New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-01-16


have been easier had the internal
stuff not smelled so similar to horse
n ment. The Indians had no COM
petition for pain killer" and got away
with the three bottles before night
of the first day.
Shortly before 4 o'clock that after
noon we decided to pitch camp, and a
selected. The pitching of that first
camp the writer will never forget. The
long .toboggan was dragged through
| the eight-foot drift along the bank Of
the river to a place where the trees
were thin. One Of the Indians imme-
diately started hunting poles for the
tent while the other busted himself
with chopping wood. He chopped al
most a cord of dry tamarack The
rrench Canuck was busy chopping down
huge spruce tree.
After resounding cry of timber"
had been raised to warn the rest of
the party and the tree had fallen he
tarteu trimming mos from it. These
limbs were covered with snow, but he
started piling them upon the ground in
a systematic way until he had covered
place about 10 feet square They
were about foot deep. The tent
poles were placed over the limbs and
the tent erected. Three joints of stove
pipe were run through a hole in the
top Of the tent and small folding
stove established on four sticks stuck
down in the bcughs.
Butter Is Thawed Out
A fire was started, but the only evil
dence that the writer could detect was
the smoke which fl led the tent. The
rest OF the pack was unlashed from the
toboggan and brought inside and din
ner started. The bacon was first to be
cooked and several moments we're spent
in thawing out 8 pound of butter.
Several hard biscuits were discovered
somewhere and brought to light, and
each Of us was allotted tin plate and
tin cup. A bucket of tea was made
and the meal was on.
After tramping nearly fifteen miles
on snowshoes for the first time the
writer ate like a wof, knowing full
we'll than the Frenchie had ipped over
a fast one by cooking dinner in the
same utensils that had been Sused at
noon without washing them. No at
tempt was made by any one to remove
any. clothing Whatsoever, and it was
With boots and all that we finally
crawled between the blankets that
seemed so thin. The correspondent
Indians on one side and the French
man on the other. For several hours
the Indians and Frenchman waged war
over possession of the blankets. mean
while the writer resting comfortably
between them. -
An lmmersian and Dog Fight
The next day was repetition of the
hrst days travel, with one or two ex-
ceptions-those being when the writer
ieil INTO the river and had to be thawed
out and dog fight which put our lead
dog out OF commission and caused us
to have to cut her loose That nipht
| we reached an Indian camp and pitched
our own camp about 100 yards below it.
learned from the Indians that the
camp consisted of two families. one
family being that of Daniel SQUIRREL
and the other be ng owned and oner-
ated by one James Mink The writer
decided to visit the home of Daniel
Squirrel, and set about on such an en-
terprlse while our own camp was heinc
established. 49, ~ '''s
Alter running a gauntlet of some
ten or twelve dogs, whose only ambi-
tlon IN life appeared to be that of re-
moving some section of his ANATOMY.
the correspondent reached the front
door of the Squirrel domicile, which
was constructed of logs, without win
dow, and the roof was covered with
canvas 1t had floor space of about
sixteen square feet, was located on the
top of small hill, with q four-wav
exposure. A ew skins hung along ths
side of the place and two or three
skins, from which the rightful occu-
pant had been removed, were lying in
the front yard.
Greeted With Rifle
Squirrel himself and in person eau
tlously opened the door, with q loaded
rifle IN his hand. The reason for The
rlne, 1T was later learned, was due to
his opinion that three men being
sought for murder were hid ng in the
vicinity and he was taking no chances
OF being murdered himself.
Alter ascertaining that the writer
was not one Of the murderers, SQUIRREL
opened the door, and, accompanied by
a olast OF north wind and a. lot of snow.
the writer was ushered in.
Squirrel, CARRIED in the usual Indian
iioccas ms and apparel, grunted toward
a woman who sat the middle of tho
floor, but made no attempt at introduc.
ton. 1t was later found that she was
MS wife. Beside his wife the little
room sheltered his mother-in,law two
papooses. little girl about twelve
years old and brindle cat The cat
va, tied up in one corner of the room
with a leash, which, Squirrel volun-
teered to impart, was to keep it from
running afoul of one of the "huskieso
outside. The cats predecessor met
such fate, and Daniel was taking no
chances. o
After some fifteen or twenty minutes,
cross-examining it was found that mn
party from Moose Factory hal passed
the Squirrel residence since last SEN
TENDER Meanwhile the VIZ ter gained
a vew of both of the women in the
camp. Daniels wife was the ordinary
type Of Indian woman, possibly fifty
years old. His mother-in-law nre.
scented a picture for an artist. Daniel.
IN response to q direct question, sur.
missed that she was more than hun
dred years old, seldom spoke and "used |
tobaccer." The latter fact was more
than attested when the cat started |
ser es of jumps that puzzled the writer |
tor several moments, until he discov- |
cred the old woman was keeping up a |
desultory fire upon it.
Daniel, after charging the writer S5 |
cents canadian money! FOR two sheets |