Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-05

boat for Mingan. Another struggle with the
! elements. and as the watchers held their
| breath the boat safely reached the shore
| and the three passengers landed. Then Ma
/ pi-sh turned to Miss Craig.
| Shall we start up the ST. johns tomor-
| row. he asked
| Miss Craig's pluck in facing the storm as
| long as she had had won her the services OF
| the two Indians, and all the time that she
| remained In the Labradors they were her
| faithful servitors.
Trip Up the Romaine.
! Having thus Unexpectedly secured guides,
| Miss Craig changed her plans and deter
| mined to ascend the Romane river, a days
| journey by sailboat from Mingan to the
| east Arriving here one day toward the last
| of July the little party, amply provided
| with provisions to supplement diet of
game, fish and berries. and carrying two
| silken tents and other camp equipage be-
| gan the journey northward by canoe.
Briefly the trip consisted simply In
every few miles" said Miss Craig, who
| is now in this country "A quarter of a
mile before it enters the sea the Romano
! becomes a picturesque waterfall. We gain
| ed the head of the falls, then for about
| four or five miles the river took US through
a practically level stretch of country. But
when we had gone this distance -we came
to the edge of a plateau over which the
over this plateau that all the rivers OF
southern Labrador, with the exception
of the Romano, make their last sharp de-
scent before entering the sea. At this port
age 1 offered to assist, but the Indians
| would have none of 1t, and all the time 1
was with them they absolutely refused to
! let me help them with the burdens in any
way. They were the most chiyalrous men
l have ever met.
We'll, when we gained the top Of the
plateau We had comparatively easy pad
| ding for a few miles more; then we found
ourselves rocking underneath another
waterfall. Again we portrayed; again we
padded or poled for some miles; again
| a waterfall or rapids, or series of rapids;
another portage; another breathing spell;
once more a waterfall, even more wonderful
than its predecessors; and so on to the far
thest point north that l reached-the sec
ondary height of land, about 125 miles in a
straight line from the coast.
Hunting With the Indians.
J But 1 did not make this journey day
| after day. 1 would travel up the river per-
haps a day. perhaps two then we would
| fall in with a party of Montaignies or Mas
| kopie Indians going about over the desolate
| waste with their families getting their
| traps ready for the winter. or journeying
| u their respective hunting grounds for a
| La brador Indian is careful not to trespass
on a hunting ground belonging to another.
! AS my guides seemingly enjoyed &C
| QUaintance with every Indian in Labrador,
! IL easy matter for them to arrange
| 70" me TO accompany this or that party
| of Indians on hunting trips for miles back
! from the banks of the river on either side.
! The result was, / not only had many hunt
| ing adventures with bears and wolves but
| / got to observe better the general nature
/ of the land and to study to my hearts CON
| tent the habits, customs and folklore of the
natives.
LAS l have said / found that part OF
| Labra dor through which | travelled a sue
| cession of plateaus, some level. some ridges,
| until the secondary height of land is reach
| ed. Then comes a fairly level stretch of
| some extent; then, according to Indians
! who have traversed the interior from north
| 10 south. another succession of plateauS I'M
| til the primary height of land is reached.
! This topmost plateau is filled with innumer-
able lakes and boys and ridges, and from
| 1t rivers few in the four cardinal points OF
| the compass. So you see, though / did not
| manage TO penetrate to the primary height
| OF land. because of the advent of cold
| weather. yet saw for myself portion OF
the land that is exceedingly representative
| o. the whole of II.
Back from the shore and In the ravines
| where the north and west winds cannot get
full play at them, the frees of the immense
. forests which cover large part of the In
terror reach great heights l saw trees
ninety and one hundred feet high, and there
| they were minus their tops, which had tow
| cred above the edges of the ravines ant
| been cut of. If by saws. by the fierce
| winds which sweep over the whole country
| in winter. So extensive are the forests tina
| / firmly believe with the Canadian forestry
| experts that they contain sufficient pull
| wood to keep the world supplied forever, 4
| only II could be reached conveniently. ant
| the lumbermen would plant as they Gu
| down: for. before the last of the virgin
| pulp-wood trees could be felled. the seed
| lngs would be ready for the AK. Besides
there are great tracts of fir and pine ant
tamarack and birch which would delgh
| the lumberman's heart.
Enormous Berry Patches.
1.-The flora of the short summer, LASTING
from July to October In the regions i ex
rIorad ,s indeed exceedingly beautiful an(