The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1904-02-25
A Brush Fire.

1t 10 said that a 70 and water are eoot
servants bat bad mssters. Every one 4
the Ksssssmi Like county iuss south o
Hudson Bay. to yard the end OF August
1902, thought that fre vas distinctly
bad msster.
Daring the whole SIMMER hsd beef
busy doing rough geological work rount
the southern shores Of the bsy. and nes
the end Of the saoson found myself alon,
sith two Iudisps up the West River, I
lsrge stresm wbi,h d,e;e' X s.ssmi L,t,
end flows north ioso Hudson Bay.
My two companions spoke Go, a word
Of English. bat 10 ny several trips among
the Nsecsupees l bad learned .enoueh oil
their Language TO make VI least my wants
known 10 them; end they, BY Numerous
siaDs and . csreiol uss Of simple lang usse
sere sble TO 90 nm munics,s with me.
Tue summer Of 1902 wss remarkable for
sing ulsr dryness 10 region Usually moist.
snd not drop Of rain fell during the
months Of JaIy and Angus! 10 the basin Of
the West River.
o. this sccouut my I,disns feared . con
a.erstiop, and we're tlssys careful 10 their
choice Of location Tor the csmp.dre. l
vas generally asked 10 csmp either on the
small rocky islets which Icy 10 midssrssn
OF ont on the srsvslly points which stretch
ed iuto the Numerous lake expansions.
Ny experience With bush 6res wss lin
tied to smsll susomn blsEss 10 southern
Ontario, or p: sine Ares 10 the grest West.
snd II did not occur 10 me tbs. . Gre 10
the dense spruce forests Of The north
would be ms'erisIly ifTHent' Therefore
l did not feel especial alarm when motto
ed the sup set 10 dense red. smoky oioud
on the evening Of August 20 b.
Big FIRE over there, said J.oko. 10 mon
o,ylisbio NNscsupee. pointing to the vest.
GoodI Camp on Island.
Tsking Jlcko's sdvioe. we caupsd on
70 i.lsnd 10 miistrssm. snd fell ssleep
without sisios smother thought 10 the
great Gre burning isr to the westward.
The next day broke clesr and calm. With
not sisn or smell Of smoke 10 The cir.
Accordingly. With no missivings, espec
lslly - . little rain had fallen during the
night, I started Cd on tso. .dsys trip to
Ihe west, my endesvor being 10 make
geologic, II section OF the oooo.ry between
he West River snd the K,ttswsgsni. .
o uch sms sller stsesm ssii TO liz some eight
" nins miles from the former.
took Jscko With me. and left behind
w 70. ii other red wsn. to take osre 0i
be Damp. All vent veil during the morn
ue, snd % the country vs not Of peculisr
,solosicsl interest. We bad already sdvsne
d Ter toward onr destination wbsn We
topped ior lunob d noon.
Then. for the drI time tbst dsy, ! no
Iced thss the cir sssin smtlled smoky;
I'd l ielt some sIsrm when Jscko. poitt
ug 10 .bs clouds swiftly hossiDs esst
'ard, ssid:,
Big vitd. Fire come bere sore nov.
|, wss indeed evident that the great 6ss
10 coming 10 our direction. for. % 20
'stobea. large black clouds Of smoke
i.te ! rapidly BY sad the cir srev grsdu
lily darker.
Nov began 10 real ~ faily our In pend
"a danger. To surn beck the Wy se
I'd come sa impossible. icr sevtp OF
ish ht miles OF dsnse spiuce iofe,t Icy be
iad u., snd TO be c.nsbt there 10 Gre
,esnt cestsio death To sdvspcs 10 meet
t FIRE seemed tqaslIy h,z,rdoos. still.
. thought thst the Ka,sssesui River
ouid rot lie very f.r stssd OF os. sod 81
soosb we knew nothing vbsievsr Of this
trtsu, IL soolj, DO us ter hos suslI.
i've o. 81 lssss oompsrstiv, safety. Jocko.
borrower. fsvored soics shssd. spd 30
Is c,n'ino oed our iourosy westward.
Room ss emerged on one OF thoss brosd.
ct. mossy sssnps. deep With sphssnsm :
ID tbirly isisnpesssd srh stontsd q
.; use, % com moo 10 the north. spd q
nosn - uasksss. Jseko vss Of The op :
.ioa thss ve stop here. end fsbt the Ore !
, The opse. bat the long ecetiossd :