The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-01-07

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4 jdeyiyes. its name Srom the strapge ma1l lNh(
i there iffst made himself 1 home. From
lQsebec % Gsspec from 0aSpss ID PiStou,
nota same, tor duany ysass sWaS 6Sttsi
known, and ,thss manifold .stsaies picked sr
iFby the writer (during his Canadian and Nsl
RBrunsWick wandering repecting him, would
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fup Of fact and 6saion, ssprssgstiag hsnasS
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Recording, Il % follows: i ysT1al2 10 /
q Louis Olive Gapaohse was born in Luwsg
Canada, in 1890, When mere boy be left
his homo and obtained sailors berth on
board an English frigate, in which capacity
he spent about twenty yearssof bis life,
roaming over the entire e'WorlA. Il ssna~szgl
On his return, be found his parents dead,
and himself friendlees and poor. Having
strayed into the little port Of Remouski, ke
tried bis hand a. business apd failed. Dis
gusted with people generally, and somewhat
80 with life, he resolved to settle on the
Island Of Anticosti; whose lonely shores had
| taken his fancy captis e, when last returniDg
from his ocean wanderiDgs. 4 Determised
as he was to spend the balance of bis days
in the peaceful eDjoyments. Of hunting, fsh.
| ing and sailing, bis sag.cty led him TO the
bay already meusioned.e He built himself
| rude cabin and thengyisitsd the main shore
20 obtain good wife in which effort he Vas
successful. She was all he hoped for, but
the loneliness and cold Of Anticosti we're
more than her natufe could bear, eHd she
died during her first spring upon the Island.
summer came, and Gamache sought for
peace Of mind BY sailing in his schooner
among the icebergs Of the North, and slaugh-
tering the gray seal and walrus. With the
money thns. made, he erected some nsw
buildings, and gathered about bis home 2
few Of the comforts Of an ordinary farm,
such as horses, cows and sheep. He married
. second wife, with whom he spent the seven
happiest years of his lie; bat on returning
home from OF bis winter hunts, he found
her frozen to deathy and his two children 90
nearly famished that they soon followed
their mother, and be was once more alone.
+. A kind of gloon now settled upon his
spirit, and though leading an active life, he
became misanthropic. :Hecared mot to have
any intercourse with his felloNmen, and his
only companion and copfdant was half-
breed Frenchman; but if revenue officer,
Ia professional fisherman, or . partyrof
sporting charactsrs happened to make bim a
visit they were sure be treated with kind
ness.e He felt that death had robbed him of
Ill he had mostly cherished, and how did hs
know, was his modeof reasoning, but some
Of his Indian neighbors would prove treach-
erous, and take HE own life without wsrns
ing: come band of pirates moreover, might
hear Of his forlorn Scondition, and sveep
away his property and murder him in cold
blood. These were impending calamitiss,.
and som eshing must be done for. prot tsosionI
Hence il was, that he resolved to adopsra
series of measures, tnAt would inspire q
dread Of fhis person and name. IsHe folly
succeeded in allhis romantic efforts, and the
following are few of the many with which
his name 10 associated: sap aai siitss s.3w "a
+ On zone occasion, having been wind bound
for several days he anchored his vessel in
one of the ports of Gaspe, and making his
way to the village inn ordered . supmsuous
supper for two persons. The truth, was b.
was nearly famished, and having gcaused
his man Friday to be supplied on board the
vessel, he determined to have . good feast
and any fun that might follow. Before
sitting down to his repast, he gave special
directions to the effect that the door Of the
dining room must be locked, and that it
would be dangerous to have him disturbed.
He devoured nearly everything on the table,
and finally fell into deep sleep and did mot
wake until morning. The host and some Of
his inquisitive neighbors we're moving about
soon after daybreak, and number Of them
declared that they had heard some mysteri-
Gus noise during the night, and when the
unknown guest stepped out OF the dining
roo. into the sunshine, and while paying
his bill With American gold be talked inco-
nerensy aoou. the gentlemen in black, the
people VINO hung about the house wero
amazed; but when tbs lshdiord told them OF
the empty plates and platters, .ad they saw
the stranger disembark without ut..-ine =
word, they were all confounded, and feit
certain that the Devil and an intimats friead
had visited their town. bs gsia bss
i On another occasion, while spending Z
day or two in Quebec, an officer Of the Law
boarded the schooner of our hero, for the
purpose Of arresting him for debt. Gamachs
suspected what was in the wind, and 40 ths
autumn was far advanced, and he was pre-.
pared to leave for the Gulf, he told thu
i officer that the Captain would soon bs on
board, and suggested glass Of wine in tht
cabin below, BY way of killing tiue.' The
vine vas good, and the officer replied thai
he would call again TO sec the captain, :.
his business was Of o private character, bu,
when be aseended to the deck, ! be sfoaud
himself o voyagsr on the St. Lswrsncs, and
himself in the custody Of his intended pris.
oner. His loud storming and deep cussinl
we're Of no avail, for hs1 was compelled
to visit the leland Of, Anticosti, wllers hs
fspcnt the whole winter feasting upon the fai
Iof the land - we'll % Of the sea. ID
d the spring, with q good supply of winsa and
the money for his claim, be took passage h
a fishing vessel and retained, sswisef and
Ia better mann to Quebec cad the bosom ol
his disoonsolAte family. is1aa sdi IL ssnY !
a Even the officers Of thes Hudsou's BAY
i Company we're occasionally called upon te
\ measure their skill with the Wit OF our friend
Il Gamachs. He would bartss with the In.
4 diana on'the Labrador scoast, although h,
4 knew that the Consequences OF being emp
tured might be serious. Busineta bad bsei
brisk, with him, and; when on . qutets sum,
mer afternoonshe was about leaving . listl,
y harbof on the forbidden coast, he va die,
covered by On armed vessel, which iunsdi.
ately started in pursuit. Night came, and
Gsmache found refsgs is the harboP ol
I Mingan. When the nofning light appears,
his eneny was in tia ofings 1t Anotherc
"A ensned, long and tedious, end night aksil
settled apon thsswaters.y i. Aud then Is ~
that arudsF raft wAs made and lsuuChedj cov
fered With - few tar bassels, end the btiah
fame which soon iluninatcdr the ocsanp a
realty In tha aonyne hf Aho fs:s,ntS er,.~s,,.,