1748  [In long Journies, through deep Snows, the Men generally go before them to beat a Path with the Snow Shoes; the Dogs soon grow accustomed to whatever thay are taught, and being docil and tractable are very useful.]
1936  When the trail was bad and snow deep, they marched on snow-shoes, sometimes with a "forerunner" to break trail. Generally they ran or walked, occasionally they rode on the sleds.
1954  The two policemen were travelling with two dog teams and two Indian fore-runners, making patrol up the Liard to the British Columbia boundary.