The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1904-03-16

soul-when a raven sits on tree
near camp and croaks Of morning be-
fore breakfast--as upon my word OF
honor was the case this morning
there must be some iii fate in store for
us, as doth but stand 10 reason
"But say you so?" said Tete Girls.
pausing at his task, with his face as
Stunning certain seriousness.
"Assuredly," said Jean Breboeuf.
"sTis as | told you. Moreover, ! in
sist to you, my brothers, that the signs
have not been right for this trip at
any time. For myself, look for moth
ing but disaster"
The humor of Jean Breboeufs very
gravity appealed so strongly to his
older comrades that they broke out in
to laughter, and so all fell again to
their tasks, in sheer light-heartedness
forgetting the superstitions OF their
class
Thus at length the party took ship
again, and in time made the head OF
the great bay within whose arms they
had been for some time encamped.
They won up over the sullen rapids of
the river which came into the bay,
toiling sometimes waist-deep at the
cordelle, yet complaining not at all.
So in time they came out on the wide
expanse of the shallow lake of the
Winnebagoes. which body of water
they crossed directly, coming into the
quiet channel of the stream which fell
in upon its western shore. Up this
stream in turn steadily they passed,
amid a panorama filled with constant
change. Sometimes the gentle river
bent away in long curves, with hardly
a ripple upon it's placid surface, save
where now and again some startled
| fish sprang into the air in fright or
snort. or in the rush upon its prey.
Then the stream would lead away into
vast seas of marsh lands, waving In
iIlimitable reaches Of PUSHES, or fringed
with the unspeakably beautiful green
of the graceful wild rice plant
In these wide levels now and again
the channel divided. or lost itself in
little cuI de sacs, from which the pad
dlers we're Obliged to retrace their way.
All about them rose myriads of birds
and wild fowl, which made their nests
among these marshes. and the babbling
Oh after of the rail, the high-keyed
calling of the coot, or the clamoring
o. the BODYBUILDING mallard assailed
their ears hour after hour as they
uassed on between the leafy shores.
Then. again, the channel would sweep
10 one side of the marsh, and give view
To wide vistas Of high and rolling lands
dotted with groves Of hardwood. with
here and there a swamp Of cedar OF oil
tamarack. Little herds Of elk and
droTes Of deer fed on the grass-covered
} slopes, as fat. as sleek and feaBless Of
mankind as though they dwelt domes.
tieated in some noble park.
Il was a land obviously but LITTLE
known. even to the most adventurous
} and as chance would have II. they me
} not even q wandering party Of the ma
! tive tribes. Clearly now the little
/ boat was climbing, climbing slOvll
and gently, yet surely. upward from
the level OF the great Lake Michiganon
In time the little river broadened an
D fattened out into wide. shallow ex
E panses, the waters known as the Lake
I Of the Foxes; and beyond that Il Be
: came yet more shallow and uncertain
q winding among Quaking bogs and IN
: knozn marzhezs yet still. whether b
: pafience, or By cheerfulness. OF ~ de
= termination the craft stood on and o.
4 and 50 reached that end 81 the water
. vsv which. in the opini1n Of the nor
4 experienced Du Mesne, must surely B
1 the place known among the India
: tribes as the place for the carryin
L q boats"
: Here they paused for few days. .
4 hat Mid summit Of land which mari