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Pioneers in Canada

CHAPTER X
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They were bevelled away at one end like a chisel.

This piece of copper was lashed into the end of a piece of wood about twelve or fourteen inches long.

The men's daggers and the women's knives were also made of copper.

The former were in shape like the ace of spades, and the handle was made of reindeer antler.
With the Eskimo was a fine breed of dogs, with erect ears, sharp noses, bushy tails.

They were all tethered to stones to prevent them from eating the flesh that was spread all over the rocks to dry.
Apparently, these beautiful dogs were left behind still tethered by the wicked Amerindians, after the massacre of their owners.


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