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 Adiieniurc in the Norlh'Wcst TerrHwi/, 
 
 137 
 
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 ADVENTURE IN THE VOIITH-WEST TEHKITORY. 
 
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 Afteu residing nearly a year in one 
 of the most distiint posts of tlie North- 
 west t^ompany, and conducting the fur 
 trade there, I began to loolc forward to 
 my return to Montreal. I waited with 
 the greatest impatijnce for the arrival 
 of theperiod whiclnvas to terminate my 
 banishment, and restore me to society. 
 I was nearly tliree tliousand miles dis- 
 fcmt from any settlements, and my on- 
 ly companions were two young men, 
 clerks of the establishment, wliosecha- 
 racters,and limited acquirements, ren- 
 dered them very iminteresting associ- 
 ates. My situation wus one of consi- 
 derable responsibility. A great num- 
 ber of Canadians, in the service of the 
 Company, resided at the post, and 
 were under my controul ; but I found 
 it a very difficult matter to keep them 
 in a state of due subordination, and to 
 prevent them from quarrelling and 
 Hghting with the detached parties of 
 Indians that occasionally visited us 
 for the purpose of trading. Interest 
 and personal safety, alike, required 
 that we should be on friendly terms 
 with the natives ; and I spent many 
 anxious hours in endeavouring to pro- 
 mote mutual peace and good-l.omour. 
 
 Our post was situated ujwn thebanks 
 of a small lake, about sixteen miles 
 broad. This lake discharged itself by 
 means of a river into another of much 
 greater dimensions, and thick forests 
 covered every part of the neighbouring 
 country. 
 
 One afternoon I took my gun, and 
 strolled out in search of game. Though 
 it was now the beginning of spring, the 
 lake was still frozen completely across, 
 the cold of the preceding winter having 
 been very intense. I soon fell in with 
 a flock of wild ducks, but before I 
 could get a shot at them, they began 
 to fly towards the middle of the lake ; 
 however, I followed them fearlessly 
 over the ice, in the exiK^ctation tiurt 
 they would soon alight. The weather 
 was mild, thongh rather blowy. De- 
 tached black clouds moved rapidly 
 along the face of Heaven in immense 
 masses, and the sun blazed forth in 
 unobscured splendour at one moment, 
 and was completely siirouderl from the 
 eye the next. I was so intent on the 
 pursuit of my game, that I hastened 
 forwards almost imconsciously, my 
 progress Iwing much facilitated by a 
 
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 thin layer of snow which covered the 
 ice, and rendered the footing tolerably 
 secure. At last, I fired at the ducks, 
 and killed one and wounded another. 
 I immediately picked up the first, but 
 its companion, having only been wing- 
 ed, began to leap away before I cauj;ht 
 hold of it. I followed, but had not 
 advanced more than twenty yards, 
 wiien, to my astonishment, I found 
 that the ice was in many places cover- 
 ed with water to the de])th of several 
 inches. I stopped short full of alarm, 
 and irresolute what to do. It was evi- 
 dent that a thaw had already connnen- 
 ced, and as I well knew with what ra- 
 pidity the ice broke up when once af- 
 fected by a change of temperature, I 
 became alive to all the dangers of my 
 situation, and almost shuddered at the 
 thought of moving from the sjwt on 
 which I stood. 
 
 The weather had grown calm and 
 hazy, and the sky was very black and 
 lowering. Large flakes of snow soon 
 began to fall languidly and perpendi- 
 cularly through the air; and after a 
 little time, these were accompanied by 
 a thick shower of sleety rain, which 
 gradually became so dense, that I could 
 not discern the shore. I strained my 
 eyes to CAtch a glance of some living 
 object, but a dre-ary and motionless 
 expanse stretched aroiind me on every 
 side, and the appalling silence that 
 prevailed was sometimes interrupted 
 by the ri>ce«ling cries of the wounded 
 bird. All nature seemed to be await- 
 ing some terrible event. I listened in 
 fearful suspense, tlunigh I knew not 
 what I exj/ected to hear. I soon dis- 
 tinguished a distant thundering noise, 
 whicli gradually became stronger, and 
 appeared to approach the place where 
 I stood. Repeated explosions, and hol- 
 low munnurings of irregular loudiiess, 
 were succeeded by a tremendous scmnd, 
 like that ot" rocks bursting asunder. 
 The ice trembled beneath my feet, and 
 the next moment it was disunited by 
 a vast chasm, which opened itself 
 within a few yards of me. The water 
 of the lake rushed upwards through 
 the gap with foaming fury, and began 
 to flocKl the surface all around. 
 
