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The Cache Intact— Starving Indians— Story of Keenamontiayoo — 

 Indian Gambling— The Hideous Philosopher— Dog Driving— Shushu's 

 Wonderful Sagacity — A Long March — Return to La Belle Prairie — 

 Household Cares- Our Untidy Dwelling— Our Spring Cleaning— The 

 Great Plum Pudding — Unprofitable Visitors — Rover's Accomplish- 

 ments Astonish the Indians — Famine Everywhere . . . .138 



CHAPTER X. 



La Ronde's Return— Letters from Home— A Feast— The Journey to Red 

 River and back— Hardships— The Frozen Train— Three Extra Days— 

 The Sioux at Fort Garry— Their Spoils of War— Late Visitors— Musk- 

 Rats and their Houses— Rat-catching— Our Weather-glass— Moose 

 Hunting in the Spring — Extreme Wariness of the Moose — His Strata- 

 gem to Guard against Surprise — Marching during the Thaw— Prepare 

 to leave Winter Quarters— Search for the Horses— Their Fine Condition 

 — Nutritious Pasturage— Leave La Belle Prairie— Carlton again— 

 Good-bye to Treemiss and La Ronde — Baptiste Supemat — Start for Fort 

 Pitt— Passage of Wild-Fowl— Baptiste's Stories— Crossing Swollen 

 Rivers- Addition to our Party— Shooting for a Living— The Prairie 

 Bird's Ball — Fort Pitt— Peace between tlie Crees and Blackfeet— Cree 

 Full Dress— The Blackfeet— The Dress of their Women— Indian Solu- 

 tion of a Difficulty— Rumours of War— Hasty Retreat of the Blackfeet 

 —Louis Battenotte, " The Assiniboine "—His Seductive Manners— De- 

 parture for Edmonton— A Night Watch— A Fertile Land— The Works 

 of Beaver— Their Effect on the Country— Their Decline in Power- 

 How we crossed the Saskatchewan— Up the Hill— Eggs and Chickens 

 — Arrive at Edmonton ^^^ 



CHAPTER XL 



Edmonton— Grisly Bears— The Roman Catholic Mission at St. Alban's — 

 The Priest preaches a Crusade against the Grislies— Mr. Pembrun's 

 Story— The Gold Seekers— Perry, the Miner— Mr. Hardisty's Story— 

 The Cree in Training — Running for Life— Hunt for the Bears— Life at 

 a Hudson's Bay Fort— Indian Fortitude— Mr. O'B. introduces Himself— 

 His Extensive Acquaintance — The Story of his Life — Wishes to Accom- 

 pany us— His Dread of Wolves and Bears — He comes into the Doctor's 

 hands— He congratulates us upon his Accession to our Party — The 

 Hudson's Bay People attempt to dissuade us from trying the Leather 

 Pass— Unknown Country on the West of the Mountains— The Emi- 

 grants—The other Passes— Explorations of Mr. Ross and Dr. Hector — 

 Our Plans— Mr. O'B. objects to "The Assiniboine "—" The Assini- 

 boine " protests against Mr. O'B.— Our Party and Preparations . .183 



CHAPTER XIL 



Set out from Edmonton— Prophecies of Evil— Mr. O'B.'s Forebodings- 

 Lake St. Ann's— We enter the Forest— A Rough Trail— Mr. O'B., im- 



