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would prove the better " man " of the two ; and eminently right 

 the Indian trader was. 



The hundred mile trip down the lovely river to the lake was 

 a delightful one. Comfortably ensconced in the centre of the 

 canoe, my waterproof yachting bag giving me a comfortable 

 " back," I could wield the paddle or remain idle, my dusky Darby 

 and Joan keeping up their regular steady stroke for a long rive 

 hours till it was time to land and get lunch. The river, though now 



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" bankful," had but little current, and serpentined in huge loops 

 through the beautiful valley, both banks being- covered with a fringe 

 of fine cottonwood and other deciduous trees. The whole country 

 from Fry's onward was totally uninhabited by whites, the only 

 other inhabitant in the entire valley, aside of Indians, being 

 another squaw-man, old Dave MacLoughlin, rather a remarkable 

 personage, of whom I shall have to speak in another place at 

 greater length. His shanty was built close to the boundary line 



