“Barren Ground caribou”: J. B. Tyrrell, 1894: 441 (_Alectoria
jubata_, a lichen, at Daly Lake, as food of caribou); 442
(immense herd--“tens of thousands”--at Carey Lake, July 29;
tormented by black flies; animals lean and poor); 445 (Eskimo
wearing deerskin coat; Lady Marjorie Lake, lower Dubawnt River);
446 (caribou plentiful in country traversed as far as Baker
Lake; last one shot there September 3).
“Barren Ground Caribou”: Russell, 1895: 48 (a mass of caribou
passing Fort Rae for 14 days in 1877); 49 (a section of antler
used by Indian as a powder horn); 49-50 (caribou N. of North Arm
of Great Slave Lake, November); 50 (leaping high in air at
start; Indian hunting methods); 51 (Indian use of meat; albino
specimen; antler growth and shedding; thousands near Bathurst
Inlet, April; does fawning along sea coast in June).
“Deer”: J. B. Tyrrell, 1895: 440 (deer meat bartered by
Chipewyans at Brochet); 442-443 (Indians hunting deer at Ennadai
Lake; large numbers encountered there; Eskimos skinning deer on
upper Kazan River); 444 (deerskin clothing purchased from
Eskimos on Kazan River); 445 (no deer seen in rocky country
along Ferguson River).
_Rangifer Graenlandicus_ . . .: J. B. Tyrrell, 1896: 13 (S. in
winter to Reindeer Lake and Mudjatick and Foster Rivers); 63
(migrating past Fond du Lac, Lake Athabaska).
“Caribou”: Whitney, 1896: 157, 238, 241 (migrations); 161 (fat,
pemmican, and dried meat); 175 (use of dried meat by Dogribs);
176 (tepees of caribou skin); 202-206 (vicinity of Fort
Enterprise); 210 (near Point Lake); 210, 213 (Dogrib hunting
methods); 237 (importance to Indians; weight; an albino);
238-239 (antler shedding); 239 (warble and nostril flies;
persecution by wolves); 240 (seasonal condition of flesh;
distribution; recent decrease); 242 (wasteful killing by
Indians; variation in wariness); 252, 268-269 (S. of Coronation
Gulf); 262 (shoulder-blade as Indian talisman).
_Rangifer Groenlandicus_. . .: J. B. Tyrrell, 1897: 10, 49-50,
165 (herd of 100,000 to 200,000 at Carey Lake, Dubawnt River,
late July); 12 (plentiful near Thelon-Dubawnt junction; scarce
at Baker Lake, early September); 14 (S. of Dawson Inlet); 19,
124 (large numbers, Ennadai Lake, mid-August); 21, 140, 142
(plentiful along Ferguson River, September); 76 (plentiful along
Dubawnt River); 122, 131-132 (hunted by Chipewyans, Ennadai Lake
and Kazan River); 126-127, 131-132 (hunted by Eskimos, upper
Kazan River); 134 (many near Yathkyed Lake); 150-151 (near
source of Owl River, Manitoba; hunted by Indians, Wapinihikiskow
Lake); 166-167 (hunting by Chipewyans and Eskimos; use for food,
clothing, and kayaks).
_Rangifer tarandus arcticus_. . .: Lydekker, 1898: 47-48
(description); 48 (distribution); 48-49 (migration; food).
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