312 TRAVELS THROUGH UPPER CANADA! 
knowing perfectly well what was to be done, 
they at once sat to work with their tomahawks 
in cutting poles and pegs. In less than five 
minutes, as we all bore a part, the poles and 
pegs were cut, and the tent pitched. 
One of the Indians now made signs to us to 
lend him a bag, having received which he ran 
into the woods, and was soon out of sight. 
We were at a loss to guess what he was in 
pursuit of * but in a little time he returned with 
the bag full of the finest cranberries I ever 
beheld. In the mean time another of them, 
of his own accord, busied himself in carrying 
heaps of dried leaves into the tent, which, 
with our buffalo skins, afforded luxurious beds 
to men like us, that had slept on nothing bet¬ 
ter than a hoard for upwards of a month past. 
In the upper country it is so customary for 
travellers to carry their own bedding, that even 
at our friend Captain E - house we had 
no other accommodation at night than the floor 
of an empty room, on which we spread our 
skins. As for themselves, the Indians thought 
of no covering whatsoever, but simply stretched 
themselves on the ground beside the fire, 
where they lay like dogs or cats till morning. 
At day-break we started, and stopped as on the 
preceding day beside streams of water to eat 
pur breakfasts and dinners. 
from Buffalo Creek to the place where we 
