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C, lotlu- Htlkeen river, H. C., si dislaiice ol' nearly one tlioiisanci milts ns tlie trail ran. TliiK was called " tlic overland trail '" to tlie Yntcon, and for five months was filled with toiling pros|)ectors. nuiinly on horsehacli, tait the trail wns attempted l)y men on foot ; it is with these characters that this article has to do. J 5i<3 TRAMPERS ON THE TRAIL. on account of ruin, the tianipcrs pushed on, and wlicu [ arrived at the fort the trader told me of tlieir visit. "Tliey were Imni^rv. "" he said, "and had no money, and I iielped tlieni to some jfrid). Tliey oiij,dit not to l)e iieipeil. Such crazy men are a nuisance to any country. IJut there are worse fools than these on this trail. One man left Quesnelle in. April witliout even a hhinket or an extra siurt. l! seems as if Proviferinrown. Their thin hands were like claws, tlu'ir doubled knees seemed about lo |)ierce their Irousei' leys. "Yes." said the taller man. "the mos- i|Uitoes nearly eat us up. We can only sleep in the middle of the day or from about two o'clock in tlic morniiifr till sun- rise. \\e walk late in ihceveninji: — till nine or ten — and then sit in the smoke till it yeis cold enouuh lo drive ..way the mos- • piitocs. Then we try to sleep. But the trouble is. when it is cold cnouy-h to keep ihein oif it's too cold for us lo slccj).'" "What did you do during the late lainsf' 1 im|uii('d. "Oh. we kept movint"' most of the time. At ni,y!;t we camped under a tir tree bv the trail and dried off. The nn)S(piil()es didn't i>other us so much then. We were wet nearly all the lime." I tried lo u-ei at his point of view, his jnstilication for siU'h senseless action, but eould only discover a .sort of ])lind 1)elief that .soniethin<>' would help him i)ull through. He had lione lo the ('ariboo mines to tind work, and failin ^IT (^ '>r(fr(n/ /iv //. /' .'"'.'/ .S'Vrrr AS nnv A IK, I sniUKii imi:m. 3f^f^^3 518 »»» "'•< .•n.,.„l:f„ "' ri;™' ,:;" *»'"■"« l»8ul,. til., trail „.|„.„ ,1 ■' """P<"' 'I"* Hn.l they wen- fT\ '""' ^'"»« o". y'-^^-hHe/::^ ;; -'^,^^" 'V '''•'Pjxng from thoir ,••. ''^«" ''''' '"'•'*f''v f'^' frost ,n,,,i, f,^^, ,: "' ^^y ""ly ^vh,„ '"•'•%trail.tot,..vo 'r "'"'''''- ^''*' «faf,'ger forward. ''^' "' ""•.^- ''""I'l In addition t,, ^11 th,v ., •"'^I-- -'^ knew no i,;' ;. ^'^ ''"<' - "'^'•^ '•n.stM food- ,;,/""' .■^'"•'"'«r- «'"••" ™an did not .vc J If'"'''^'- '^'h' '"""'= ^^^' «"^ »'i".s.>If do vn '■"'■"'•■ '•'•n.munod witli his J !'" " """'l^-*' and a plaintive droop m ';, "'" ^■""■'' had ^f foot, and hspH.cV ''•^'"'"■'"•^ '■"^'> ^'^^•-•>nu..oC,^;r-''''3-l...aW..r r-' "-nrc^:.;:'''"-' --'• ""^" ^''-» "" o„r rC'Z'y- '"'f -" gave "^-^ '-<".-!. and ', ';:;'^ "f •"•■• 'H-ans 7"PloofnK,rnings a ; -'^ ''''y- ^^ "'/"'-^•- r looked ;;/:;'';"^' ^'''' «o..nd '■arly morninir hYd.t m "' •'^""' '"" ihe trail near aa old i„dian ! 1 • ^''''^' '^'^ P«««ed him on th ", "• ^' '^«ylosin,a '™ -" that, .onsiderir .H"'. ^'"^ .^'v^' '""•«' made life „ncerU i '""f "' "'"• •'■'" ^'-t ila c, rw:.r' ^' "^ ^^-'--^ ''«>•«' walk awav He '""*'" ^^'«" '»<• "ytal:: L';;;"^--'l again, L ^'" «'a,^^^v..,j ir -"Itodor :^, "--^^'d.- "What '""^ "•' way of j „: ;; r-l^ f- mc hero / was irritat'edM;' T^-" tliought of that .,'t n '"^'""''^ ^lavo ^■""^•an-foxpo t,'. ^"'-'•^"""^'- Certainly ?'-y you ;;;:::,:;r'7.^'- hard trail to ^•^'''t for men with !'" ^"""«" ^^ '•« a tJirough. y" ^' ^«°^^ l'«'-sos to fi-e. -M-ouvnl ,::;;""'^"^«nvinghS ^^''- the next ,;,;?;'-''' ^^■'^-^' you are. ••■'''•^■•"■" and tell him "'•''•• ^'^ to the '''•;^^''''pyondo.'::,n:o;'""'^"'""'^ ^<^\'<'rtholo.ss T L-„ V Who,,, „,„,„,„„„^ I t.u d the trail. Th<. ""'"'■^' "" ^'Vtromr. d vH "' '''"^ ^^^' ^^""^ •^""f'"r simnui .''""