CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



PAGB 



Sail for Quebec— A Rough Voyage — Our Fellow-Passengers — The Wreck 



— OflF the Banks of Newfoundland — Quebec — Up the St. Lawrence 



Niagara — The Captain and the Major — Westward Again — Sleeping 



Cars —The Red Indian — Steaming up the Mississippi — Lake Pippin 



Indian Legend— St. Paul, Minnesota — The Great Pacific Railroad — 

 Travelling by American Stage- Wagon— The Country— Our Dog Rover 

 — The Massacre of the Settlers by the Sioux — Culpability of the 



United States Goveniment — The Prairie — Shooting by the Way 



Reach Georgetown .......... 1 



CHAPTER II. 



Georgetown — Minnesota Volunteers — The Successful Hunters — An Indian 

 Hag — Resolve to go to Fort Garry in Canoes — Rumours of a Sioux 

 Outbreak — Tlie Half-breeds refuse to Accompany us — Prepare to Start 

 Alone — Our Canoes and Equipment — A Sioux War Party — The Half- 

 breed's Story — Down Red River— Strange Sights and Sounds— Our 

 First 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— Vain Attempts to Ascend — A Hard Struggle — On 

 Board at last — Start once more — Delays — Tj-y a Night Voyage again- - 

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

 Phenomena — Our Miserable Plight — No Escape— Steering in Utter 

 Darkness — Snags and Rocks — A Long Night's Watching — No Fire — 

 A Drying Day — Another Terrible Storm— And Another— Camp of 

 Disasters — Leave it at last — Marks of the Fury of the Storms — Pro- 

 visions 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 . 18 



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