn larj^er than the one 

 from Peel Ri\er and almost undoubtedly a cross with an Kskinio 

 Dog-. Both skulls lack the first lower premolar. 



In the North the Common Indian Dot^- is larijely used anion": the 

 forest Indians as a beast of burden. 



Samuel Hearne, on his famous journey to Peel Ri\er, 17(39-72, 

 observed that the Indians' " kettles, and some other lumber, are 

 always carried by dogs, which are trained to that ser\ice, and are 

 \ery docile and tractable. * * * These dogs are equally willing to haul 

 in a sledge, but as few of the men will be at the troul)le of making 

 sledges for them, the poor women are obliged to content themselves 

 with lessening the bulk of their load, more than the weight, by making 

 the dogs carry these articles only, which are always lashed on their 

 backs, much after the same manner as packs are, or used formerly to 

 be, on pack-horses." 



Klamath-Ixdiax Dog. 



Characters. — A medium-sized dog, with a short, bushy tail. 



Distribution. — So far as known, this peculiar breed was found only 

 among the Indians in the Klamath Ri\'er region of Oregon. 



]{eniarks. — The only mention of this dog that I have found is the 

 following by Gibbs (Suckley and Gibbs, 1860, p. 112): 



"On the Klamath is a dog of good size, with a sliort tail. This is 

 not more than six or seven inches long, and is bushy, or rather broad, 

 it being as wide as a man's hand. I was assured they were not cut, 

 and I never noticed longer tails on the pups. They have the usual 

 erect ears and sharp muzzle of Indian dogs, l^ut are (what is imtisual 

 witli Indian dogs) often brindled (/ray." 



Presumably the shortened tail arose as an independent variation 

 among dogs of the Plains-Indian Dog type and was preserved among 

 these dogs through selective breeding. Similar short-tailed breeds 

 are well known among European dogs, as in the English Sheep-dog, 

 and certain ^'arieties of Bull-terriers. MacFai'lane (1903, p. ()96) 

 gives an account of a very much prized Eskimo Dog he owned in the 

 Mackenzie District, that Avas born tailless and undersized, liut proAed 

 an excellent sled-doa;. 