^'"t^fit- "■"« ''-'<'-l up saw. "'"!'"' '"^^^"t"---- ^'■•'■^■""•ountainslv ' ■'^'' ^^''' '" *li« cold '■""'J'tion that ho Tl "?"'' '^'»«^- o" pw loath to do ?"" V '"'^'"^''' ""t I..- '^^ grumbled at }. f^ *^'««^"-eeable task. ''^'^ bush to rustle fT T' °"^' ^"t« ^^^^ ^'' the horses; he cora- /^M not see Uin, »" man ,n ,.r. re, and .,,-, "•'^"'1^' of „„r TRAMPERS ON THE TRAIL. 519 by *i«Sllri||.r .If "'' tJiaii (ni, l<'av ^n^ US 'J(on. Til,. «f?«i". ami ^»'m wli,.„ "f Hajw,,/!, Jitt],., |„„ •^ "If hou fizolton („ th« insane said : "e knows here on. turnpik-,. "• Von 3 'Skcen.-i sfart, for or i)ro- "Whaf nie he,,, J have TtainJy rail to i> J)e a o g,., ■ here u are. the and said rain. The was I plained of delays and spoke often of the ^'- /J//>z,-^.^y OA- THE J'JiAIL. ••''< ii (Ticket \s I ' '''^'■'''* '''''•'^"■- "•■''•" »"-idcan,| '••Id of iii^ J f" aticiid 'lar, iind I '<> anr| )ac()ii. [ I )!•( Iiicl. y I (i In 11 caiiylit V l",v. ands/iid, ••! '■■M'fn- ,,„t if •'"""■ "utnical. and '";"■ ^'-"ity sforc of ■'*"""' .«alt, soiii >iiylit K' ninri "" Just hci ^" f it crick :('t. away h,. f.). as tli( Hour •' siiyar ■niall I'l' to sec if I wassitiiiiyi,, I '"'«• I Wen, lie V, 'ere inciK put still "ver to (1 uii le ca lis V '1 us iinj)- ,,s ■lin^ M :,::''">■ '"■" '"■'■.... ti lie His tl ""'<■ n-as cal «i niait,.,. of "■|"''J '"xl Huicklcd lil niaii lank Wen N'c a patch 'IS trous, 'I's. knoe'lll,,,,] iineaf litt|,, |, iron on 1,,.,., ih. ■' 1 \-c '•i.«'lit Jilst now "'"s in Old "•■y^l'I'tincd. ifch If /ii-i •<)t to f, <*!' niv X sonuhl,. „, in. <'<)iirse II iiicro word 'II Would <• iKTcpted our aid No JKTfcctl \y rca- '■'"""•''« «S tliis a'l,r'''I" \'^'"' '""■'' f">''tfiil '^"•'■toM-itho 1 *^""L'""" '"HI. set his ':" "'■ '"""■■•iais and IM'. •I I iiavf'ii'i I "h as h out fea ic He 1 !i'r-str packed his i"Hn set h I'lnnnied a littl, line to <''i<)ra on n iips. '^ oi'^Hit t, <»"Iit into I Ills '"■ a; ,:,'"« -"I'; IT, ,, W'as r( 'Kly to he ferried ' '"Httle inl( 'lo said. across y IRAMPERS ON THE TRAIL. 521 ^^. VJ- S ^ />r,nrii hy II. Priiftl Sli 522 COl.LMn/.VS MOTTO. till' river, which was swift and diuiiicroiis. Biibcofk si'l hiiu across, and as he was al)i>iit to depart I yave liini a h'tter to l)ost and a hair-ih)llar to pay postaiic My name was writ ten on the corner of tiie en- veh)pe. He knew me then and said, "rve a fiood mind to stay rii^lit witli yo\i; I'm something of u writer myself." I hastened to say that he could reacli (Uenora two or three thiys in advance of us, for the reason tliat we wereltothered with a lame horse. In reality, we were ^ettini; very short of provisions and were even then on rations. "I think you'll overtake file norland outlit.'" I said. "If you don't, and you need helj), cam]) l)y the road till we come u)) and we'll all share as lon<,r as there's anythinn' to share. But you are in jiood trim and have as much •ffuh as we have, so youM hctter siiio] aloni;. " He '"hit the trail" with a lu arty joy I that pioMU.sed well, and I never saw liim aii'ain. When wo crawled down to the Stikecn without flour enoujfh to liiiiid a cat. we heard that "the ("rickci" was cookinif on a Hudson bay boat. His trials were over for the time. He was ilic only man. so far as I knew, who made the whole distance from Quesntdlc to (liiT.om on foot and alone. Mis cheery smile iiml unshrinkinii cheek carried him lliroiiifli ii journey that a|>palled old ])ackcrs witli tents, plenty of •jrub and