our outfit. These are most satisfactory people to deal with, 
being thoroughly “square” and trying their level best to please. 
Our outfit is composed, first of all, of our provisions, and 
of five pack- and a saddle-horse. Pack-horses cost $2 per 
day. We have also procured two Indians, Bob Reed and 
John Colbert. The average rate for Indians is anywhere 
from $3.50 to $4 per day. If one desires to take a boy along, 
for extra camp work, he can be secured at $2 per diem. 
The Tholtan Indian is entirely different, in general char¬ 
acteristics, from the Red-skin one meets in the States. He is 
very cleanly, not only in personal appearance, but in his camp 
cooking as well. The Indians never failed to wash their hands 
thoroughly before preparing a meal; whereas in hunting with 
a couple of Ojibways, in Ontario, I never chanced on a case 
of even attempted or “near” wash. 
“Bob Reed” and “John Colbert” seem rather peculiar 
names for Indians; but the fact remains that many of this 
tribe, meeting a white man whose patronyms they fancy, drop 
their own names at once and take his instead. In my own 
case, the name was too hard to swallow, so they gave me 
an Indian one. 
These two fellows take great pride in their strength and 
endurance. We heard from absolutely reliable witnesses that 
in a weight-lifting contest, Colbert had lifted eight hundred 
pounds on and off the scales, and that he had carried ten 
sacks of flour, weighing fifty pounds each, up a very steep 
hill from the wharf to John Hyland’s store. 
They have a very keen sense of humor, also. 
Again, no work is too hard for them so long as it be con¬ 
cerned directly with getting game; but, like all of the Indian 
tribes, they have a generous bump of laziness, and this ex¬ 
erts itself otherwise. They are prone to sullenness, at times; 
but it is best to pay no heed to this, since they then get over 
their “dumps” very quickly. 
Owing to the deplorable intermarriages of Indians and 
whites, the Tholtans have an exaggerated idea of their own 
importance and position, and prove absolute failures as serv¬ 
ants. They consider themselves the white man’s equal, and 
if a successful hunt is desired, it is most advisable to share 
one’s rations with them, and “jolly” them along constantly. 
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