The sun., 1919-03-02

almost ready for Information. The
matted. woolly pelt with the huge head
and paws made one OF the heaviest
back loads have ever carried to camp.
1t must have weighed upward OF 200
pounds, soaked as 1t was by rain that
fell during skinning.
Thus Natkusiak and had begun
we'll. In an Arctic existence ordered
like ours the necessities of life are
meat and skins. The luxuries are fat
caribou meat and short haired sum-
mer caribou skins. In this one day we
had obtained meat for about three
weeks. skins enough for one suit OF
outer clothes and enough oil for light
/ for a month.
/ The next day we shot seven caribou.
/ But with the ten caribou and the bear
We found we had reached the end OF
our rope. The caribou had been the
rearguard of the eastward moving
herd. We cached the meat first killed
and moved camp ten miles inland
where we had buried the seven carl
bou. In the Arctic meat Is thus buried
with the double purpose Of keeping 1t
fresh in the cool ground until the
freezeup (Which was now only a few
days distanD and Of protecting 1t from
foxes.
Immediately after moving inland l
had one OF the most pleasant surprises
OF my travelling experience. Looking
down a deep ravine l spied small
band OF Christmas trees. I have never
been half so glad to see the sun after
its midwinter absence, and the Eskimo
were equally delighted when / reached
camp with a branch of evergreen. We
had not suspected that any trees were
near. Our fuel had been green willow
twigs; ice was forming every night,
and drilling rains made the shelter
less barren ground an uncomfortable
camping place. We broke camp imme-
diately and soon sat by a cracking fire
of dry wood in the sheltered spruce
grove.
Making Tundra Harvest.
J We now made all the Arctic tundra
, harvest possible. The caribou still were
short haired, which meant suitable
clothing. They still were fat. which
, meant good eating. But We know that
/ the approaching OF cold weather must
change all that, so we hunted assidu-
ously from dawn to dark, though we
5 still had not caught up to the main
bands of the migrating animals. How
/ ever. picked UP two more grizzlies
|; and we considered full grown grizzly
equal in food value TO two large bull
l caribou. ] also shot fat white wolf
Z whIaAx ave us-sAx@ otS~sse -paG"ds nj
/. excellent meat, for we much preferred
, fat wolf to lean caribou.
I At last, on September 80, came the
= first heavy snowfall. Snow and ice are
l., ones best friends in the North. for
- they make travel easy. Up to this
3 time we had been beasts of burden
carrying camp gear and food on our
backs: and carrying hundred pound
back load OF meat ten or fifteen miles
over Doggy ground after an all day
= hunt is no sport. Joyously We hurried
/ TO Iangton Bay for our sled and
= moved camp on the caribou track VI
I, Horton River, a stream OF about Tho
= size OF the Hudson, which 1t has beer
a our privilege TO add to the North
c American map.
v We cached our store OF meat anC
@ the priceless bear skins and carried
d little meat with us. The frst nigh
d out our dogs stole half OF It, On thu
e third day We supped on half OF al
= Arctic fox and breakfasted on thu
d other half, but before night We killed
i seven caribou and found we had over
II taken their rear guard. So we built
q permanent house OF wood, sod ant
Il moss to wait for my companions. Dr.
II r. NJ. Anderson, who with his Eskim
d had remained behind to work slowl.
: along to make geological studies
a Although he was overdue had no
>, worried much about him, for he wa
an athlete, a crack shot and singular
n well able to take care OF himself any
Is where: but my Eskimo thought tina
v his people probably had struck" fear
n ing starvation IL they followed US
r. we decided, therefore. to look 10
q. him, II was a mistake. Ne shoui