Paul Kane's Journal of his Western Travels, 1846-1848 - History and ...

Paul Kane. WINTER TRAVELLING IN DOG SLEDS (A WEDDING PARTY LEAVING FORT EDMONTON). January 8, /848. [Late 1848-1856. J
Oil on canvas, /9 x 29". Collection, Royal Ontario Museum.
21th fell through the ise
to day and traveled alI day
in my frosen cloths dare
not stand still for feere
of free sing anchious to get
on would not stop to dry
my selph
zs.th nothing to eate find
my feete sore from beeing
cut with the ise that a cu
= mulait in my mockisen's
often found a cake of ise
the sise of my foot inside
my stocking
arived at Fort Asneboin
made a hartey mele on wh
= ite fish which Mrs. Broza got
readdey for us the fish here are
the best I aver eate I remaned
here for 2 days to recrute and
left on horsback for Edmonton
I have never seene the rabets
so numares in aney other part
of the cuntrey we found the track
depe with snowalIthough.
sleds had past a few days
before. arived at Edmunton on the
forth day, whare I was reseved by
Mr. Haritt with the gratest
cindness Edmunton is a large Fort
witch has about 50 men it supuli
=es to other Forts about a 1000
bags of pimecon. they cilled this winter
700
Buffalo for thare one cunsum
tion which are cept in ise alI
summar. they have know a mill
and grow grate quanteties of grane
of every description.
I spent a pleasant winter here gow
=ing out hunting buffalo acasanley
the last time with Fransway Lucie
when we had to crawle for about 200
yeards in the open plane if the buf
=falo should tum at such a time it
would spoil our hunting for a
while, one of our men made the
Calf nere to a large bull and cow
the cow started for the man
but the bull understood the
trick and tried to stop her
by runing betwene her and the
man at last the cow doged him
and came c10as anuph the man
fired and cilled her, the bull came
up at the same instant and
tried to rase her up nor could
we friten him a way we had to
cill him to get the cow
I left Edmonton on the 8 of jan [1848]
bound for Fort Pitt our party consisted of
Mr. J. Rown
and his better half whough he
had aspoused 2 days before
and 6 men on leveing Edmonton we
had 46 dogs, we ware acompened
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