Chapter 9

SLAVE RIVER AND GREAT SLAVE LAKE

"Red lemol-lade" kiddies--Tons of crystal salt--Great Slave Lake and its fertile shores--Yellow-Knife and Dog-Rib, subjects of the Seventh Edward--Hay River and its annual mail--Ploughing with dogs--Bill balked--The Alexandra Falls--Bishop Bompas as a surgeon; amputations while you wait.