February, 1911. 
The Indian Sled Dogs of North America. 
{CdiUiiiucd I ruin f(ific J/) 
cally as Iiard as ^toiu', is amazing. As the fish 
often has reached an advanced stage of putrefac 
tion before "cnrcd," the odor emit led from tli<- 
dog's month is horrible. Dnring the feeding, eai b 
driver is obliged tcj stand over his team lo pre 
vent ligiiting over the f(jod. 
These dogs, notwithstanding that they are 
innred to Arctic liardsiiips and live in the open 
the >ear round, luverthclos, (|nickly take ad 
N'antage of any i)ossil)li' comforts; so when the 
men have made their camp and gone lo sleeji for 
the night, the animals gradually work their wa\ 
toward the lire, and even endeavor to hunt f(H- 
the luxury of a corner of a blanket. Jn tiiis 
way, both men and dogs l)ecome closely packed 
togetlur. and great additional warmtli is pro- 
vided for all. 
There seems to be a clannish tendency among 
the different bands of dogs in a camp, and even 
among the dogs of each team. 'I'liere is usuallx 
one dog in each which is the master spirit 
RECREATION 
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Hudson's Bay sled dog, hobbled with a clog. 
If, while on a trail, a strange team is met, it 
usual!)- means a dog tight. The canines of one 
team will unite against those of the other. In 
the scrimmage and confusion that follows, tlu- 
brutes always discriminate between foe and 
friend. 
in the springtime, their feet often sutYer from 
the crusted snow. In a situation like this, the 
driver ties a kind of shoe, made of curried deer 
hide, on their paws. 
In tlu- summer, the dogs wander about the 
countr\ lumt'ug and fishing, or live the life of 
scavengers about the camps. Those owned b.\ 
the Hudson's Bay Company, and by some of the 
white traders, are fed regularly, 'rhe Companv . 
in order to prevent their dogs from roaming and 
getting injured in dog fights, often hobble them 
by means of a heavy piece of w^ood, suspended 
from the collar and just long enough to dran 
on the ground. 
In one sense, these Xm-tlicrn dogs do not 
lead a "dog's life," for it is seldom that one 
observes a dog scratch or bite his body ; fleas arc 
unknown to them. 
Pupp\- mortality is low, .-ind the\- are easy to 
raise. After weaning, their food is boiled fish, 
and finally the regular diet of raw fish, fresh or 
tlried is given to them. The training of the 
young dog consists in learning to haul and to 
fear the master. The latter is accomplished by 
lashing. 
A team of good sled dogs, with ordinary care, 
lasts eight or ten years before the age of re- 
tirement is reached. The cost of a team varies 
according to the section of the country. In 
Alaska, a good dog will sell for from $50 to 
$75. or even as high as $200, and a well-broken 
team of eight dogs has been known to bring a? 
much as $2,500. The average price for an 
Indian dog in the Hudson's Ray region is $15 to 
$20. At the time of the Klondike gold rush, 
Peming to. 
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