Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-03-03
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LABRADOR DOGS.
Their Bloodthirsty Instincts When HUI
man Nature Is Weak.


As the Labrador mail steamer pushed
into the strait, one of the officers said,
Now, listen, and you'll hear the Battle
Harbor band" In moment the whistle
blew TO announce our coming, and al
most immediately from the shore arose
strange sound-a blend of song, veil
ana roar. 1t assembled along the scale
TILL II suggested a riot. One might fancy
cries OF rage, screams of command,
hoWis of pain. There was a fierce cres-
cendo, then after a time the noise died
away into murmur. 1t was our welcome
by the "huskies,' or Eskimo dogs As
we. approached we could see these
wolves, for such they are, seated with
their noses pointed straight at the zenith,
Singing as if their hearts would break
When we landed, several of them as
sembled TO see us come ashOre--not with
the slightest hope of advantage, for they
are kicked oftener than they are petted
Indeed never saw one petted but
drawn by idle curiosity, like the rest Of
the populace. The husky is trife
pointed ears, /; more 5r less Battered
aud there is an adagc that if you give a
dog bad name you must hang him.
The husky has the most evil of reputa-
lions. but he is oftener dubbed and
| whipped than hanged, because hanging
ldhSs time.
saw no misconduct on the part of
these animals myself. They usually
gathered about the fish flakes or the
rocks. where we made our landings and
watched us narrowly as we went ashore,
grinning sardOnically with an II could
an if | would" expression, and some
/ times lifting their heads a bit or tossing
| them one side if they saw kick coming
/ III their direction. As a rule, the fisher
men and "liveyeres paid no attention TO
1 them. but now and then q man would
/ sheer off a little with command to
! Get out, you brutew Ia command CHAT
! the dog would obey or not, precisely as
/ he pleased. for the prevalent attitude
! among the pack would be one of halt
concealed cOntempt) If they dislike the
| human race there is reason enough fol
| it, They get hard fare, hard words and
| hard work from it, and why should they
love it? Yet, they tell me that they ar,
fond W the human race, as meat, and
was cautioned that whatever foolishnes,
| might commit when ashore. | was no.
to slip and fall, for that would be tn,
| signal for the dogs to eat me. This was
consoling for one whose shoes had JUS
been cobbled with steel nails. which
being slippery, will guarantee falls any
! where and ought TO be forbid by law
| Yet / took these yarns with severa
| grains of salt. l saw no cases Of bloody
murder while in Labrador. though | be
lieve il is a fact that the little son. ageC
/ 3. of the factor in the Hudson Bay pos
at Cartwright, fell when he vas Sc
upon. Before he could be rescued thu
dogs had inflicted forty wounds on him
He was made as comfortable as possibl,
in a box and carried TO the hospital a
Battle Harbor, and the entire pack OF
| twenty dogs was shot next morning
We found another one there of appar
emily the same instincts as the one tha
had disappeared so suddenly, and posi-
bly, it was as well to kill animals tina
had tasted human blood People who &,
aside from the settlements are advised
to take cudges, whips or firearms il
case they should meet any of the packs
for if the dogs were suddenly to exhibit
hunger, the meeting would be unpleas
ant. Because of these dogs it is impos
sible TO keep livestock Of any kind il
! Labrador There is one mule, to bt
sure, at sawmill they have established
on Hamilton inlet, but that is quite &
way from any of the settlements. The
mule frightened the 'liveyeres" nearly
/ to death when they saw him first, and
suppose as reports of him pass from set
Element TO settlement he assumes proper
tons as important as those of a laby
rinthodon or megatherium. and vices
more extravagant than the boojum's anC
the shark s.-Brooklyn Eagle.