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The Hub of the Fraser Valley

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of the frock coat, and asked him to
have a drink. But after the packer
had, in his customary manner, drunk
half the glass of rum and then poured
the remainder on his hair, the
foreigner remarked, with some sur-
prise:
I Work

“T have the honor of drinking with
the governor, yes?”

“Catalonia, no! Me, I work!”
the indignant retort.

It was his habit of using the word
“Catalonia” as an expletive that gave
him the nickname of Cataline, which
was to become so well known west of
the Rockies and north of the U.S.
border. His language at times was
lurid, and when he really extended
himself, the mixture of polyglot pro-

was

Cataline — the man who has become a legend

fanity, accompanied by violent ges-
tures, was an unforgettable show.
He used to winter his stock in
Marble Canyon when he was first
packing, but in later years used the
river flats at Dog Creek on the
Fraser as winter range, and made his
headquarters there. With remarkably
tough constitution, he never wore
mitts or any covering over his ears,
even in sub-zero weather. All winter

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long, he would emerge from his cabin
every morning, stark naked, and rol]
in the snow, rubbing it all over his
body, and then saying, as he went
back in, “She’s good, oui!”

The aparejoes were introduced into
B.C. by Cataline; these are a sort of
leather pad stuffed with hay that goes
over the animal’s back and_ has
paniers attached on either side, and
with which a larger load can be
packed, owing to the greater bearing
surface, than with the conventional
packsaddle. They are of Spanish
origin, and with them he could carry
almost a hundred pounds more on
each animal.

For many years his cargador, occu-
pying a position similar to that of a
supercargo on a ship, was Chinese
named Ah Gun. Another, known only
by the name of “Pretty,” was his chief
lieutenant. He would handle one pack
train while Cataline himself took the
other. When they camped for the
night, the packs were arranged in a
circle, and in the morning each mule
would go to its own aparejoes to be
packed.

Mystery of the Limburger Cheese

On one occasion a parcel of lim-
burger cheese was sent with the outfit
to Barkerville, but never arrived.
When the men were questioned, one
of the Indian packers said that he
noticed a parcel of food had gone bad,
and he had thrown it away at Soda
Creek.

“She smell like hell!” he said, “so
I throw him in the river!”

In his day he handled almost
everything in the line of freight the
pioneer could want. Stoves, windows,
cases of whiskey, tools, and even a set
of mill stones that were used in the
first mill set up in the Cariboo, and
still at Dog Creek.

During his 52 years of packing
freight the Crown Colony of New
Caledonia became part of the third
largest province in the Dominion.
Since his death, packing with horses
or mules has become more a business
for transporting “dudes” to isolated
hunting or fishing grounds than a
means of taking freight to pioneers,
but the memory of Cataline will never
die. Around the campfires at night,
many a party of “dudes” will hear
tales of the famous packer, and the
wild old days of the Cariboo, when
men were gold hunters and women
were a curiosity. If the state of Wash-
ington has a statue to an imaginary
Paul Bunyan, why shouldn’t British
Columbia erect a statue of Cataline,
the man who has become a legend? * *

Suntan is appealing, but sunburn
is a peeling—plus a lot of discomfort.
The National Safety. Council warns
that too much sun actually can be
dangerous, so take the sun in easy
doses.

FISH AND GAME — SUMMER ISSUE