CHAPTER XX. 



ARRIVAL AT FORT CHEPEWYAN UNACCUSTOMED LUXURIES THE HUNTERS PRO- 

 VIDE A NEW CANOE AND A PLENTIFUL SUPPLY OP PROVISIONS ENTER THE 

 PEACE RIVER A SHORT ACCOUNT OF THE PEACE A GRAND FEAST PIERRE'S 

 ACCOUNT OF THE MUSK-OX HIS ADVENTURE WITH A MUSK-OX FIRE- 

 HUNTING GAULTIER'S ADVENTURE DRAWING A BEAD ON A PARLOUR 



WINDOW THE OLD COLONEL'S RAGE REINDEER AND BUFFALO MOUNTAINS 

 MIGRATIONS OF REINDEER. 



THE next day the hunters arrived at Fort Chepewyan. 

 They did not meditate a long stay ; indeed, their chief 

 reason for stopping was to replenish their stores, which 

 had become alarmingly low. 



They also "traded" their stock of furs, for which 

 they received a very considerable sum. Some days 

 were passed pleasantly among the employe's at the fort, 

 hearing news, and giving in exchange their many 

 adventures by the way. They were hospitably enter- 

 tained by the gentleman in charge of the post, who 

 seemed to think that he could never do enough to 

 render their stay agreeable. It was therefore with 

 regret that they tore themselves away from a real roof 

 and real beds, to which they had been so long unaccus- 

 tomed, but which on that account were all the more 

 valued. Before again venturing on Lake Athabasca 



