Year: 1864

the water on his side on the ice, is too ex
traordinary to reconcile to natural cause;
that in the course of Divine Providence
events do take place out of the common
course of nature, that our strongest rea-
scning cannot comprehend. is impious to
deny though we acknowledge the many
chimeras of superstition. ignorance and


barbarism in the world: and when we
are eye witnesses to such events, it is not


for US to doubt, but to believe and trem.


bic. Others have right to doubt my


testimony. but in this instance, for me to


doubt would be perjury to my own con-


science, and I may add ingratitude to my


Divine Benefactor. In fact signal Prov


idence seemed to direct the path for me to


pursue to procure the grain. Though I


was doomed to encounter perils, to suffer


fatigue and toll, there was a way provided


for me to obtain the object in view. In


the first onset I accidentally fell in with


the man of WHOM purchased at the Park.


found he had grain to sell. I request.


of him this small supply on trust: we


were strangers to each other-a peculiar


friend of mine, happening to be by, vol.


unteered his word for the pay. l knew


not where nor how to get the money, but


necessity drove me to make the purchase,


and in the course Of the winter was so


fortunate as to catch saple enough to pay


the debt by the time it was due. Though


hazarded my word, it was in good cause


it was for the relief of my family, and


so it terminated But to return. d..


I" had now gone to the extent Of my


abilities for bread corn, but was destitute


of meat; and beef and pork we're scarcer


in those times. Accordingly I had to


have recourse to wild meat for substi.


tute, and had the good luck to purchase q


moose Of hunter; and the meat of two


more brought in on shares--had the


one for bringing in the other These two
were uncouimonly large-were judged to
, weigh seven hundred weight each The
meat of these three moose brought on
my back, together with the large bones
. and heads. l backed them Eve or six
miles over rough land, cut up by sharp
ridges and deep hollows, and interspersed
, with underbrush and windtalls, which
made it impracticable to pass with hand
g sled, which, could l have used, would
' much eased my labor. A more laborious
, task was this than bringing my meal, &c.
G from the Park. .....
, "My practice was to carry my loads in
. bag, to tie the ends of she bag so nigh


that could but comfortably get my head


through, so that the weight Of my load
would rest on my shoulders. l often had
to encounter the hardships in the time OF
thaw which made the task more severe.
/, especially in the latter part of winter and
fore part of the spring, when the snow
became course and harsh, and will not SO
readily support the snow-shoe. My hold


would often fail without any previous no.
, tice to guard against it-perhaps slide


under log or catch in bush and pitch


me into the snow with nay load about my
neck. l have repeatedly had to struggle


in this situation for some time to extri-
cate myself from my load being imposs-


ible to get up with my load on. Those
who are acquainted with this kind of bur
den may form an idea of what had to
encounter-the great difficulty of carry


ing a load on snow-shoes in the time of .
thaw, is one of those kinds of fatigue
that it is hard to describe, nor can be con-
. ceived but by experience. 1t is weari-
some at such times to travel without .
. load but with one, especially at this


late season, it is intoerable; but thaw or
freeze my necessities obliged me to be at
, my task, and still to keep up my burden.
had to draw my (ire-wood through the


winter on handsled in fact my snow
shoes were constantly hung to my feet.
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