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the guide said he had "heard tell that his ribs 

 had gone bad on him." This much and noth- 

 ing more he said, and yet it was a sufficient 

 and good reason for the untimely fatality. 



At night, Tuesday, the twenty- first, we ar- 

 rived in the dark at the head of a large lake. 

 Here we were lodged in a cabin belonging to 

 the Chief. The floor and walls were covered 

 with skins of animals, — caribou, moose, wol- 

 verine, and fox skins. 



Here our horses were to go around the lake 

 on a trail which wound up and down several 

 steep mountains, while we were to cross the 

 water by a power boat. Louie, with another 

 man, was dispatched to take the horses and 

 mules across a dangerous river where quick- 

 sands abounded, and where the utmost care 

 had to be taken not to let either horse or man 

 get into such a critical locality. The horses 

 had to swim across the stream which was fed 

 by a great glacier — the water, therefore, being 

 ice-cold. They were led by two men in 

 a row boat. In some way Louie got into the 

 quicksands and it was some time — even with 

 the help of his companion — before he could 

 extricate himself, having sunk down in the 

 quicksand up to his waist. 



A fine day was frittered away at the head of 



