(Kuitwb 



through the ruins, had eroded deeply. This ero- 

 sion revealed the records of ages, and showed 

 that the old main dam had been built on the top 

 of an older dam and a sediment-filled pond. The 

 second dam was on top of an older one still. In 

 the sediment of the oldest the bottom pond 

 I found a spearhead, two charred logs, and the 

 skull of a buffalo. Colonies of beaver, as well as 

 those of men, are often found upon sites that 

 have a tragic history. Beavers, with Omar, might 

 say, 



" When you and I behind the veil are past, 

 Oh but the long long while the world shall last." 



The next summer, 1893, the Moraine site was 

 resettled. During the first season the colonists 

 spent their time repairing dams and were con- 

 tent to live in holes. In autumn they gathered no 

 harvest, and no trace of them could be found 

 after the snow; so it is likely that they had re- 

 turned to winter in the colony whence they had 

 come. But early in the next spring there were 

 reinforced numbers of them at work establishing 

 a permanent settlement. Three dams were re- 

 paired, and in the autumn many of the golden 



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