The Red Cloud chief., 1885-01-30
REALLY COLD.
Talk wiz i Canadian About tho
- ,...c- IN Manitoba.
Hos. ia" Farmer D-"sNrs-V what Ec Bats
His DAILY I...-.la" INTENSE H.,i of the
summer h"~.ia. Harm
ia White.

Cold" sd . Canadian from Win
nip"g {" Il rrprr-rn.aiiy" e the New
York sum, during The cold saap q few
,Iays n@o. Coli, Why surely Won
hon't cal til, co!i. III in ny COUNTY
II Is occa ionalN o cold a this season
al the year hat be cows give ic. c"rlm
when th.y nrr :nil6cl. /! tel! YOU that
here can be- no iri'liE@ with Tie cold
up ihcrc. Look at the way We DIRE.
IL winter "" Mi wear fur'. III. police
men q; Winnipeg have buffalo coa's
down - their heels. art cyc~y man.
rich or ppcc, in the Northwest mast
ycI- a lur cap. have known III cold
To Generate the skull al a man who
went ~: one da, with an ordinary felt
hat. AMI BRAN fever carried him of in
three DAYS. The streets of Winuiprr
just nn.y are full Of men who move
about Ike .nImaiS in mcnagcrir CAGES.
You sac nothing but beaver and o.,.r
and Persian lamb and seal. aud mink
and rgccooa. and mart n ami muSNrat.
and all the iuTS that eyer adorned the
Cloths ur D>troGo'h>. who first brought
tLc choice tur> of the North 10 Southern
asnl Central Europc. And the sleigh,
are covered with hla * and brown b ar.
ard grizzly skins and buffalo robes,
while an occasional A.irakhan gives
evidence of luxury and costly iurS.
Without furs we could not live IN win
Ter up IN that country. We not olly
sIse them - articles of luxury. ~ the
ChiarSc uSc the crminr. sable or & g
fiery ioN, hat We are Obliged la u-c
them n articles of nrccsSity. And cv-
cry piece OF skjn is utilized. The hardy
yovagrur- and couvcurS du boiS dr,>,
th.Insc.Ncs in bgrk>iu with hcld-dr.>sc,
q. wolf. LYNX. badger ~ wildcat hides,
while silver and hiur-'oN furS NAV bc
seen ON the heads of the rich. \ man
must h. Yer, hard up in Winnipeg who
does not own a iur coat. cap and gloves
or mi;:cn>. \ walk through the streets
MAN lc turned INTO "A lesson in natural
history h, those who read u they run.
In tact 4 great people Iuy more
expensive fur> than they can afford.
Winter i or season II cNiraVaganCr.
amt in our attempt II possess costly
iurS We often 20 ruinouSiN beyond our
means.
"AS for III" cold" he continued. III
X severe. hut Ne do not feel il ~ much
;S Nou might fancy. We are dressed
for [. and our houses are butt IL rc,i>;
il. Nj oar houses have double doors
and double windows. Fires arr. of
course. hcrL.oing night and day. We
an not much out Of doors in winter.
and yet nearly everybody gels f-u>tbi,-
ten \; times. Wien we see a man on
the street with a white >po: 81 hi
check "rng>c We stop and point - the
afflicted part. He will understand 1T
once. II the weather : very ca Il We
cant speak - each ,;h"r very WI.
for oUr mutaChc> free 10 our cards
and form = crust Of ice over our mouths.
We must thaw this OF bcfl We can
talk. On the plains. sonnet IN :. a man
Is frozen Ia death. bat this does rot Off
81 happen. |, i no Joke t bc caught
in : blizzard on the Irairic>. /; hap
pcTCd Ia IRE once a i!ttl" north os
Medicine Hat X WAS IN .Iaruar..
and The & crmCmc;cr WAS ahoGt IKE &C.
greaS below zero. but the wind blew AZ
the rae If th-ty miles m hour, Twas
travel NJ with a hal:-brred guide and a
dog sleigh. We upset the sleigh. g0.
the dogs ani ourselves under i, - we'll
~ we could. wrapped the fIrs "roard
Us, and let j; blow away. The snow
soon piled over W. until we had an ir-
regular Wal. a quarter O: 4 mile loc-
and ten feet high gu each side -. H.
ncNt morning when the blizzard alnted.
THIS may surprise ~. hut = mound
six inches high is enough ~ enable the
SNOW 10 lodge AMI pile ur un;i! Il
forms y blockade n,c miles long on tie
prairics. As for the dogs We fed them
ON fish. We gave each dog n fish 81
the end o. y days Journey. Fish arc
light to carry, ~ the dogs Ike them.
We can. q II near the lake. aiwavs
get a fresh supply by cutting ;hrou.h
the ice and putting n bait dowa the
hole.
..Yes. i: is cold; but il il not the cold
we object 10 50 much as the length of
the winters. The snow is on the ground
for seven months in u Northwes,
Fortunately there is not much of IL
Ne never have more than \ foot Of
snow during the winter. or just enough
10 make good .lcighing. AT the base
of the Rocky Mountains the ground is
clear of snow for the greater part of,he