AMONG THE 



NORTH-AMERICAN INDIANS. 



CHAPTER I. 



Leave England. Voyage and arrival at Quebec. Proceed to Toronto and 

 then to St. Paul's. Threatened rising of the Sioux. Its causes. The 

 Btorm bursts. We start for Fort Carlton. Description of journey. 

 Arrival at Fort Abercrombie. Hostile Indians. Reach Georgetown. 

 Attack on Fort Abercrombie. Barbarity of the Indians. Retreat in 

 canoes. Awful storm. Arrival at Pembina. Arrival at Fort Garry. 

 Our Guide and preparations to start. "The early bird catches the 

 worm." A Red-River cart. Leave Fort Garry. Crossing the Sas- 

 katchawan. Arrival at Fort Carlton. Fight between bloodhound and 

 wolf. I astonish the Indians. A boxing-match. Its consequences. 

 Murder at council of Indians. Its results. 



I LEFT Liverpool in June 1862, by the Allan line of steamers, 

 for Quebec, choosing this route as it was the only one which 

 would carry dogs, as I had a young bloodhound, a son of 

 Grantley Berkeley's celebrated dog " Druid," which I wished 

 to try against wolves on the prairies. 



While in Liverpool I met two English gentlemen, also on 



their way to the West, and intending, like myself, to fit out at 



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