INTO THE UNKNOWN WILDERNESS. 



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were completed, realizing the fact that we had now 

 reached a summit of the continent, it seemed to me a 

 most suitable place to leave the emblem of our country. 

 Selecting, therefore, a tall, straight tamarack, and pro- 

 viding myself with bunting and hatchet, I climbed to 

 the top of the tree and there nailed securely the flag of 

 Canada. As I descended, I lopped off the branches and 

 thus made of the tree an excellent flag-pole. 



SCOTCH-CREE HALF-BREED. 



