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There
were
seven
puppies
in
the
team
.
The
others
had
been
born
earlier
in
the
year
and
were
nine
and
ten
months
old
,
while
White
Fang
was
only
eight
months
old
.
Each
dog
was
fastened
to
the
sled
by
a
single
rope
.
No
two
ropes
were
of
the
same
length
,
while
the
difference
in
length
between
any
two
ropes
was
at
least
that
of
a
dog
's
body
.
Every
rope
was
brought
to
a
ring
at
the
front
end
of
the
sled
.
The
sled
itself
was
without
runners
,
being
a
birch-bark
toboggan
,
with
upturned
forward
end
to
keep
it
from
ploughing
under
the
snow
.
This
construction
enabled
the
weight
of
the
sled
and
load
to
be
distributed
over
the
largest
snow-surface
;
for
the
snow
was
crystal-powder
and
very
soft
.
Observing
the
same
principle
of
widest
distribution
of
weight
,
the
dogs
at
the
ends
of
their
ropes
radiated
fan-fashion
from
the
nose
of
the
sled
,
so
that
no
dog
trod
in
another
's
footsteps
.
There
was
,
furthermore
,
another
virtue
in
the
fan-formation
.
The
ropes
of
varying
length
prevented
the
dogs
attacking
from
the
rear
those
that
ran
in
front
of
them
.
For
a
dog
to
attack
another
,
it
would
have
to
turn
upon
one
at
a
shorter
rope
.
In
which
case
it
would
find
itself
face
to
face
with
the
dog
attacked
,
and
also
it
would
find
itself
facing
the
whip
of
the
driver
.
But
the
most
peculiar
virtue
of
all
lay
in
the
fact
that
the
dog
that
strove
to
attack
one
in
front
of
him
must
pull
the
sled
faster
,
and
that
the
faster
the
sled
travelled
,
the
faster
could
the
dog
attacked
run
away
.
Thus
,
the
dog
behind
could
never
catch
up
with
the
one
in
front
.
The
faster
he
ran
,
the
faster
ran
the
one
he
was
after
,
and
the
faster
ran
all
the
dogs
.
Incidentally
,
the
sled
went
faster
,
and
thus
,
by
cunning
indirection
,
did
man
increase
his
mastery
over
the
beasts
.
Mit-sah
resembled
his
father
,
much
of
whose
grey
wisdom
he
possessed
.
In
the
past
he
had
observed
Lip-lip
's
persecution
of
White
Fang
;
but
at
that
time
Lip-lip
was
another
man
's
dog
,
and
Mit-sah
had
never
dared
more
than
to
shy
an
occasional
stone
at
him
.
But
now
Lip-lip
was
his
dog
,
and
he
proceeded
to
wreak
his
vengeance
on
him
by
putting
him
at
the
end
of
the
longest
rope
.
This
made
Lip-lip
the
leader
,
and
was
apparently
an
honour
!
but
in
reality
it
took
away
from
him
all
honour
,
and
instead
of
being
bully
and
master
of
the
pack
,
he
now
found
himself
hated
and
persecuted
by
the
pack
.
Because
he
ran
at
the
end
of
the
longest
rope
,
the
dogs
had
always
the
view
of
him
running
away
before
them
.
All
that
they
saw
of
him
was
his
bushy
tail
and
fleeing
hind
legs
--
a
view
far
less
ferocious
and
intimidating
than
his
bristling
mane
and
gleaming
fangs
.
Also
,
dogs
being
so
constituted
in
their
mental
ways
,
the
sight
of
him
running
away
gave
desire
to
run
after
him
and
a
feeling
that
he
ran
away
from
them
.
The
moment
the
sled
started
,
the
team
took
after
Lip-lip
in
a
chase
that
extended
throughout
the
day
.
At
first
he
had
been
prone
to
turn
upon
his
pursuers
,
jealous
of
his
dignity
and
wrathful
;
but
at
such
times
Mit-sah
would
throw
the
stinging
lash
of
the
thirty-foot
cariboo-gut
whip
into
his
face
and
compel
him
to
turn
tail
and
run
on
.
Lip-lip
might
face
the
pack
,
but
he
could
not
face
that
whip
,
and
all
that
was
left
him
to
do
was
to
keep
his
long
rope
taut
and
his
flanks
ahead
of
the
teeth
of
his
mates
.
But
a
still
greater
cunning
lurked
in
the
recesses
of
the
Indian
mind
.
To
give
point
to
unending
pursuit
of
the
leader
,
Mit-sah
favoured
him
over
the
other
dogs
.
These
favours
aroused
in
them
jealousy
and
hatred
.
In
their
presence
Mit-sah
would
give
him
meat
and
would
give
it
to
him
only
.
This
was
maddening
to
them
.
They
would
rage
around
just
outside
the
throwing-distance
of
the
whip
,
while
Lip-lip
devoured
the
meat
and
Mit
~
sah
protected
him
.
And
when
there
was
no
meat
to
give
,
Mit-sah
would
keep
the
team
at
a
distance
and
make
believe
to
give
meat
to
Lip-lip
.
White
Fang
took
kindly
to
the
work
.
He
had
travelled
a
greater
distance
than
the
other
dogs
in
the
yielding
of
himself
to
the
rule
of
the
gods
,
and
he
had
learned
more
thoroughly
the
futility
of
opposing
their
will
.
In
addition
,
the
persecution
he
had
suffered
from
the
pack
had
made
the
pack
less
to
him
in
the
scheme
of
things
,
and
man
more
.
He
had
not
learned
to
be
dependent
on
his
kind
for
companionship
.
Besides
,
Kiche
was
well-nigh
forgotten
;
and
the
chief
outlet
of
expression
that
remained
to
him
was
in
the
allegiance
he
tendered
the
gods
he
had
accepted
as
masters
.
So
he
worked
hard
,
learned
discipline
,
and
was
obedient
.
Faithfulness
and
willingness
characterised
his
toil
.
These
are
essential
traits
of
the
wolf
and
the
wild-dog
when
they
have
become
domesticated
,
and
these
traits
White
Fang
possessed
in
unusual
measure
.
A
companionship
did
exist
between
White
Fang
and
the
other
dogs
,
but
it
was
one
of
warfare
and
enmity
.
He
had
never
learned
to
play
with
them
.
He
knew
only
how
to
fight
,
and
fight
with
them
he
did
,
returning
to
them
a
hundred-fold
the
snaps
and
slashes
they
had
given
him
in
the
days
when
Lip-lip
was
leader
of
the
pack
.
But
Lip-lip
was
no
longer
leader
--
except
when
he
fled
away
before
his
mates
at
the
end
of
his
rope
,
the
sled
bounding
along
behind
.
In
camp
he
kept
close
to
Mit-sah
or
Grey
Beaver
or
Kloo-kooch
.
He
did
not
dare
venture
away
from
the
gods
,
for
now
the
fangs
of
all
dogs
were
against
him
,
and
he
tasted
to
the
dregs
the
persecution
that
had
been
White
Fang
's
.