 I started liack wards, and run, as I 
 conceived, towards the shore; bui my 
 )n-ogress was soon stopped by one of 
 those weak parts of the ice called air- 
 
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Adventure in (he North- West Territuri}, C^cpt. 
 
 Wliilc walking cautiously round drowsiness, produced by intense cold, 
 
 would begin to affect me ; but I did 
 not feel in the slightest degree chilled, 
 and the teinperuture of the air was in 
 
 138 
 
 holes. 
 
 it, my mind grew somewhat coiri posed, 
 and I resolved not to advance any fur- 
 ther, until I had fixed upon some way 
 of regulating niy course ; but I found 
 this to be inijiossible. I vainly endea- 
 voured to discern land, and the moan- 
 ing of the wiiul among the distant fo- 
 rests alone indicated that there was any 
 at all near me. Strong and irregular 
 blasts, loaded with snow and sleet, 
 swept wildly along, involving every 
 thing in obscurity, and bewildering 
 my steps with malignant influence. I 
 sometimes fancied I saw the spot where 
 our post was situated, and even the 
 trees and houses upon it ; but the next 
 moment a gust of wind would whirl 
 away the fantastic sha])ed fogs that had 
 produced the agreeable illusion, anil 
 reduce me to actionless despair. I fi- 
 red my gun repeatedly, in tlie hope 
 that the report would bring some one 
 to my assistance ; however, the shores 
 alone acknowledged, by feeble echoes, 
 that the sound hud reached them. 
 
 The storm increased in violence, and 
 at intervals the sound of the ice break- 
 ing up, rolled upon my ear like distant 
 thunder, and seemed to mutter a])pal- 
 ling threats. Alarm and fatigue made 
 me dizzy, and I threw down my gun 
 and ruslied forwards in tlie face of the 
 drifting showers, which were now so 
 thick as to affect my respiration. I 
 soon lost all sense of fear, and began 
 to feel a sort of frantic delight in 
 strugghng against the careering blasts. 
 1 hurried on^ sometimes running along 
 the brink of a circular opening in the 
 ice, aiul sometimes leaping across 
 frightful chasms — all the while un- 
 conscious of having any object in 
 view. The ice every where creaked 
 under my feet, and I knew that death 
 awaited me, whether I fled away or 
 remained on the same spot. I felt as 
 one would do, if forced by some perse- 
 cuting fiend to range over the surface 
 of a black and shoreless ocean ; and 
 aware, that whenever his tormentor 
 withdrew his sustaining power, he 
 would sink down and be suffocated 
 among the billows that struggled be- 
 neath him. 
 
 At last night came on, and, exhaust- 
 ed by fatigue and mental excitement, 
 1 wrapped myself in ray cloak, and lay 
 down upon the ice. It was so dark 
 that I could not have moved one step 
 without running the risk of falUng in- 
 to the lake. I almost wished that the 
 
 e 
 reality above free/ing. I had lain only a 
 few minutes when I heard the howl of 
 a wolf. The sound was indescribably 
 delightful to my ear, and I started up 
 with the intention of hastening to the 
 s|)ot from whence it seemed to pro- 
 ceed ; but hopeless as my situation 
 then was, my heart shrunk within me 
 when I contemplated the dangers I 
 would encounter in making such an 
 attempt. My courage failed, and I 
 resinned my former position, and hst- 
 ened to the undulations of the water 
 as they undermined, and beat against 
 the lower part of the ice on which l 
 lay. 
 
