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Title: Narrative of an expedition to the source of St. Peter's river, Lake Winnepeek, Lake of the Woods, &c., performed in the year 1823, ... under the command of Stephen H. Long
Year: 1824 (1820s)
Authors: Keating, William Hypolitus, 1799-1840 Long, Stephen Harriman, 1784-1864 Schweinitz, Lewis David von, 1780-1834
Subjects: Plants
Publisher: Philadelphia, H. C. Carey & I. Lea
Contributing Library: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden
Digitizing Sponsor: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden

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vered with bark, which, when they travel, isrolled up and carried by the w^omen. The plate gives agood idea of the dress, appearance, and attitudes of the In-dians and half-breeds that surrounded us. It likewise ex-hibits two dogs, carrying burdens in the manner of pack-horses. We have ascertained that a good dog will sell herefor twenty dollars, (payable in goods.) This animal gene-rally consumes from six to ten pounds of fresh meat, or fourpounds of dry meat per day; it is never fed but at night,otheiwise it is indolent all day. We were not a littleamused at examining the house of a man that takes dogsto board and lodge for the summer, receiving about threedollars a head for the season. He returns them in the au-tumn to their masters, who use them during the winterseason. He feeds them in summer altogether upon fish,chiefly the hyodon. In a short time he catches enough tosupport during the day thirty or forty dogs, which he nowhas under his care; sometimes the number of his boaiders
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SOURCE OF ST. peters rivee. 49 is far greater. It is said that hydrophobia never occursamong dogs in these climates. Although the weather was not as favourable as mighthave been wished for the astronomical observations, yetthe point at which the boundary line passes is probably de-termined with as much accuracy as the nature of our in-struments permitted; and we are happy to state, that itcoincides very well with approximate observations takenby JNIr. Fidler, who was employed as surveyor to the Hud-sons Bay Company. The fur trade of Pembina, which results from animalskilled on the south side of the boundary line, has been es-timated as follows:— Packs. No. of skins In Price per Amount. each pack. pack. Beaver, - 4 - 400 400 - ^1600 Martin, - i or 300 - 300 Otter, a few skins - - Fisher, - 200 skins - - 300 Bear, (finest,) 150 - - 900 Elk, (dressed,) 300 - - 1200 Minx, 200 - - 100 Muskrat, 4500 - - ISOO Wolverine, 250 - - 500 Fox, 200 400 ^7100 This constitutes the amount of furs ann

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