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158 T H R O U G H T H E M A C K E N Z I E B A S IN
larger lakes of the N o r t h . As moose have since been found
more or less p l e n t i f u l i n the eastern, western, and southern
sections of territory, where for many years previously they
were rather rare, or conspicuous by their absence, it is now
supposed b y some observing natives and others that considerable
numbers of them must have migrated southward, part
i c u l a r l y during tbe remarkably m i l d winter of 1877- 78.
Be that as i t may, i t has been noticed that at intervals, and
for several years at a time, this animal has been, rather
scarce i n various sections where it had formerly been f a i r ly
abundant. It is easily scared, and no doubt much hunting
u l t i m a t e l y succeeds i n d r i v i n g it away to distant and less
accessible retreats. Previous to the establishment of P o rt
Anderson, i n 1861, moose were frequently seen b y us on our
annual winter trade trips from Fort Good Hope to ( the
Eskimos of) Liverpool Bay, feeding along the high sloping
banks of the Anderson R i v e r , but they soon after diminished
i n numbers, and had already become somewhat difficult to
discover when the post was abandoned, i n 1866. They are,
however, to be found sparsely there to the very edge of the
wooded country, especially i n sheltered r i v e r valleys. Traces
were observed by us near the W i l m o t H o r t o n R i v e r i n the
B a r r e n Grounds, i n about, latitude 6.9° north and longitude
126° 30' west. I may also mention that on my way back
f r om a v i s i t made to Anderson R i v e r i n J u l y , 1860, I came
across and travelled through a veritable moose preserve of
some extent, which l a y between the usual hunting grounds
of the Loucheux of Peel R i v e r and the Hare Indians of
F o r t Good Hope. Several moose were seen and one shot,
while traces of them were very numerous. It was also the
resort of many black bears and woodland caribou. Again,
for nearly a decade subsequent to 1865 ( i n that year F o rt
Nelson, which, with all its inmates, had been u t t e r l y destroyed
by the Indians i n 1813, was re- established near its
former site on the eastern branch of the L i a r d R i v e r ) , moose
were much more abundant i n the adjacent country than they
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| OCR | 158 T H R O U G H T H E M A C K E N Z I E B A S IN larger lakes of the N o r t h . As moose have since been found more or less p l e n t i f u l i n the eastern, western, and southern sections of territory, where for many years previously they were rather rare, or conspicuous by their absence, it is now supposed b y some observing natives and others that considerable numbers of them must have migrated southward, part i c u l a r l y during tbe remarkably m i l d winter of 1877- 78. Be that as i t may, i t has been noticed that at intervals, and for several years at a time, this animal has been, rather scarce i n various sections where it had formerly been f a i r ly abundant. It is easily scared, and no doubt much hunting u l t i m a t e l y succeeds i n d r i v i n g it away to distant and less accessible retreats. Previous to the establishment of P o rt Anderson, i n 1861, moose were frequently seen b y us on our annual winter trade trips from Fort Good Hope to ( the Eskimos of) Liverpool Bay, feeding along the high sloping banks of the Anderson R i v e r , but they soon after diminished i n numbers, and had already become somewhat difficult to discover when the post was abandoned, i n 1866. They are, however, to be found sparsely there to the very edge of the wooded country, especially i n sheltered r i v e r valleys. Traces were observed by us near the W i l m o t H o r t o n R i v e r i n the B a r r e n Grounds, i n about, latitude 6.9° north and longitude 126° 30' west. I may also mention that on my way back f r om a v i s i t made to Anderson R i v e r i n J u l y , 1860, I came across and travelled through a veritable moose preserve of some extent, which l a y between the usual hunting grounds of the Loucheux of Peel R i v e r and the Hare Indians of F o r t Good Hope. Several moose were seen and one shot, while traces of them were very numerous. It was also the resort of many black bears and woodland caribou. Again, for nearly a decade subsequent to 1865 ( i n that year F o rt Nelson, which, with all its inmates, had been u t t e r l y destroyed by the Indians i n 1813, was re- established near its former site on the eastern branch of the L i a r d R i v e r ) , moose were much more abundant i n the adjacent country than they |
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