/ n .\,,,'fl, H !:; 



ome iiiilrs; tin- ri\t-r is In ,.1 tin- scenery is 



\.r\ interesting as we pass tin- foot nl 



miles further on we touch tli. ri\er attain at I'ointe de 

 Metiron. ami Iin.k down UJM.H it flowing swiftly l-t w.-t-n hi^'li 



|i'l banks. Ina tiv.-.top o\ 1-rlo.ikint; tin- ri\ er >i par 

 larp- hawks liav.- tli--ir m-st. aii.l t In- passing t rain dist url.s the 

 birds. Turn i ni,' a corner sharply, sum,- deer an- seen a mile 



\ in tin- 'listnncf. which i-aii nfi' i>n tin- approach >!' tin- 

 train. 



At Liiik....|.in^ a c..\i|)l- of Iniliaiis si^r lm l tin- tniill t<) sfoj, 

 ami Wfi-i- tak.-n <>n Inwinl with tln-ir canoefl. At Savanm-. 11 

 furtlu-r. 'ii- >t' thrir canoos came t<) grief by striking a 

 post, ami I'.-caiiK- a tot4il wivck. The train stoj.j,,.,!. 

 ami tin- 1ml off'ainl wn-t- joim-d liyotln-r Imlians who 



w.-i-t- at tin- station. I picknl up a pirn- ot' birch bark iVmn 

 th- broki'H canoe ami took it alon<; with im- its a memento of 

 th- i'V'Ut. Tlit-n- is a ti'ilw ot' Indians at Savanm-. ami the 

 chi-'. a tall. p'.-y-hain-l man was at tin- station to see th- 

 train pa.ss through. \Ve saw a nuiiilM-r of tlu-ir birch-bai'k 

 066 alOD|( the banks of tin- ri\fi\ Tht-rt- aiv also a eouplt- 

 of boats that w.-iv us.-,l l,y \Vols ( .|.-y in 1870, wln-n In- 1-1 an 

 army from Fort William to |-',,rt Cany < m.w Winnijir^^ to 

 suppress a r.-lM-llion of tin- half-breeds on Red l!i\.-r. 



inn.- we move westward ami enter a wild, 

 ifcrange country, with rapid rivers and numerous lakes. Hen- 

 a wild-Tiles-, ,,f interlaced lakes. ,,) rath.-r hu^e tarns in i^rai lit- 



us. frin^eil with divides the country with primi- 



tive n>ek and almost bottomless muskegs. ()\,T this \ ;1 -,t 

 region silence and desolation n-i^n suj-reme. A s.-mi-ai 

 winter clings to it for seven months in the year. For t\\ 

 hundred and fifty miles not a dwi-llii n except the 



tion houses at a distance of ten to tifte.-n miles apart. Tin- 

 railvay track is bounded on \>t\\ sides by dense forests, ami 

 scarcely a bird or any living creature was to be seen. 



.try is so monotonous that we are u dad when evening; 



Bfl the scene ami we climb into our luniks, and after s.-veral 

 efforts we n ;r eyefl iii sleep. 



