CHAPTEE II. 



Georgetown— Minnesota Volunteers — The Successful Hunters — An 

 Indian Hag— Resolve to go to Fort Garry in Canoes— Rumours 

 of a Sioux Outbreak— The Half-breeds refuse to Accompany us— 

 Prepare to Start Alone— Our Canoes and Equipment— A Sioux 

 War Party— The Half-breed's Storj-— Down Red River— Strange 

 Sights and Sounds— Our Fh-st Night Out— Effects of the Sun and 

 Mosquitoes— Milton Disabled— Monotony of the Scenery— Leaky 

 Canoes— Travelling by Night— The "Oven" Camp— Hunting 

 Geese in Canoes— Meet the Steamer— Milton's Narrow Escape— 

 Treemiss and Cheadle follow Suit— Carried Down the Rapids — 

 Yain Attempts to Ascend— A Hard Struggle— On Board at last 

 —Start OTice more— Delays— Try a Night Voyage Again— The 

 "Riband Storm"— "In Thunder, Lightning, and in Rain"— 

 Fearful Phenomena— Our Miserable PHght— No Escape— Steer- 

 ing in Utter Darkness— Snags and Rocks— A Long Night's 

 Watching— No Fu-e— A Drying Day— Another Terrible Storm — 

 And Another— Camp of Disasters— Leave it at last— Marks of the 

 Fury of the Storms— Provisions at an End— Fishing for Gold- 

 eyes— A Day's Fast— Slaughter of Wild-Fowl— Our Voracity— 

 A Pleasant Awakening— Caught up by the Steamer— Pembina— 

 Fort Garry — La Ronde— We go under Canvass. 



The little settlement of Greorgetown is placed under 

 cover of the belt of timber which clothes the banks of 

 the river, while to the south and east endless prairie 

 stretches away to the horizon. The place is merely 

 a trading post of the Hudson's Bay Company, round 

 which a few straggling settlers have established them- 

 selves. A company of Minnesota Volunteers was 

 stationed here for the protection of the settlement 

 against the Sioux. They were principally Irish or 



