A LABRADOR SPRING 
Manitou River, hid their canoes in the woods 
and stole towards the falls of the Manitou, to 
lie in ambush until the Montagnais should 
descend to the portage. The Montagnais knew 
their strength, and in the dim morning light 
began the fight at once, and after severe loss 
succeeded in killing or taking all but the leader 
of the Micmacs’ band, a noted warrior and 
conjuror, and one whom the Montagnais were 
most anxious to take alive. Finding escape 
hopeless, he sprang to the edge of the cataract, 
and, crouching behind a rock, began to sing 
a defiant war-song, occasionally sending an 
arrow with fatal effect at those who were bold 
enough to show themselves. The Montagnais, 
sure of their prey, contented themselves with 
singing their songs of triumph. The Micmac 
chief and conjuror suddenly jumped upon the 
rock behind which he was hidden, and ap, 
proached the Montagnais, telling them to 
shoot. But the Montagnais wanted their 
prisoner alive, so they let their arrows rest. The 
conjuror next threw away his bows and arrows, 
and invited them to come and attack him with 
their knives. The Montagnais chief, anxious 
to display his courage, rose from his conceal- 
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