INTO THE UNKNOWN WILDERNESS. 79 
were completed, realizing the fact that we had now 
reached a summit of the continent, it seemed to me a 
most suitable place to leave the emblem of our country. 
Selecting, therefore, a tall, straight tamarack, and pro- 
viding myself with bunting and hatchet, I climbed to 
the top of the tree and there nailed securely the flag of 
Canada. As I descended, I lopped off the branches and 
thus made of the tree an excellent flag-pole. 
SCOTCH-CREE HALF-BREED. 
