The Land of the Winanishe 



the practical teaching of the Ursuline 

 Convent at Roberval ; the accomplish- 

 ments appear in wonders of silk embroid- 

 ery on hunting-shirts, and in the trained 

 voice which enlivens her work with 

 chansons. We have to walk to the head 

 of the Vache Caille Rapid, which runs 

 in front of the lodge. 



Two of the canoemen, putting their 

 canoes on their heads almost as easily as 

 their hats, have gone on ; their mates 

 wait for the rods and traps. A fine quar- 

 tette they are, French-Canadians all, of 

 the voyageur type, with all the skill of the 

 Indian in woodcraft, and ten times his 

 courage ; brown and strong from trapping 

 and lumbering all their lives ; grave and 

 serious looking, but with a keen vein of 

 humor ; shrewd and hard bargaining, but 

 thoroughly honest ; unable, perhaps, to 

 write their names, but with a genuine 

 polish of manner which compels respect 

 by its dignified deference. One can make 

 companions and friends of such men as 

 these. Their costume is simple enough. 

 Home-made trousers of the home-woven 

 gray woollen etoffe du pays tucked into the 

 wrinkled legs of the long moccasins tied 

 below the knee, which, in contradistinc- 

 tion from town-made " bottes franfaises," 

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