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No, he didn't think so. All the men who had teams were gone to the hills for caribou; there was nobody to send to the Summer Caches. He held out his hand again for the first instalment of the "eightee dolla," in kind, that he might put it in his pipe. "But dogs are no good to us without something to feed 'em." The Ingalik looked round as one seeking counsel. "Get fish tomalla." "No, sir.
To-day's the only day in my calendar. No buy dogs till we get fish." When the negotiations fell through the Indian took the failure far more philosophically than the white men, as was natural. The old fellow could quite well get on without "eightee dolla" could even get on without the tobacco, tea, sugar, and matches represented by that sum, but the travellers could not without dogs get to Minóok.
He led the way behind a little shack, a troop of children following, and there were two wolf-dogs, not in the best condition, one reddish, with a white face and white forelegs, the other grey with a black splotch on his chest and a white one on his back. "How much?" "Fiftee dolla." "And this one?" "Fiftee dolla." As the Colonel hesitated, the old fellow added: "Bohf eightee dolla."
"Oh, eightee for the two?" He nodded. "Well, where's the other?" "Hein?" "The other the third dog. Two are no good." "Yes. Yes," he said angrily, "heap good dog." For answer, a head-shake, the outstretched hand, and the words, "Eightee dolla tabak tea." "Wait," interrupted the Boy, turning to the group of children; "where's the other dog?" Nobody answered. The Boy pantomimed. "We want three dogs."
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