 About midnight the storm ceased, 
 and most of the clouds gradually for- 
 sook the sky, while the rising moon 
 dis])elled the darkness tliat had ijre- 
 viously prevailed. However, a thick 
 haze covered the heavens, and ren- 
 dered her light dim and gliastly, and 
 sinular to that shed during an ccUpsc. 
 A succession of noises had continued 
 with Utile interruption for several 
 hours, and at List the ice beneath me 
 began to move. I started up, and, on 
 looking around, saw that the whole 
 surface of the lake was in a state of 
 agitation. Aly eyes became dim, and 
 I stretched out my arms to catch hold 
 of some object, and felt as if all crea- 
 ted things were passing away. The 
 hissing, grinding, and crasliing, pro- 
 duced by the different masses of ice 
 coming into collision, were tremen- 
 dous. I-,arge fragments sometimes got 
 wedged together, and impeded the pro- 
 gress of those behind them, wliich be- 
 ing pushed forward by others still far- 
 ther back, were forced upon the top of 
 the first, and fantastic-shaped pyra- 
 mids and towers could be indistinctly 
 seen rising among the mists of night, 
 and momentarily changing their fonus, 
 and finally disorganizing themselves 
 with magical rapidity and fearful tu- 
 mult. At other times, an immense 
 mass of ice would start up into « 
 perpendicular position, and c;*ntinue 
 gleaming in the moonsliine for a little 
 period, and then vanish like a spectre 
 among the abyss of waters beneath it> 
 The piece of iee on which I had first 
 taken my position, happened to be 
 very large and thick, but other frag- 
 ments were soon forced above it, and 
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1821.] Aducnture in t/w Norlh'Wett Tirritory. 
 
 ♦brmcil a mound six or suvon iVct nor any vostipuH of llicm 
 
 high, on tliL> top of whicli I Ktoo4l, 
 
 coiitcniplutiiig tile nwful scene around 
 
 ma, and feehnp as if I no longer had 
 
 the least coiniic tion with the world, or 
 
 retained any thing human or earthly 
 
 in my composition. 
 
 The wind, which was pretty strong, 
 <lrove 'the iee down tin; lake very fast. 
 My alarmii and anxieties had gradually 
 become less intense, and I was several 
 times overcome by a sort of stupor ; 
 during the coi nuance of whieli, ima- 
 gination and reality combined their 
 distracting influence. At one time I 
 fancied that tile snow still drifted us 
 violently as ever, and that I distin- 
 guished, through its hu/,y niediuni, a 
 imnd of Indian chiefs walking past me 
 ujwn the surtiice of the lake. Their 
 steps were noiseless, and they went 
 aloiig with wan and dcjectid looks ;ind 
 downcast eyes, and paid uo attention 
 to my exclamations iuid critreaties for 
 relief. At another, I thought I was 
 Hoathig in tiie middle of the ocean, 
 and that a blazing sun Hamed in the 
 eloudlusH sky, aud made the ice which 
 Mupportwl me melt so fast, that I heard attempt to convince them of the truth 
 
 139 
 
 I'hick fo- 
 rests covered the hanksof the river, and 
 extended back as far as n)y eye co\d(l 
 reach. I feared to penetrate them, lest I 
 should get bewildered in their recesses, 
 and accordingly walked along the edge 
 of the stream. It was not long before I 
 discovered a column of smoke rising 
 among ttie trees. I immediately di- 
 recteu my ste])8 towar<l8 the spot, and, 
 on reaching it, found a party seated 
 round a lire. 
 
 They received me with an air of 
 inditferwice and unconcern, not very 
 agreeable or encouraging to one in my 
 destitute condition. Ilowo*'er, I pla- 
 ced myself in their circle, aud tried to 
 discover to what tribe they belonged, 
 by addressing them in the diflerent 
 Indian Luignages with which I was 
 aoijuainted. I soon made myself in- 
 telligil)le, anil related the circumstan- 
 ces that had brought me so unexpect- 
 edly amot.g them. At the conclusion 
 of my narrative, the men puhed their 
 tomahawk pipes from their mouths, 
 and looked at each other with incre- 
 dulous smiles. I did not make any 
 
 streams of water pouring from its sides, 
 and felt myself every moment descend- 
 ing towards tht surface of the billows. 
 I was usually wakened from such 
 dreams by some noise or violent con- 
 cussion, but always relapsed into them 
 -whenever the cause of disturbance cea- 
 sed to operate. 
 
