Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 361
nding at an angle from the the whip or blows from a cudgel. Provisionsfor men and dogs must be carried. The dogswere fed but once a day — at night, when theirwork was done. Their food was corn-meal andtallow made into cakes; and they would travelfrom forty to sixty miles daily in the hope ofa… … wwwwwwmwwwwwwwwwww A DOG SLEDGE AT OLD FORT WINNIPEG. rear of the sledge. The genuine sledge-dogswere known to the trade as huskies, supposedto be a corruption of the word Eskimo. Signsof their descent from that stock are found intheir small heads, sharp noses, pointed ears,long hair, and bushy…
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