Diary, 1910, of trip with George and Samuel Mixter to Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, Montana, North Dakota and Washington
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Saturday Oct 22 to Buffalo Lake We left before sunrise and drove northwards through Paplar woods. The road was not so level as formerly, and in some places a few stones showed. We saw little interest. Stopped and had dinner at the house of an Indian who lived near a lake which empties into Heart Port, which enters the Lake at this point. We got to Buffalo Lake, which connects by a wide river with Kinn Slope. Stopped at the house of our guide's son. He says that there are good caribou about here within 10 miles but they are not common. No one here remembers when buffalo were here. No knows if no jumping deer about here but his father says that they are killed about Place Rove Crimmy or just below, and a pair of horns which we saw came from 3 miles below Pore Rime Landing. A man who lives at Winagami Lake has killed 12 moose this fall within 70 days between his place and Round Lake, and another Indian named Blackburn has killed 12 near Little Prairie. Another his wife's brother has killed 1 near Whitefish Lake lately. He says moose are unusually plentiful this fall. Ruffed Grouse were very common today and we killed a number and photographed one