 The longest and last of these slum- 
 Ikts was broken by a terrible shock, 
 which my ice ittlaml received, and 
 which threw me from my seat, and 
 nearly pre«ipitate<l me into the lake. 
 <)« regaining my former position, and 
 looking round, I perceived to my joy 
 and astonishment, that I was in a river. 
 The water between me and the shore 
 was still frozen over, and was about 
 
 of what I said, knowing it would be 
 vain to do so, but asked for something 
 to eat. After some deliberation, tliey 
 gave mc a small quantity ct pemiean, 
 but with an unwillingness that did 
 not evince such a spirit of hospitality 
 as I had usually met with among In- 
 dians. 
 
 The party consisted of three men, 
 two women, and a couple of children, 
 all of whom sat or lay near the fire in 
 absolute idleness; and their minds 
 seemetl to be as tmoccupieil as their bo- 
 dies, for nothing reseniljling conversa- 
 tion ever passed between them. The 
 weather was dreary and comfortless. 
 A thick small rain, such as usually 
 falls in North America during a thaw. 
 
 thirty yards wide, consequently the filled the air, and the wigwam under 
 
 fragment of ice on which I stood could - ' '-' -' "•-■-' «- - • ^' - 
 
 not approach any nearer than this. 
 After a moment of irresolution, I leap- 
 ed upon the fVozen surface, and began 
 to run towards the bank of the river. 
 My feet seemtnl scarcely to touch the 
 ice, so great was my terror lest it should 
 give way beneath me ; but I reached 
 the shore in safety, antl dropped down 
 completely exhausted by fatigue and 
 agitation. 
 
 It was now broad day-light, but I 
 neither s;i w animals nor human beingy. 
 
 Vol. X. 
 
 which we sat affbrde<l but an imperfect 
 shelter from it, I passed the time in 
 the most gloomy and desponding re- 
 flections. I saw no means by whicli 
 I could return to the trading post, and 
 the behaviour of the Indians made n)o 
 doubt if they would be inclined to 
 grant me that support and protection 
 without whieli I could iiot long exist. 
 One man gased upon mc so constant- 
 ly and steadily, that his scrutiny an- 
 noyed me, and attracted niy particular 
 attention, lie appeared to be the 
 
AJvoKture in the Norlh'West Territory, 
 
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 youngCBt of tho party, und wub very 
 rcBcrvoil niul un|)ru|)08sc8sing in his as- 
 |H!ct, aiul stTinod to know me, but I 
 could not recollect of ever having seen 
 him before. 
 
 In the afternoon the rain ceased, and 
 the Indians began to prepare for tra- 
 velling. When they had accoutred 
 themselves, they all rose from the 
 ground witliout H^icaking a word, and 
 walketl away, one man taking the lead. 
 I pcrceivetl that they did not intend 
 tliat I should be of the party, but I 
 followed them immediately, and, ad- 
 dressing myself to the person who pre- 
 ceded the others, told him, that I must 
 accompany them, as I neither could 
 live in the woods alone, nor knew in 
 what part of the country I was. He 
 stopped and surveyed me fVom head 
 to foot, saying, " Where is your gun ? 
 Where is your knife .'' Wliere is your 
 tomahawk .''" I replied, that I had lost 
 them among the ic2. " Jly friend," 
 returned he, " don't make the Great 
 Spirit angry, by saying what is not. 
 That man knows who you are," point- 
 ing to the Indian who had observed 
 me so closely. " Wc all know who 
 you arc. You have come to trade 
 with us, and I suppose your compani- 
 ons have concealed themselves at a 
 distance, lest the appearance of a num- 
 ber of white men should intimidate 
 us. They arc right. Experience has 
 taught us to fear white men ; but their 
 iart, not their strength, makes us trem- 
 ble. Go away, we do not wish to have 
 any transactions with you. We are 
 not to be betrayed or overpowered by 
 liquid fire,* or any thing else you can 
 ofier us. None of us shall harm you. 
 I have spoken the truth, for I have 
 not two mouths." 
 
