142 THE ARCTIC PRAIRIES 



miles an hour, but the wind and waves against us were 

 so strong that it took SJ hours to make the passage. 

 At 10.30 we landed at Resolution and pitched our 

 tent among 30 teepees with 200 huge dogs that barked, 

 scratched, howled, yelled, and fought around, in, and 

 over the tent-ropes all night long. Oh, how different 

 from the tranquil woods of the Nyarling! 



Birch bark Pierre's water bucket, Birch bark pail 



wavey quill rim 10 in. high spruce root wrapping 



Athabaska Bose 



