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176 T H R O U G H T H E M A C K E N Z I E B A S IN
( f r om the eastern coast E s k i m o s ) , F o r t s Good Hope and
Norman ( from the Anderson Eskimos and f r om post Indians
who specially hunt them), Rae and Resolution on
Great Slave Lake ( f r om I n d i a n hunters), Lac d u Brochet,
Reindeer Lake, ( from the i n l a n d E s k i m o s ) , and Fort
C h u r c h i l l ( from the Hudson B a y E s k i m o s ) . It is only
i n recent years, however, that the Company has strongly encouraged
the hunting of musk oxen, and although there is
no record of the sale of any i n the London Statement, 1853
and 1877, yet we now know that a number of pelts were
occasionally, i f not annually, traded at Forts C h u r c h i l l and
Anderson, at least subsequent to 1860, and that they must
have been sold there or i n M o n t r e a l ( the B r i t i s h Company's
former market for buffalo robes), as the statement of the
northern department fur- returns for outfit 1865, p r i n t e d herew
i t h ( p. 272), shows that the districts of Mackenzie R i v er
and Y o r k , Hudson B a y , collected 25 and 66 musk- ox skins,
respectively, i n that year. D u r i n g the last t h i r t y years the
Indians and Eskimos have devoted more attention than
before to the hunting of this valuable animal. In 1902, 271
skins and i n 1.903, 246 skins were exposed for sale, and the
average for the past twenty years probably ranged between
200 and 250 pelts. The greater portion of those secured by
the Company are purchased i n London and reshipped to
and used i n Canada and the U n i t e d States, chiefly as sleigh
and cutter winter robes. In his " E x p l o r a t i o n s i n the F ar
N o r t h , ' ' D r . F r a n k Russell, of the Iowa State U n i v e r s i t y , has
given a very interesting account of his successful efforts in
hunting the musk ox i n the F o r t Rae I n d i a n country. H is
other experiences in the territories of Canada are well
worthy of perusal, while his services to science reflect muoh
credit on himself and his A l m a Mater. Mr. Caspar Whitney's
achievements i n the pursuit of the musk ox, under the
unfavourable conditions as narrated i n his published volume,
also deserve much commendation.
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| OCR | 176 T H R O U G H T H E M A C K E N Z I E B A S IN ( f r om the eastern coast E s k i m o s ) , F o r t s Good Hope and Norman ( from the Anderson Eskimos and f r om post Indians who specially hunt them), Rae and Resolution on Great Slave Lake ( f r om I n d i a n hunters), Lac d u Brochet, Reindeer Lake, ( from the i n l a n d E s k i m o s ) , and Fort C h u r c h i l l ( from the Hudson B a y E s k i m o s ) . It is only i n recent years, however, that the Company has strongly encouraged the hunting of musk oxen, and although there is no record of the sale of any i n the London Statement, 1853 and 1877, yet we now know that a number of pelts were occasionally, i f not annually, traded at Forts C h u r c h i l l and Anderson, at least subsequent to 1860, and that they must have been sold there or i n M o n t r e a l ( the B r i t i s h Company's former market for buffalo robes), as the statement of the northern department fur- returns for outfit 1865, p r i n t e d herew i t h ( p. 272), shows that the districts of Mackenzie R i v er and Y o r k , Hudson B a y , collected 25 and 66 musk- ox skins, respectively, i n that year. D u r i n g the last t h i r t y years the Indians and Eskimos have devoted more attention than before to the hunting of this valuable animal. In 1902, 271 skins and i n 1.903, 246 skins were exposed for sale, and the average for the past twenty years probably ranged between 200 and 250 pelts. The greater portion of those secured by the Company are purchased i n London and reshipped to and used i n Canada and the U n i t e d States, chiefly as sleigh and cutter winter robes. In his " E x p l o r a t i o n s i n the F ar N o r t h , ' ' D r . F r a n k Russell, of the Iowa State U n i v e r s i t y , has given a very interesting account of his successful efforts in hunting the musk ox i n the F o r t Rae I n d i a n country. H is other experiences in the territories of Canada are well worthy of perusal, while his services to science reflect muoh credit on himself and his A l m a Mater. Mr. Caspar Whitney's achievements i n the pursuit of the musk ox, under the unfavourable conditions as narrated i n his published volume, also deserve much commendation. |
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