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would make us some tea if we wanted it. He went 
back to the aranga and presently returned with a 
brand new copper kettle, holding about two gab 
Ions. He said we could use it and that he would 
get the ice to fill it if we would provide the fire and 
the tea. I saw that it was going to take some time 
to make tea, so we went along, but as the old man 
seemed to be pretty badly off I gave him some 
pemmican and tea tablets. 
At dark we built our igloo. I took Colt in¬ 
side with us and tied his mouth, taking a half 
hitch on the rope so that he could not chew. Then 
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I put three or four turns of the rope criss-cross on 
the harness so that he could not extricate himself, 
and tied the rope to myself. The result was that 
with his continuous restlessness I got no sleep all 
night. It was the last time I tried that device; 
after that I simply tethered him with the rest of 
the dogs. 
