86 START FOR THE RENDEZVOUS. 



camp. About an hour afterwards, Joe came in with three 

 beavers. He was a little alarmed at the sight of blood ; 

 but he quickly dressed the wound, and applied himself to 

 rendering my position as comfortable as possible under 

 the circumstances. But with all his attention, my wound 

 was very painful, and it was a whole week before I was 

 able to attend to my traps. 



We continued to trap in the Bayou until the early 

 part of October. We lived well, saw nothing more of the 

 Indians in our neighborhood, and packed away a fine lot 

 of skins. At the time mentioned, we broke up our camp, 

 and started for the trapper's rendezvous known as 

 " Brown's Hole." 



