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hide would be found partly consumed by dogs if their 

 appetite had not been lately appeased. The wolves have 

 this trick also when food is scarce, especially when the 

 tether is allowed to trail loosely from the horse's neck 

 without being attached to a stake, thus leaving him 

 at liberty to wander some distance from the camp during 

 the night. The intelligence of dogs when 



traveling 



Sioux Knife Sheath. 



during the winter is astonishing, several curious instances 

 occurred during our homeward journey, which will be 

 found in the narrative of the winter journey to Crow 

 Wing. 



With Crees, Ojibways, Swampys, and Sioux, the dog is 

 supposed to be the most acceptable sacrifice to offended 

 deities, five dogs being the common number for a propi- 

 tiatory offering. 



