The Red Cloud chief., 1893-08-18

To arrange for our exit from the land OF
boosted liberty; the land where four
millions Of souls had, not long since,
been held in CALLING chains for no other
crime than that of being black; the
land where men with guns. and whips.
and hounds were held in high esteem
because of their daring exploits as slave
%catchers." Yes. we were about to take
shelter ia good Queen Victoria's Domin-
ions where hundreds of bounded blacks
had gone for crimes much less than ours,
the crime Of being black, or, as the
great pulpit divines were wont to say,
"bearing the mark of Cain"
We had but slight difficulty in getting
our clearance" at the house of Customs
owing to the very lean condition OF our
baggage. Without further hindrance,
We were Dor on our way for Ottawa, the
capitol Of the Dominion OF Canada. and
on our arriva, in that delightful city,
were soon captured by one of the ire
| pressible rustlers for one Of the largest
and most commOdious hotels in the
city. Here We rested for a day or two,
wrote tn our friends. took in h esights,'
and Don felt quite at home. This Is u
grand place for scenery. both natural
and artificial, being situated as 1t 8 81
miles above the confluence OF the river
Ottawa. with the st. Lawrence, l2G miles
frCn Montreal. 80 from Kingston and
40 from New York. At the west end of
the city, the Ottawa PUSHES over the
magnificent cataract known rs the
Chaudiere Falls; and at the north. east
end, there are two other cataracts. over
which the Riedan tumbles into the OF.
tawa. The scenery around the city is
scarcely surpassed in Canada. A sus-
pension bridge hangs over the Chaudiere
Falls, connecting Upper and Lower Can
ada. In 1888, Ottawa was chosen to be
the seat Of government OF the then
provinces Of Canada; and in 1860, the
Prince Of Wales laid the corner stone of
magnificent parliamentary offices. They
are among the finest structures on the
American continent. Ottawa had at the
time we were there a population OF only
about 10000, but now has near 10000;
returns two members to the Hous. OF
Commons, and one to the provincial par
Lament. Bat IA We shall have much to
do, not only with this beautiful little
city, but with various other points, |
must hasten along.
We had not been in Ottawa more than
a week when Dick, to my surprise, in.
formed me that he had addressed "a lot.
ter to the good Quakcrs, giving them the
facts relative to our troubles at home
and begging them not to cast him OIL as
a vagabond. ] was astounded at what
the impulsivc fellow had so rashly done,
and had no doubt but that in 30 doing
he had, at one fell stroke, swept away all
his hopes OF one day becoming the hus-
band Of Naoma, the pure and low, g
Naoma.
But he argued that to keep the secret
OF our almost clandcstine exit fr IN SD.
ney until u later day would only create
in the minds OF those noble people 1.-THE
Quakers) Il distrust such as would he
difficult to explain away and overcome,
Noble hearted Dick how ! admire his
ripper judgment. For OF all things that
must strike deep into the hearts of those
who want to be trusted, that of practi,
cal deception hurts them the most. Dick
was right. We had not long to wait un,
til, among other letters received from