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Updated: June 28, 2025
Then amid the usual handshaking the word "Marche!" was given, and to the tune of cracking whips, whining dogs, and crunching snow, the northern packet glided out upon the lake with the Indian track-beater hurrying far ahead while the half-breed dog-driver loped behind the sled.
Just then the dogs began to blow and then to growl, as a strange Indian strode out of the gloom into the brilliant glare of the fires. "Wat-che! wat-che?" The stranger replied in Cree, and then began a lively interchange of gossip. The Indian was the track-beater of the south-bound packet from the Far North that was now approaching. All were keenly interested.
Breakfast was soon over, then followed the packing of the sleds, the harnessing of the dogs, the slipping of moccasined feet into snowshoe thongs, the shaking of hands, and the wishing of farewells. Already the tracker, or track-beater, had gone ahead to break the trail. "M-a-r-r-che!" Every driver repeated the word; whips cracked; dogs howled, and the brigade moved forward in single file.
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