John Tanner: Growing up a Captive, Part XIX
John Tanners family’s prospects were so discouraging that they lightened some of their baggage in order to make their journey more tolerable. They killed their last dog who was getting too weak to keep up with them and for some reason that John didn’t understand the Old Woman would not eat it. In this emergency the Old Woman who always seemed more capable of making great exertions than any of the rest of them brought a large pile of wood to keep a fire then tying a blanket ar
John Tanner: Growing up a Captive, Part XVII
John Tanner's family has decided to leave the Red River area and head to Lake Huron. They felt very good about their prospects, they had 11 packs of 40 beaver each and 10 packs of other furs plus when they would get to Rainy Lake they had a cache that they had hidden very secretly because they did not have confidence that the Trader was honest enough to leave them in his care. With the addition of the Rainy Lake deposit the family felt that they could consider themselves weal
