Xurth-We* Canada. \:v.\ 



I !nt t" resume my raiiiM- I.. ..\ in^' tin- nest -.t' tip- | 



fal I 'li-1 n. .t again descend into the gorge, but crossed . 



the prairie to Moosejaw.and called ii|><.n my friend who had 

 spent the morning with me up the river at Moo- 1 di- 



d him t> tin- cliff when- tin- prairie falcon's nest was, and 

 In- | _'^s. I. ut In- fail.-'l 



t-. keep his pi-.-mis,-. although I ..flri-ed to pay him a good p 

 if he obtained tin- clutch for me. 



Aftt-r sijji|.n . I \vnt fora rainble along tin- l.ank> of th.- 

 ri\-i in fnnt of Moosejaw. I cro8e<l tin- Bridge at the same 

 as a troop of Imlians w.-n- passing ovi-r. with tht-ir nuin- 

 uiiii.-x MIM! -lo^s. It was a jiictur-^|in- BOene, anI I 

 \\ish.-.l thi-y couM ha\f l.r.-n photOgT^bed. Tlu- troop COn- 

 1 only of \\.un. -ii and rhiMivii: they had no IIH-M with 

 tlifin. Tin- s.|ua\\s <io all the work, carry the loatls, go in a>l- 

 \ nice, and erect the tepees, and tin- lnu-ks follow an>l come 

 into camj) wl,t-n tin- work is done. Thei r carts have no wheels ; 

 thi \ of two long poles, in the centre of which is a sort 



of platform ,,r l,o\. in \\hich are seated the old squaws, pa- 

 pooses, etc.; one end of the two poles forms the shafts, which 

 are fastened to the pony with jiirci-s of hidr : tin- other ends 

 of the ] Hid trail alonir the ground. The boys and 



^irls were dressed in Mankets of bright colours. Tin- Indians, 

 lik- the 1-utfaloes, are fast disappearing before the onward 

 mareli of the white man and civilixation. Treat the Indians 

 kindly, for they an- the children of the old lords of the soil. 



..nderinjr along the banks of the river for an hour 

 until dusk. I returned to the station house, and, packing my 

 ' specimens and baggage, I waited the approach of the train 

 from the west, which WJLS due at ten o'clock. Presently tin- 

 train cam.' along, and as I was tired I SM>H retired to my 

 1-erth. instru.-tin^ th. ^uanl to wake me ip in time to get off 

 at Virden the following morning. 



