, 1859-10-10

Joy, beleEing it would take us to our lon:
sought Ottawa Shortly aftee entering tn,
stream it widened out and assumed the fors
of lake. No poled up the western sho,,
for about 7 miles, but fou, we were again de
ceived. On our way up MI. La u. sang thess
pretty lines: :
~checr up yourhoat., ny men,
Lei nothing frlkhty yop,
| Be Of gallant mind
Let thas delight yuu."
His yoice was hardly above whisper, but
tho song was source Of great comfort to me
His, indeed, was "gailant mind" which tI1e
extraordinary hardships and dangers Of our DOS.
ton had not daunted. But wien VIC found
that all the weary miles Of our morning traye]
had been in valn, and had to be retraccd, mr.
resolution certainly failed me fur moment,
and sat down upon n1y end Of the raft, and
1et like shedding one tear Of genuine regret,
Yet NO felt that our duty, as Christian men.
was to press on as long as We could stand, and
leave the issue with God,
1t had now been four days since we ate n
meal All We had to ate in the meantime was
one frog apiece, four clans and few wild
berries, whose acid properties and bitter taste
had probably done lis more harm than rood.
Our strength was beginning to fail very fast,
aud our systems were evidently about to IN.
deFgo m extraordinary change. / did no. per-
nit myself to think Of food-the thought Of
we'll covered table would hare bsen too much,
l thought over all ofpoor Strain's sufIerings
on tho 1sthmus Of Darien, where lie, too, was
padding raft down m unknown streatu-but
never believed VIC could stand half the amount
Of suffering lie did. Besides he had means to
make f1re-wo had none.
He was upon stream which lie knew would
lead to the sea and safety-we were upou
waters whose flow we knew really notElior Of
and were as much lost as though in the Noun
tains Of the Noon But We could not give it
up SO, aud took iresl, courage as our troubles
appeared to t!licken.
Well, VIC turned tho raft around, and poled
her back towards the place where we had en-
tered this last lake. We had gone about a
milo when e heard tic sound Of q gun, Quick.
~ followed by second report. No sound
was ever so sweet to INC as that. We hal
loed as loud as we could a good many times,
but could get no response. We kept our poles
going, and had gone about half milo when l
called La Mountains attention to what /
thought was smoke curling up among the
trees on the side Of hill. Ny own eyesiR|,t
had begun to fail me to an extent that I could
not depend upon it, when long, steady gaze
was necessary. He said it was smoke, and
that he thought just below it, on the bank,
was bark canoe. In few moments tie blue
smoke rose gently, Jet Enthusiastically above
the tree tops, and We felt that we were sayed,
Such revulsion Of feeling was almos, too
much for It's. We could hardly believe our
senses, md CREDITED anything favorable to our
condition with tho utmost caution. Our bit
ter disappointmet'ts had taught us this lesson.
We padded tho raft with the ends Of our
poles directly across the Lake, near, perllaps
three.fourths Of a mile wide, and made for The
canoe. ltprored to he largo one, evidently
an Indians Up the bank pressed, leaving
La Mountain at tho canoe, to cut off q rotreat
by the Indian in caso he was timid and wished
to avoid us. ceme at once upon the shan
ties Of numbering wood, and from the CHM
ncy Of the farthest building broad volume Of
smoke was rising. I halloed-a noise was
heard inside, end noble looking Indian came
to the door. " Pous parley FFancais :" was
NJ eager inquiry as Igr3sped his outs.rctched
hand. ayes, sir-and Englisl, too.''
he drew me into the cabin, and t'.ere WIS
the head Of the party, noble-leartcd Scorch-
man, named Angus Cameron. Immediately
told my stoEy-that NC came in with balloon,
wcro lost and had been four days without
'ooo-aaAns Nnele VIC were. Imagine my
surprise when no sa'd we were one hundred
ana Vfy snhes due north q oltaod-ln tie
dense uninAahited forest, whose only limit
was the Arctlc circle In word, we were
neafly 3oo miles IN due. north course from
aterto"n' IN latitude II.
nlnnet was all e aoy. Ihe party consisted
ot !ouf pefsons-AF' cameron and his assist
ant WHO was also named cameron, La Nab,
hal.breed- and bis son Beau
q ctA uspa!caeo 1he young Indian Ter La
MOUNTAIN VINO came N after moment tho
apsoiute picture Of ~Fctchedness. ALI that
'ae caoln contained was rendered to us, and
see ot9dn 10 eM language IS inadequate to
express OUT sensations while doing 50. The
clouds had all lifted IRON our sombre future,
and the "si1Eer lining" shone all the brighter
Tor the deep darkness which VIC had passed.
Alter many troubles and dclavs Nr Had.
ao,,, t;,o1,rr -oo.,oa u....-
s' 'A'e.e e"n' na'Ans peea
absent aoons ton days It's account Of the
voyage concludes with the following remarks:
Several general conclusions and ,am,,ls
sla)l Terminated This narrative olraadT too
long. HVhy did vol, nc,mit ro,,rsalras tn m
40 farqn viii naturo1lr ba nsied ~ wh;eh
We can only rsnly. that the wind una arcao1.
inply 1irht when va asceuded. tbat 7ra 1roro
ycrr soon among the clouds and consaouantiv
,uhab)e tn take corn;znnca n o,,r co,,rs,, ~ -
;,,dgr how fast u-e wero trara1no
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