 When he had finished this oration, 
 he remained silent, and I felt at a loss 
 ivhat to reply. At last I rejieated my 
 ptory, and endeavoured to convince 
 him that I neither had any compa- 
 nionsj nor was at oil in a situation to 
 trade with his people, or do them the 
 elightest injury. He hstened calmly 
 to my arguments, and seemed to think 
 there was some weight in them ; and 
 the young man already mentioned 
 stepped forward, and said, " Let the 
 stranger go with us, — the bones of my 
 father cry out against our leaving him 
 behind. I am young, but I dare to 
 
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 advise.— Listen for once to the coun< 
 Bels of Tlkikakawerente." The first 
 speaker then waved his hand, as a sig« 
 nal that I should follow them, and tlic 
 whole party proceeded in the same or» 
 der as before. 
 
 Our leader pushed forward, appa- 
 rently without the least hesitation, 
 though, accustomed ns I was to tho 
 woo<l«, I could not discover the slight- 
 est trace of n footpath. He sometimes 
 slackened his pace for a few moments, 
 and looked thoughtfully at the trees, 
 and then advanced as fast as before. 
 None of the party spoke a word ; and 
 the rustling of the dry leaves under 
 their feet was the only sound that dis- 
 turbed the silence of the forest. 
 Though freed from the fear of perish- 
 ing for want, I could not reflect upon 
 my situation without uneasiness and 
 alarm ; and my chance of being able 
 to return to the post seemed to dimi- 
 nish every step I took. I felt excess 
 sively fatigued, not having enjoyed 
 any natural or composed sleep the pre- 
 ceding night, and tne roughness ol the 
 ground over which wc passed, added 
 to my weariness in an intolerable de- 
 gree ; but I could not venture to rest 
 by the way, lest I should lose sight of 
 the Indians for ever. 
 
 Soon after sunset, wc stopped for 
 the night, and the men set about erect- 
 ing a wigwam, while the women kin- 
 dled a fire. One of our party had killed 
 a small deer, in the course of our jour- 
 ney, and he immediately proceeded to 
 skin the animal, that a portion of it 
 might be dressed for supper. When 
 tu" venison was ready, they all sat 
 down and partook of it, and a liberal 
 allowance was handed to me ; but the 
 same silence prevailed thathad hithertp 
 been observed among them, and the 
 comforts of a plentiful repast after a 
 long journey, did not apjiear in tlie 
 least degree to promote social commu- 
 nication. The meal being finished, 
 the men filled their pipes with odori- 
 ferous herbs, and began to smoke in 
 the most sedate manner, and the wo- 
 men prepared beds by spreading skins 
 upon the ground. The composed de- 
 meanour of thd party harmonized well 
 with the silence and gloominess of the 
 night; and it seemed that the awful 
 solitude of the forests in which they 
 lived, and the sublime and enduring 
 
 • Spirituous liquors. 
 
1 
 
 IWIO 
 
 AJfmturc in the North- Wett Territory, 
 
 forms under which nnturo continually 
 
 f (resented lierself to their eyes, hud 
 mprcssed them with a sense of their 
 own insigniHcnncc, and of the tran- 
 sitoriness of tlieir daily oecui)ations 
 and enjoyments, and rendered them 
 thoughtful, taciturn, and unsuscepti- 
 ble. 1 seated myself at the root of a 
 large tree near the wigwam, and con- 
 tinual observing its inmates, till, over- 
 come by fatigue, I sunk into a deep 
 sleep. 
 
