Through the Mackenzie Basin A Narrative of the Athabasca and Peace River Treaty Expedition of 1899
Chapter V
Resources Of Lesser Slave Lake Region
Indian lunatics: The Weeghteko--Treatment of lunatics in old Upper Canada--Lesser Slave Lake fisheries--Stock-raising at the lake--Prairies of the region--The region once a buffalo country--Quality of the soil--Wheat and roots and vegetables--Unwise to settle in large numbers in the country at present--The "blind pig"--A native row.