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‘like the second fire. of the gun, amazed and bewildered them ae delight. 
. ae them with triumphant feelings; but on the camps at a distance 
{ ect was different, for the smokes in the lake and on the shores im- 
; ns al pdr oe 
The point on wh 
shore, a narrow n 
oe were encamped f s, with the opposite: eastern 
‘of which. the water beets rather~ mor 8 was at tis time: Aispeeed in in atilibw 
pools. Among the grass, and scattered over the prairie lake, appeared to 
be similar’marshes. It is simply a shallow basin, which, for a short period 
at the time of melting snows, is covered with water from the neighboring 
- Mountains; but this probably soon runs off, and ‘leaves for the remainder 
of the year a green savannah, through the ‘midst of which the tiver Tla- 
math, ches flows-to the ocean, wands its way to the outlet on the south- 
Western s 
Decider’ “es =No Indians made their appearance, and I determined to 
‘them a visit. Accordi ngly, the people were gathered together, and we 
bt out wioaids the village in the middle of the lake, which one of our 
guides had previously visited. It could not be directly approached, as a 
. large part of the lake appeared a marsh ; and there were sheets of ice among 
the grass, on which our horses could not keep their footing. We therefore 
followed the guide for a considerable distance along the forest ; and then 
turned off towards the village, which we soon began to see was a few large 
‘huts, on the ore i whieh were guumoree om Indians.» When ‘we had ar- 
ple ranged 
2 ine nila prio while they = Hoped * sigsened to meet the 
arpris a. on tiding up, to find one bf on a woman, Having 
ni ore kk a squaw to take any part in the business of war. 
They were the i chief and his ‘wife, who, in excitement and alarm at 
the unusual event and appearance, had come out to meet their fate together. 
The chief was a very prepossessing Indian, with very handsome features, 
_and a singularly soft and agreeable voice—so remarkable as to attract gen- 
“eral notice 
“The huts were ‘grouped. together on the bank of the oer iolats from 
‘be =i out ile the inant at _ —— end of — terete col- 
yw tinder our blankets, and to use for table c 
nbers of sng Seine dogs, leenbline wolves, were sitting 0 on 
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