CHAPTER XIX. 



EOUTE TO ST JOSEPH BANKS OF THE CAT EIYEE CAMP AT THE BIG 

 BLUE EIYEE CHAEACTEEISTIC EOMANCING OF CEETAIN CLASSES IN 



AMEEICA ME CANTEEALL's CET OF "WOLF " DEEE-HUNT MT 

 GUIDE IN A SWAMP AEEIVAL AT EOCK-CEEEK TILLAGE OF POT- 

 TOWADOMT BUENT PEAIEIES BLUE CEANES VISIT TO FATHEE 

 SCHULTZE A COMFOETABLE LODGING-HOUSE MOEE OF ME CAN- 

 TEEALL'S DELINQUENCIES ENCAMPMENT AT MUD-CEEEK SHOOTING 

 ON THE MAECH. 



IT was on Wednesday, the 19th of October, that early 

 in the morning I bade adieu to my kind friends at Fort 

 Eiley, and proceeded on my route to St Joseph. On 

 the march some portions of the scenery, particularly on 

 the banks of the Cat River, were prettily wooded, but 

 the country was destitute of game, and the only shot the 

 day afforded was at a common teal, which was added to 

 my larder. We camped just before dark at Big Blue 

 River, near Manhatton. On the road as we travelled we 

 picked up a cream-coloured mole, such as we have in 

 England ; in America that colour, as belonging to these 

 animals, is, I believe, more common than with us. 



On Thursday, the 20th ; as there were a good many 