 About midnight I was awakened by 
 some one pulling my hand, an<l, on 
 looking up, I perceivctl the Indian who 
 had ojiposcrl my accompanying them, 
 and wliose name was Oufalisso, stand- 
 ing beside me. He put his finger on 
 his lips, by way of enjoining silence, 
 and motioned that I should rise and 
 follow him. 1 obeyetl, and he led iii') 
 behind a large tree which grew at a 
 little distance from the wigwam, and 
 said, in a low voice, " Listen to me, my 
 friend. — I told you that you would 
 receive no harm from us; and shall I 
 belie my words ? Thakakawercnte,who 
 requested that you might be allowed 
 to follow our steps, says that his father 
 was murdered by a party of pcojiU; 
 under your command, about nnie 
 moons ago. This may be true, and 
 you at the same time may l)e guileless ; 
 for we cannot always controul those who 
 are placed under our authority. He 
 tells me that the spirit of the old man 
 has twice appeared to him in hisdreams 
 to-night, desiring him to put you to 
 death. He has gone to repose himself 
 again, and if his father visits him a 
 tliird time during sleep, he will cer- 
 taip'y kill you whenever be awakes. 
 You must, therefore, hasten away, if 
 you wish to live any longer." " What 
 can I do.?" cried I ; " death awaits me 
 whether I remain here, or fly from 
 Thakakawcrente. It is impossible for 
 me to reach home iilone." " IJe pa- 
 tient," returned Outalisso, " and I will 
 try to save you. Not far from hence, 
 the roots of a large oak, which lias been 
 blown down by the wind, stretch high 
 into the air, and may be seen iit a great 
 distance. You must go there, and 
 wait till I come to you. Keep the 
 mossy side of the trees on your left 
 hand, and you will find the place 
 without any difficulty." 
 
 Outalisso motioned me to bun'y 
 away, and I dej)arted with a palpita- 
 ting heart, and plunged into the re- 
 cesses of the forest, and regulated my 
 
 141 
 
 course in the manner lie directo<l. Thp 
 moon was rising, and I conld see to ,i 
 considerable distance around. The 
 rustling of the dry leaves among my 
 feet often made me think that some 
 one walked close behind me, and I 
 scarcely dared to look back, lest I 
 should see an uplifted tomahawk de- 
 scending upon my head. I sometimeii 
 fancied I observed Thakakawcrentd 
 lurking among the bnishwoo<l, and 
 stopped short till imagination conju- 
 re(l up his form in a different part of 
 the forest, and rendered me irresolute 
 which phantom I should endeavour tu 
 avoid. 
 
 I reached the tree sooner than I ex- 
 pected : It lay along the ground, and 
 Its immense roots projected from the 
 trunk, at right angles, to the height of 
 twelve or fourteen feet, their interstices 
 being so filled with earth, that it was 
 impossible to see through them. 
 
 I sat down, and found the agitation 
 of my spirits gradually subside, under 
 thetranquilli/.inginfluenccofthoscenc. 
 Not a breath of wind shook the trees, 
 the leafless and delicately-fibrcil boughs 
 of which, when viewed against the 
 tloudless sky, seemed like a sable net- 
 work spread overhead. The nestswhich 
 the birds had made the preceding sum- 
 mer, still remained among the branch- 
 es, silent, deserte<l, and unshcltere*!, 
 making the loneliness of the forest, as 
 it were, visible to the mind ; while a 
 wit'iered leaf sometimes dropped slow- 
 ly down— a sad memorial of the de- 
 parted glories of the vegetable world. 
 A small rivulet ran within a little dis- 
 tance of me, but its course was so con- 
 cealed by long grass, that I would have 
 been aware of its existence by the mur- 
 muring of its waters only, had it not 
 glittere<l dazzlingly in the moonshine 
 at one spot, while flowing over a large 
 smooth stone. When I looked into the 
 recesses of the forest, I saw the trees 
 ranged before each other like coloss;il 
 pillars, and gradually blending their 
 stems together, until they formed a 
 dark and undefined mass. In some 
 places, a scathed trunk, whitened with 
 the moss of successive centuries, stood 
 erect in sjiectral grandeur, like a being 
 whom immense age and associations, 
 rivctted to long-past times, bad isola- 
 ted from the sympathies of his fellow- 
 mortals. As the moon gradually rose 
 on the arch of heaven, lur light fell at 
 different angles, and tlie a§i)ect of the 
 woods was coutimially thauging. New 
 
