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CHAP. XXVII. 



WINTER JOURNEY WITH DOGS FROM FORT GARRY TO CROW 



WING. 



Arrival of Lord Richard Grosvenor, Lord Frederick Cavendish, Mr. Henry 

 Danby Seymour, M.P., and the Hon. Evelyn Ashley, at Fort Garry. — 

 Buffalo Hunting. — Lord Grosvenor's Expedition to Fort Ellice. — Prepa- 

 rations for a Winter's Journey. — John Monkman. — Cline. — Daily Allow- 

 ance of Dogs. — A Winter Road. — A Cariole. — A Sledge. — The Driver. — 

 Making the Road. — Prospects of a Race to Crow Wing. — The Start. — - 

 Fort Pembina. — Mr. Mackenzie. — The Woods and Prairies in the Winter 

 Season. — Temperature at Pembina. — A Camp in the Snow. — Preparations 

 for the Night. — Mocassins. — The Morning Start. — Making a Cache in Pine 

 River. — Dogs watching the Operation. — They return at Night to break 

 open the Cache. — Terrible Fate of Mr. Mackenzie in Dec, 1859, frozen to 

 Death in attempting to reach Pembina from Pine Creek. — Rimning across 

 a Prairie with the Thermometer at 20° below Zero. — Appearance of the 

 Party after the " Run." — Appearance of a Camp during the Night. — 

 Watchfulness of the Dogs.— Catching and harnessing them in the Morning. 

 — Treatment of Dogs by the Half-breeds. — Overturning a Cariole. — 

 Traveling in a Snow Storm. — Preparing to Camp in a Snow Storm. — Dogs 

 " lying close" after a Fall of Snow during the Night. — Sagacity of these 

 Animals. — Red Lake. — News of Monkman's Party behind us. — The Roman 

 Catholic Missionary frozen to Death two Days previous to our Arrival at 

 Red Lake Mission. — Indians reading the History of the Missionary's 

 Journey from his Tracks on the Ice. — Indians relating the History of his 

 Journey. — Savage Mimicry. — The Rev. Laurenz Lautiger, the Roman 

 Catholic Missionary. — The Height of Land. — Cass Lake. — Arrival of 

 Monkman's Party at Midnight. — Leech Lake. — A Dance. — The last Night 

 in the Woods. — The last Day's Run. — Pine Woods. — Morning, — A 

 twenty-mile Gallop. — Crow Wing. 



Upon our arrival at Selkirk Settlement subsequently to 

 the exploration of Lakes Winnipeg and Manitobah, we 

 heard that a party of English noblemen and gentlemen had 

 reached Fort Garry, and were then preparing for a short 



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