The Canadian voyageurs call the wolverene "carcajou;" while among the. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North] Reference
With a view to repair the fault he had committed, he called to him the carcajou, and bade him go up the tree, and release the sun by cutting the snare. From Wordnik.com. [Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 (of 3)] Reference
The carcajou, or wild cat, is the natural enemy of the elk, which, by the by, has become almost as rare an animal on the western continent as the mastodon or mammoth. From Wordnik.com. [Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 3 (of 3)] Reference
The carcajou, who cannot endure the water, quits his hold immediately; but, if the water happen to be at too great a distance, he will destroy the elk before he reaches it. From Wordnik.com. [Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 3 (of 3)] Reference
They manage the matter with so much adroitness, that they compel him to go to the place where they have left the carcajou, with whom they afterwards settle about dividing the prey. From Wordnik.com. [Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 3 (of 3)] Reference
Nearly the whole had perished from the assaults of beings against whom human weapons were useless -- who laughed at the puny resistance of mortals, and feared their battle less than the carcajou fears the mouse, or the canieu the humming-bird. From Wordnik.com. [Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 3 (of 3)] Reference
Indignant at the outrage, the old Dog-rib determined to hunt the carcajou and destroy it. From Wordnik.com. [The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure] Reference
We can see the fierce visages of the grizzly bear, of the white buffalo, of the carcajou, of the panther, and the ravenous wolf. From Wordnik.com. [The Scalp Hunters] Reference
The wolverine or carcajou is called by the hunters beaver-eater, and somewhat resembles a badger; the skin is soft and handsome. From Wordnik.com. [The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 1 of 2)] Reference
We could not afford to let the carcajou make a meal of him, as in our log-hauling and other labours he was of great service to us. From Wordnik.com. [The Desert Home The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness] Reference
She got into all this trouble on our account, and we're riding canoe here slick as carcajou in a pork cache while she pegs along afoot. From Wordnik.com. [The Silent Places] Reference
A fearful-looking monster he was as he lay stretched before me, and not unlike the carcajou which had killed our ox at the camp, only smaller. From Wordnik.com. [The Desert Home The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness] Reference
In going through the lowlands of this stream, he met an animal which he thought was a wolf, but which was more likely a wolverine, or carcajou. From Wordnik.com. [First Across the Continent; The Story of The Exploring Expedition of Lewis and Clark in 1804-5-6] Reference
On continuing their work the next day the children brought in word that a wolverine, or carcajou, had visited the log cache; so Meguir set off at once to investigate the story. From Wordnik.com. [The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure] Reference
We picked up the packs and sticking close together moved on -- dodging another gray wolf and a coyote, and an animal that looked like a carcajou or wolverine, which snarled at us and wouldn't budge. From Wordnik.com. [Pluck on the Long Trail Boy Scouts in the Rockies] Reference
This, surely, was the very place to find deer -- much more likely than in the thick woods, where these animals are in more danger from the cougar and carcajou, that occasionally drop upon them from the trees. From Wordnik.com. [The Desert Home The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness] Reference
When they launched their canoes upon the distant Mississippi, the men of that region fled, like a startled deer or elk from the growl of the carcajou. From Wordnik.com. [Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 3 (of 3)] Reference
‘carcajou.”’. From Wordnik.com. [The Fur Country] Reference
Otter or carcajou, maybe. ". From Wordnik.com. [Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador] Reference
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