and grnniU'r prnniH-R offrivs cnmv into 
 vit'W, itiul iiti^^lity onks ni\il cltcHUtitM 
 Kci'inoil t(> stulk lorw.inl, with innjistic 
 hIowiichs, froii) tli('siirr(iuiitliiij!;(i>)«>c'H- 
 rity, niv!, uJUt u time, to pvo iiluce to 
 a RUCPcHsioii of otlurs, l)y n'tirii);^ u- 
 itiidnt till' (liirkni'Ks IVom wliich they 
 liiul at first I'liuTmil. 'rrciiioursofuwi! 
 bi')j;an to pcrvafU' iny iVikiue, ami I al- 
 most oxi»fi'ti'il that the touts of roiiio 
 Rii|)i<rliiiinait voice; would break tlu' 
 u|)nallii){r silcnuc tliat prevailed in the 
 wildi'ri)t'H8 around nie. 
 
 Aly mind, by di'|j;rccs, became so 
 calm, that I dropju'd into a half slum- 
 ber, (hiring which I had a distinct per- 
 ception where I was, but totally forgot 
 the circumstances connected with my 
 RituatioiK A slight noise at lengtli 
 startled me, and I awaked full of ter- 
 ror, butcould not conceive why I sihould 
 feel such alarm, until recollection made 
 the tbrm of Tliakakaweroite flash upon 
 my mind, I saw a numlxr of indis-- 
 tinct forms moving backwards and for- 
 wards, a little way from me, and heard 
 something beating gently u]>on the 
 grouml. A sniall cloud floated before 
 the moon, and I waiied with breath- 
 less impatience till it passed away, and 
 allowed her full radiance to reacli the 
 earth. I then discovered that five deer 
 had come to drink at the rivulet, aivl 
 that the noise of them striking their 
 fore-feet against its banks had aroused 
 me. They stoml gazing at me with an 
 aspect so meek and beautiful, that they 
 almost seemed to incorporate with the 
 moonlight, but, after a little time, 
 started away, and disappeared among 
 the mazes ef the forest. 
 
 When I surveyed the lieavcns, I 
 perceived by the alteration winch liad 
 taken place in their appearance, that I 
 had slept a considerable time. The 
 moon had begun to descend towards 
 the horizon ; a new succession of stars 
 glitteiod upon the sky ; the respective 
 positions of tlie different constellations 
 were changed ; ond one of the planets 
 which had been conspicuous from its 
 dazzling lustre, a few hours before, 
 had set, and was no longer distinguish- 
 able. It was overpowering to think 
 that all these changes had been efiect- 
 ed without noise, tumult, orconfusion, 
 and that worlds performed their revo- 
 lutions, and travelled through the 
 boundlessness of space, with a silence 
 too profound to awaken an echo in the 
 noiselcBB depths of the forest, or dis- 
 
 Ailrenlura in the NnHh-lFfitl Tirrilori/, (^Sept- 
 
 t\irl) tlie slmnbers of n feeble huinau 
 
 hein^'. 
 
 I waited impiitiently for the apnear- 
 aiiee of Oiitalisso, who had not inlorm- 
 ed me at what hour I might ex|)iet lt> 
 see him. The hIuih now twinkled fee- 
 bly amidst the faint glow of dawn tliiit 
 began to light theeustern horizon, :nid 
 tlk" siettiih^ moon npneiired behind some 
 pine*, and threw a rich yellow ridiaiu'c 
 u])on tlu'ir dark-green bou);lis. (iiiitlf 
 rustlings among the trees, and low 
 chiq)in!;s, announced that the birds 
 began to feel the influence of up|iroach- 
 ing day ; and I sonu'limes observed a 
 solitary wolf stealing rnutiously along 
 in the distance. While eiigag.d in 
 contemplating the Kerne, I suihUnly 
 thought I saw an Indian a little way 
 ofi. I cotdd not ascertain whether or 
 not it was Oiitalisso, but fearinu; it 
 might be Thakakawerente, whom I 
 dreaded t leounter in my unarmed 
 state, I retired from the roots of the 
 tree, ami concealed niy.selfanKUig some 
 brushwood. 
 
