Musk-ox, bison, sheep and goat

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Identifier: muskoxbisonsheep00whit (find matches)
Title: Musk-ox, bison, sheep and goat
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Whitney, Caspar, 1862-1929 Grinnell, George Bird, 1849-1938 Wister, Owen, 1860-1938
Subjects: Hunting Muskox American bison Mountain sheep Mountain goat
Publisher: New York, London, Macmillan
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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ld be back on top of you againjust as soon as you had lain down. It is all in the Musk-ox game; and so youendure. V The Musk-ox Although there is nothing in the appearanceor in the Hfe of the musk-ox to suggest romance,yet the Indians and the Eskimo surround it withmuch mystery. They say it is not hke otheranimals, that it is cunning and plays tricks onthem, that it is not safe to approach, that it under-stands what is said. The Indians among whomI travelled have a tradition that long years ago awoman wandered into the Barren Grounds, waslost, and finally turned into a musk-ox by theenemy. Perhaps this accounts for the occa-sional habit these Indians have when pursuingmusk-oxen of talking to them, instructing themas to the direction of their flight, etc. Severalauthors maintain that these Indians, when hunt-ing, do not talk to other animals; but I haveheard them jabbering while hunting caribou afterthe same manner they do when running aftermusk-oxen. Why the Indians should consider 70
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