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 



