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CHAPTER VI. 



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bear-hunt. Curious story of a bear. A wolf-hunt. Indian 

 dogs. Visit Fort Carlton. Recipe for Rubbiboo. A ball at 

 Fort Carlton. Ponies wintering in the snow. Intelligence 

 of sleigh-dogs. Ingratitude of Ki-chi-mo-ko-man. Tom Boot 

 a thief. Determine to punish him. A-ta-ka-koup joins me 

 in the enterprise. Surprise Toni Boot. Tremendous struggle. 

 Tom Boot receives a thrashing. Leave our hut for Fort Carlton. 

 Serious difficulty at the river. Nearly starved. Rescued 

 by boat. My feet frozen. The manufacture of pemmican. 



Frozen fish. A professional bear-hunter. F and I part. 



Effect of eloquence on Indians . . . . . . . . . . 70 



CHAPTER VH. 



An Indian swims the Saskatchawan. Start from Fort Carlton. 

 Prairie fire and narrow escape. Unpleasant surprise. A Sioux 

 camp. Interview with the chief. Suspicious circumstances. 

 A parley with the chief. A fight and race for life. Our mode 

 of travelling. Arrival at Fort Garry. Our miserable appearance. 

 The composition of galette. The Sioux outbreak and cause. 

 Threat to sack Fort Garry. Enmity between English and French 

 half-breeds. My new guide, and his character. Kindness of the 

 citizens. Start for Fort Garry and mode of travelling. Desola- 

 tion of the country. My first night in a bed, and consequences. 

 Taken for a half-breed scout. Expedition against the Indians. 

 Its utter failure. Death of " Little Crow ". Execution of 

 Indians. Start for England . . . . . . . . . . 85 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Return to America. Start for Kansas. Warning against obliging 

 strangers. The town of Troy. Horse-racing. A soft thing. 

 A breakdown. A wrestling-match. My new man Fox. His 



