CHAPTEE YIII. 



Milton visits Carlton — Fast Travelling — La Eonde and Bruneau set 

 out for Fort Garry — Trapping with Misquapamayoo — Machina- 

 tions against the Wolverine — The Animals' Fishery — The Wol- 

 verine Outwits us — Eeturn Home — The Cree Language — How an 

 Indian tells a Story — New Year's Day among the Crees — To the 

 Prairies again — The Cold — Travelling with Dog- sleighs — Out in 

 the Snow — Our New Attendants — Prospect of Starvation — A 

 Day of Expectation — A Rapid Retreat — The Journey Home — 

 Indian Voracity — Res Augusta Domi — Cheadle's Journey to the 

 Fort — Perversity of his Companions — " The Hunter " yields to 

 Temptation — Milton's Visit to Kekekooarsis — A Medicine Feast 

 — The New Song — Cheadle's Journey Home — Isbister and his 

 Dogs — Mahaygun, " The Wolf" — Pride and Starvation — Our 

 Meeting at White Fish Lake. 



On tlie morning of the 24tli of December, Milton 

 harnessed our three Indian dogs to the httle sleigh, 

 and set ont with Bruneau for the Fort. La Eonde 

 remained with Cheadle at the hut, engaging to join 

 the others at Carlton as soon as sufficiently recovered. 

 Misquapamayoo had also arrived, to commence his 

 service as attendant on Cheadle. We both spent 

 our Christmas Eve somewhat drearily — Milton camp- 

 ing in the snow, half-way to Carlton, supping on pem- 

 mican and gallette, and Cheadle, in the hut, faring 

 likewise ; but the latter, feeling very dismal and 

 un-Christmaslike, he and La Eonde unearthed the 



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