to recover his axe, with which at last he had managed to
kill the wolf.

It was Mr. King's belief, however, that such unusual behaviour of a
wolf was caused by distemper, for the brute seemed to display no more
fear of man than would a mad dog. And he added that the behaviour of
the wolf in question was no more typical of wolves in general than was
the behaviour of a mad dog typical of dogs.

COMING OF THE FUR-RUNNERS

That night, when we returned home, Oo-koo-hoo said to his grandsons:
"Ne-geek and Ah-ging-goos, my grandchildren, the fur-runner is coming
soon. To-morrow do you both take the dogs and break a two-days' trail
on Otter River in order to hasten his coming."

Next morning the boys set out to break the trail. When they camped on
Otter River on the afternoon of the second day they cached in the river
ice some fish for the trader's dogs. They chopped a hole and, after
placing the fish in, filled it up with water, which they allowed to
freeze, with the tail of a single fish protruding, in order to show the
fur-runner what was cached below. To mark the spot, they planted a
pole with its butt in the hole, and rigged up a tripod of sticks to
support it. At the top of the pole they tied a little bag of tea and a
choice piece of meat for the trader. At the bend of the river below,
where he would surely pass, they erected another pole with a bunch of
fir twigs attached, for the purpose of attracting his attention to
their tracks.

On their return home they found Oo-koo-hoo and Amik sorting their furs
in anticipation of the fur-runner's arrival. Before them lay, among
the other skins, the skin of the black fox, and when the boys entered
the lodge Oo-koo-hoo addressed the whole family, saying:

"Do not mention the black fox to the fur-runner, since I intend keeping
it until I go to the Post, in the hope of making a better bargain
there. Now sort your skins, and set aside those you wish to give in
payment on your debt to the Great Company."

During the afternoon of the following day Lawson the fur-runner for the
Hudson's Bay Company arrived with his dog-train. He shook hands with
Oo-koo-hoo and Amik and the boys, and kissed the women and the girls,
as the custom of the traders is. It being late in the day, Oo-koo-hoo
decided not to begin trading until next morning. So they spent the
evening in spinning yarns around the fire. Shortly after breakfast
strange dogs were heard. The boys ran out and saw