not too far for the courage of our Chief, 

 who now set his gang of youngsters at 

 work digging a canal. This canal had 

 an average width of three feet and it was 

 two and a half feet deep. It was made 

 quite crooked through the swamp, wind- 

 ing around and between clumps of 

 alders and larger trees. Smaller trees 

 were dug up and roots which crossed the 

 path of the canal were cut off as clean 

 as if chopped with an axe. 



Water in the canal through the swamp 

 maintained practically the level of the 

 pond. There was a gradual rise of 

 ground beyond the swamp and here a 

 series of dams or locks were built. Each 

 dam raised the level of water from two 

 to three feet. There were thirteen of 

 these levels varying in length from fifty, 

 to two hundred and fifty feet. Water 

 from a spring brook was diverted into 

 the canal and flowed over each dam. 

 The beavers towed their lumber through 

 this canal and dragged it over the 

 several dams, each of which seemed to 



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