Before the meat was cooked each guest arose, took a dog, and hopped round the boilers from one end of the great hut to the other.

Arriving in front of the chief, the Montagnais Indian feaster would throw his dog violently to the ground, exclaiming: "Ho! ho! ho!" after which he returned to his place.
At the close of the banquet every one danced, with the skulls of their Iroquois enemies slung over their backs.

As they danced they slapped their knees with their hands, and shouted: "Ho! ho! ho!" till they were out of breath.
The huts of these Indians were low and made like tents, being covered with the bark of the birch tree.

An opening about a foot of the top was left uncovered to admit light and to allow the smoke to escape.
Though low, the huts were sometimes quite large, and would accommodate ten families.

These slept higgledy-piggledy on skins, with their dogs amongst them.