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an aeroplane, one of them from Fort
Nelson was named Clark; he was very
skilful with dogs, and soon had the three
of us pulling our own little sleigh. He
showed us how “Gee” meant to turn to
the right, “Haw” to the left, “Whoa” to
stop, and “Mush” to start pulling.
Start Rear Work

On the last day of March, 1937, we
three had our first patrol. From the
trading post some 30 miles up McDames
Creek to a mining camp, not far from
where they said the largest gold nugget
in B. C. was found in 1877. It was worth
$1300 at that time.

It was a grand experience for us three
young lads to trot up and down the trails
travelled by other dogs. We saw and
smelled many strange animals; moose,
caribou, wolves, coyotes, rabbits and fox.
I never thought there could be so many
men in the world as at that mining camp.
We saw many Indian dogs, they weren't
as big as us and they had a totally different
smell—because they eat raw meat all the
time I’m told. Indians use a different
kind of harness too, it has a sort of breast-
band and doesn’t fit closely round the neck
like ours. All the teams were packing
supplies to some place way up on the
mountain tops.

We had a terribly difficult trip back to
the Post. The ice had gone out of Me-
Dames Creek in places, and once we had
to splash our way through swift flowing
icy water up to our bellies. When we
were safely on the other side my master
very carefully dried our paws. It was
slippery on the ice and several times we
nearly glided into the creek but a long
rope tied to the sleigh pulled us to safety
from the top of the river bank where the
boss trotted.

We didn’t get an opportunity to travel
much more that winter as the snow melted
rapidly and already hundreds of different
birds were making their appearance. There
were quite a few ducks and geese swim-
ming around in every little bit of open
water, and one day we saw a swan. The
ice went out on Dease River the first week
in May and the Arctic summer com-
menced.

We dogs didn’t have a great deal to do
during the summer, being tied up most
of the time—though every few days we'd
be let loose for a run. When out in the
woods with Nipper, a cocker spaniel with
a marvellous nose, he would show us the
difference between rabbit and squirrel
smells, and the harmless coyotes and the
terrifying smell of wolf. He showed us
the habits of ptarmigan and blue grouse,
how to recognize teal, mergansers, mal-
lards and the beautiful wood duck.

GREAT EVENT OF YEAR

The first boat from the Outside chugged
gaily down to the Post towards the end
of the first week in June and triggered
excitement no end. Men were running
about, shouting and talking till sunrise.
The mail, oranges and eggs seemed to be
popular.

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