My Dogs in the Northland With active table of contents eBook Egerton Ryerson Young
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"...He would sometimes suddenly whirl round with the whole train, and with a rush, would come to the rear of the sled, where I was riding, and shoving his great face in mine, would as well as any dog could put it, say 'Master, this is a very risky place, and so I have just come back for a minute to see if you are all right.'... "
The Rev. Edgerton R. Young (1840-1909), for years a missionary to the Indians in the region of Winnipeg Lake and the Red River of the North, presents in the little volume entitled ‘My Dogs in the Northland’ some account of the sledge dogs he has known. Young had claimed that Jack London's "The Call of the Wild (1903)" was taken from Young's book "My Dogs in the Northland ." London later acknowledged using it as a source and claimed to have written a letter to Young thanking him.
Young faced the hardships and privations of that little-known northland, traveling several thousands of miles each year, in winter with dog sleds and in the summers in a birch canoe. During these missionary tours by canoe and dog sledge he had ample opportunities for studying the Eskimo and St. Bernard dogs his experiences with which are here incorporated into story form. The many exciting incidents and thrilling adventures of this period of his life have been described in vivid detail of an experience and expert story-teller. He has a charming and at times a thrilling story-telling style.
There is room for a book which shall tell us about dogs, harness, and sledges, and the art of transportation in a country without roads or artificial shelter for the traveller. It is somewhat strange that among the many who have had to do with travel in the wintry north, no one had yet written such a book by 1902.
In describing the life of northern dogs in the summer months, Young writes
"As the Indians have no work for their dogs in the summer, they never or very seldom feed them. They leave them to forage for themselves. The dogs depend principally upon their cleverness in capturing fish for their food. It is interesting to observe how noiselessly they can wade out and endeavor to capture the great fish. The large Huskie dogs can grip and hold in their teeth, jackfish up to ten or twelve pounds weight."
However, Caesar, a more clever Huskie dog, had mastered the art of secretly harvesting fish by net
"Seizing the rope in his teeth, Caesar strongly pulled upon it, while he rapidly backed up some distance on the trail. When he had hauled in perhaps twenty feet of the net he was rewarded by the sight of a fine white-fish. Still holding the net with its struggling captives securely down with his feet, he began to devour this whitefish, which was so much more dainty than the coarser fish generally thrown to him."
Young's methods of disciplining "bad dogs" diverge from those of the current class of "dog whisperers"
"Finding him one day in the very act of taking a rabbit out of the snare, I caught him, and in spite of his doleful howlings I tied the dead rabbit securely around his neck and made him wear it for the rest of the day. Most piteously did he plead to have it taken off, but I was obdurate. Vainly he would appeal to us to relieve him of his humiliating load. None would listen to his appeals, but, as was arranged, all chided him as a very naughty, thievish dog."
Of his interactions with dogs, Young writes
"I am a firm believer in the idea that dogs understand a great deal more than most people generally believe. And Jack was one that, having long been with me, knew, as I had often tested, almost everything that was said to him. He also well knew when he was the subject of our conversation at home, and was well pleased or hurt, as we spoke complimentarily or disparagingly about him."
Mr. Young's stories of life in the northland all aim to catch and hold aspects of life which are fast disappearing as civilization penetrates the wilderness haunts of wolves, bears and Huskies.
My Dogs in the Northland With active table of contents eBook Egerton Ryerson Young
I came across a reference to this book in "Jack London, an American life", a biography by Earle Labor. Before writing "The Call of the Wild" in 1903, Jack London read this book which brought back nostalgic memories of his experiences with Klondike sled dogs (p. 172, Jack London biography).The author of "My dogs in the Northland" was a priest in central Canada, and travels about the Native villages by dog sled. The book is organized in 19 chapters, each telling the his experiences (originally he used husky dogs, but switched to St. Bernard dogs who are better behaved). Some sample chapters titles are:
1. My Eskimo or huskie dogs
2. With wild eskimo dogs under the aurora
3. Robber dogs and an Indian council
4. Jack, the giant St. Bernard
8. Cuppy, the beautiful Newfoundland
13. Muff, the affectionate mother dog
14. Cassar, the clever rascal
16. Traveling with dogs in the northern wilds
18. Our dogs in summer time
All in all, these are wonderful tales, perhaps as not well crafted as those of Jack London, but well worth reading by any dog lover.
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I came across a reference to this book in "Jack London, an American life", a biography by Earle Labor. Before writing "The Call of the Wild" in 1903, Jack London read this book which brought back nostalgic memories of his experiences with Klondike sled dogs (p. 172, Jack London biography).
The author of "My dogs in the Northland" was a priest in central Canada, and travels about the Native villages by dog sled. The book is organized in 19 chapters, each telling the his experiences (originally he used husky dogs, but switched to St. Bernard dogs who are better behaved). Some sample chapters titles are
1. My Eskimo or huskie dogs
2. With wild eskimo dogs under the aurora
3. Robber dogs and an Indian council
4. Jack, the giant St. Bernard
8. Cuppy, the beautiful Newfoundland
13. Muff, the affectionate mother dog
14. Cassar, the clever rascal
16. Traveling with dogs in the northern wilds
18. Our dogs in summer time
All in all, these are wonderful tales, perhaps as not well crafted as those of Jack London, but well worth reading by any dog lover.
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