Billy Mitchell In Alaska           My orders specified that all
transportation in the post should be turned over for my use, and
I made preparations to get my outfits out on the trail as soon
as possible. I began to buy dogs to use for light sledding and
reconnaissance work, selecting each one myself. The first dog I
obtained was a MacKenzie husky leader called “Pointer,” owned by
a squaw man named Jack Lawrence, a mail carrier. My attention
had first been drawn to Jack when he neglected his squaw for a
week or so, to remain in Eagle City celebrating. She came up
with a long knife, found where he was, grabbed him by the nape
of the neck, and marched him home.  Pointer was the greatest dog
I have ever seen. He weighed about 120 pounds and was perfectly
sure on the trail. He could feel through the snow with his feet
for an old trail and unerringly find it. We could depend on him
to protect the sled and the team under all conditions. He was so
fierce that we had to cut his fangs off to keep him from chewing
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