The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-03-15

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taking supplies to the northern forts
to the trappers and to the Esquimaux.
In this country you have no wind and
hardly any rain.
l am going to tell you how the peo-
pie travel to keep warm. When peo-
pie are out in the cold they wear about
three pairs of wool socks, one pair
comes almost to the knees. Over
them (no shoes ON they wear mecca
sins. They come up above the ankle.
CThis applies to rich or poor. They
have the very best wool underwear.
wool top shirts, fur caps, fur gloves
and fur coats. Most boys for travelling
around town have two dogs, pulling
a corriole (kind of sled. | travelled
thirty miles on a dog sled. Il had
plenty of clothes on, l borrowed from
my brother) to kill muskrats. We had
eve dogs to a carriole. / sat down
in the sled and covered up with blan-
kets and furs. Mr.. Kelly was driving
a dog train. You travel in a trail and
these dogs fairly fly. 1t is great
amusement. On reaching the particu-
lar place you build a big fire then
shovel now away and dynamite for
muskrats (~easier than Digging. They
fairly come out. After a deal of sport
we returned to an excellent dinner at
the home of Mr.. Allen Kelley. He has
a wife and three daughters, 16, II and
10 years of age. His wife. Mrs. Alena
Kelley, is an excellent lady and all
are highly respected. He has a city
home, 160.acre farm, three head of
horses, six head of registered cattle,
two calves and has been employed by
the city for five years at 500 per
month. In going to Peace River his
family and my brother and wife trav-
eled 100 miles by sled and 80 miles of
the journey was cross Lesser Slave
Lake. In winter the Royal Northwest
mounted police (the bloOdhounds of
the North were the most spectacular
and interesting persons to me. |
talked with three trappers of the Hud.
son Bay Company, saw all their equip
ment, including some of the best dogs
of their kind, who go in to the Esqui-
mau and Indian country of the ex-
IRENE far North to trade with Indians,
but the deeds, the yalor, the sacrifice
and the experience of those mounties
are wonderful to listen to. l talked
personally to two of the mounties who
have buried hundreds of Indians and
halfbrteds that died of the flu" also
they made the trip to the Esquimau
country bringing back two EsQuimau
that killed a priest and ate his liver.
1t took them a year to go and a year
to come back. They had an inter
prefer and their lives were at stake.
They kept him chained to them and
a .46 punched in his side for fear of
treachery. They (Esquimaus) were
tried at Edmonton and sent to the
most northern fort for Imprisonment.
Peace River has two trains a week
and | left there on Friday, bringing
my brother back with me for medi-
cal treatment. He has a wife, two
children, a boy 21a years old, and a
girl, IA months old. They expect to
remain there until summer, then dis
pose of their property and come to
Kansas City.
l want the hunting men of Kansas
City, namely, Messrs. J. A. Jones, DR.,
Carbon, DR.. Gid Brown, Bob Smith
and others, to understand that there
is plenty of moose, bear, ducks by
millions in summer time. Large tim
Der wolves, all kinds of foxes and coy
otes to be found in this country.
There is no such dogs as theirs in
this country, and timber wolves are
worth 500, black foxes, $1,000, silver
gray, $500. Take a trip up there to
Peace River, then take a boat to Fort
Vermillion, thence 10 Arctic Ocean
and spear a few walruses and get the
CroiX de Guerre for Race Huntsmen.
The dining car running between Ed
monitor and Peace River is in charge
of Negroes. Vivian Bond, who used
to live in Kansas City, is chef cook.
worth. Mr.. Coleman is his second
and | was served to a splendid dinner
by the boys. Archie Hunt sends his
best regards to Felix Payne, and 9th,
ers.
Canada offers many vast %opportuni-
ties, especially for railroad men, as
the travel is very heavy. There are
openings in Negro districts at Atha,
basca Landing (about 10000 Negroes
there. Pouce Coupe, Pigeon Lake and
Junkins for Negro doctors and under.
takers.