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Examples
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Chippewyan in charge of the lunatic on December 17, 1904, with the interpreter and two dog-trains.
Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police R.G. MacBeth
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Etah, an Eskimo settlement, three weeks were consumed in storing supplies and selecting Eskimo guides and purchasing dog-trains.
Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania Jewett Castello Gilson
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The prairie had witnessed many a remarkable outfit striking out over the plains with dog-trains in winter and carts and buffalo-runners in summer, but it had never seen anything so business-like and highly picturesque as this Police marching-out state.
Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police R.G. MacBeth
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Slave Lake, he was snowshoeing to a number of Indian camps to collect furs, and had under his command several Indians in charge of his dog-trains.
The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure Arthur Henry Howard Heming 1905
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That afternoon five dog-trains arrived from outlying posts.
The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure Arthur Henry Howard Heming 1905
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The next day two Indians arrived with dog-trains, and their advent was hailed with another feast, and a pow-wow that lasted into the night.
The Last of the Plainsmen Zane Grey 1905
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The dog-trains were put out of view, and Big Moccasin and another Indian went off immediately to explore the country round about.
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
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The dog-trains were put out of view, and Big Moccasin and another Indian went off immediately to explore the country round about.
Pierre and His People, [Tales of the Far North], Volume 1. Gilbert Parker 1897
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The dog-trains were put out of view, and Big Moccasin and another Indian went off immediately to explore the country round about.
Pierre and His People, [Tales of the Far North], Complete Gilbert Parker 1897
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Dr Mark of Ottawa, and other friends also remembered me, with the result, that soon I had some of the finest dog-trains in the land.
On the Indian Trail Stories of Missionary Work among Cree and Salteaux Indians Egerton Ryerson Young 1874
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