The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-10-17
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eaten meat A ~ W44 We 1te Cpe ~ qtyes- yag :
$ines and IT and the .dokS a&e the meat,
bacau6e ohes4. Was rot nopsishment
enough III che intejtaneS for tAe ds9sa
before wesleft Rssblutisu DeniaA aadD
h.d sithogoaGA gnd4nstandhG. on this
point. Many Of the Indian expeditions
to the ,Barrsns,are frinpled by loea of
doge 1som asteFse1fop, taadrl knew the
losesqf epr dqas meant, !. f. f. silpfe. p Nede-
cided Il there WAS. any starving the
greater pert OF 1t should TALL on us,
realixins,f of coufsS, that Il The worst
came we could eat the dogs 1Benish
held to Ills akreeahents ana ,f6reed COM
plianee from the oehess, and to His Wis
dom IN this idhsctinh, in 'fest.' IL due
much iol our success IN getting out OF
the Rarrene. ftsfr s{3 st4go sI5. i
When it is remembered that the or
dinary meal for : dog ;train-i. e., four
dogs, that are travdling 30 or more
miles = day -consiSSts Of caribou hind
and fore quarter, thats We had - dogs.
and tha& We never eotinore than q oari-
bon or two wosatsinteEyaas n6 several days.
the reader may understand why the
dogs were like Hild animals, and why we.
ate the intesanes and grease and saved
them the meat
When we killed musk OK we first cut
of meat for = day or two's dog feeding
and then turned the dogs loose on the
carcasses, over which they worried and
snarled and fought the slivelopg night.
When there were NO eapcasses they were,
fed out of hand from the slender sup
ply on the sledge,. and then they fought
us and worried the weaker among them
selves into dividing the frozen chunks
that were tossed to them. ~ ~ 80
This dog feeding wss . trying expert
eace. AL the trains were lsd 'a&sthe'
same time-when we camPed at night
and such soene cannot be dPlicated
anywhere on earth. As we emerged from
the lodge with the tiny feed rolled up in
the skirt Of our capote, there was q rush
by the dogi thHt pretty nearly carried
Us on our fest, and frequently knocked
down sthe-lodge. We always tried, but
never with, SUCCESS, to steal . march or'
the dogs and getaXay from the lodge
before the rush, AeAtbe moment one OF
us showed his head tkky gathered for
the assault, and there Yves nothing to
do but 70 scramble out a. best we could:
otherwise they would have poured into
thetloAee and. torf itAnd Dur clothes to
pieces in sassisrSsxxy hu6ger. So we
would bolt out IN p body, heads down.
and lu9gipg ths meat to our breasts
with one hand. pae the whip vigorously
WITH the other, while the dogs jumped
into Il ana On top 6f us ia their frantic
endeANof1 to %eeaf + Way M 36e little scrap cf
NEST skva held. y Gi61dalsk1lys ~ would
separate, .snd each zhh4 EettAu6p4a to
eethsr Ms train hy laahing AAese that
did not hsloag to him, and calling by
name those that did. 4sfs. s.,l, Af,s4s,
When. after much. fighting, eeeh had
RaSheeed his own, the actual process of
feeding began. and thiS Afain- demanded
much Dct4vfty 1nd sdme snhhm strSi4eYy to In
sulss every dog 81 yodr train getting its
postisp. IAessr AAd tfnAeit6L not5eesAow
the Indisas diA. h, :hat my mAaAod was
to run .eAph (Qg i turn p few ya.ds
from the other thFeA qBiqkiy toss his
meat to him, before the others caught
Up e,,. .sa s. Sc, !. 'te-'ss sa.iad oyer bin:
= The eating did not occupy much time
there waS oalya k7otlt6kl, : grab, and I
eulp, and tasss1hsasssaa sgs1s.s ioa ieH
i SH~as aeA6sassytooeaxp axpeditinns, for
the degs taet As4 salosa thsir NEST
ran frpM group e grenp. seeking tAose
that had not An4 Yoe hetfde the poor
beast that attempted to meeticate hk
mofsel! rwo 81 ny tfAin, f1psslie and
Rinnette, we're *er.y tmId, AHA give me
no end Of bother It 49, 6n4y necessary
1or. dnotAAr,1sgsto to- ssist toward them,
ahd they; ytsuM sdndp hheir zlAt and
rup Oh. I ,1epld il neeessary to Aold
them by the scun Of The neck while they
ate. and I laid my whiptoek over the
head. .a Yf ~ de' tAsss ss1 I; dsht stss s.Fonpa
Fss,mak ahfmass IN taelzoo isuxa
ciseun1staneas - saeSdisg dogs II the
narrenG. eis4JsGahn 1seis; ~ ns3s5ys
& Our thneo aarihdd lease Of that l.otn-
i1gu third hstha Land ,of Little
Sticks-MsS tl3e last r 4 liz - dwell
On t even pqysl Fi1st ftbe,l ,less OF tie
caribou were .cqt Qh, stripped Of their
Ji,1e1ss md hss&. ahd fks boaes cracfed
opeA'fbr t1e riaairdHs; !; th@h t1e hextt 1ndd 1ndSdd
kfapesys azil sttffo calves; III I'll IL
~. teugzheH And ~ syss Ina skeleAls:
apd ~ fhe ewAfh .sllns ssare ipaaAink.s
stnek npen, stlslrsi ebapt tho, Aresl landla
lettls fnll oh ,Hh.4 sNae LETT fpoQ the
doE-feed hunR 1a1afe1dnd fnom = .trinod,