 I remained therefor some time, Imt 
 did not jiereeive any one near me, and 
 thinking that I had been deceived by 
 fancy, 1 resolved to return to my for- 
 mer station, and accordingly set out 
 towards the great tree, but shortly be- 
 came alarmed at neither reaching it 
 nor seeing it so soon lus I expected. I 
 turned back iu much agitation, and 
 endeavoure<l to iitrace n»y steps to the 
 brushwood, Uut all in vain. I exa- 
 ntined the most remarkable trees a- 
 round me, without being able to re- 
 collect of having seen one of them be- 
 fore. I perceived that I had lost my- 
 self. The moment I became aware of 
 this, my faculties ami perceptions 
 seemed to desert me one after another, 
 and at last I was conscious of being iu 
 existence oidy by the feeling of cha- 
 otic and in.supportable hopelessiu'ss 
 which remained ; but aflter a little 
 time, all my intellectual powers re- 
 turned with increased vigour and a- 
 cuteness, and appeared to vie with each 
 other in giving me a vivid sense of the 
 horrors of my situation. My soul seem- 
 ed incapable of affording play to the 
 tumultuous crowd of feelings that 
 struggled to manifest themselves. I 
 hurried wildly from one place to an- 
 other, calling on Outalisso and Thaka- 
 kawerente by turns. The horrible si- 
 lence that prevailed was more distract- 
 ing than u thousand deafening noiscfi 
 
I'hlo liuiniiu 
 
 llic iipiM'iir- 
 
 iiot intorin- 
 
 lit cxiHct Id 
 
 wiiikk'il t'l'i'- 
 
 it'llllWII tllllt 
 
 i()i'i/.i>ii, ;inil 
 
 K'llillllsOllll' 
 
 (>w riiliiiiu'i' 
 {;Iis. (iciitlo 
 ■X, iiiitl low 
 t till- birds 
 i>t'u]>|iroai'li- 
 1 oh^tTVi'd a 
 ioiisly along 
 eiigiig.'il ill 
 
 I Niiddi'iily 
 
 II littli' way 
 wlii'tliiT or 
 
 t fwirinu; if 
 :i>, whuin I 
 ny uniirini'd 
 rootH of the 
 uiiHMig some 
 
 IK' lime, Imt 
 tear me, and 
 deceived by 
 1 to my I'or- 
 igly set out 
 t shortly be- 
 
 reaehiiiij; it 
 expected. I 
 itutinn, and 
 ' steps to the 
 till. I exa- 
 ble trees a- 
 
 ahle ti) re- 
 of them bc- 
 lad lost my- 
 me aware oi' 
 
 perceptions 
 ■ter another, 
 1 of bein|J! in 
 inp of elm- 
 hopelessness 
 t'tcr a little 
 
 powers re- 
 tour and a- 
 
 ie with each 
 
 sense of the 
 y soul seem- 
 
 play to the 
 lelings that 
 luselves. I 
 )lace to an- 
 
 and Thaka- 
 
 horrible si- 
 ore distract- 
 :ning noises 
 
 would hove bi'cn. I Kt.mi»ere«l about 
 in a stale of di'z/.y |)erturl)ati(>ti. My 
 (Mrs bfpan to ring with uiuMrthly 
 HDUiids, and every »tli)e('t bfC.niii; dis- 
 turt4'd and terrille. 'I'lie trees si'emed 
 to start from their |ilaces, and rush 
 
 tiast each other, inlermiii>;Iinp their 
 irunehes with furiouH violence and 
 horril)le craHhini;s, while the moon ca- 
 reered aloiip the sky, and the stars 
 hurried backwards and forwanls with 
 eddying and impetuous motionsi. 
 
 I tried in vain for a long time to 
 coin)>ose myself, and to bring my feel- 
 ings under due subordination. Thf 
 renunibrance of the (last was obliter- 
 ated and reiiewi'd by Hts and starts ; 
 but at best, my recollection of any 
 thing that had occurred to me previous 
 to the breaking up of the ice upon the 
 Like, was shadowy, dim, and unsatis- 
 factory, and I felt us if the former ]iart 
 of my life had l)eeii spent in another 
 world. I lay down among the wither- 
 ed leaves, and co.vmI my face with 
 my hands, that I might avoid the men- 
 tal distrii ''HI occasioned by the sight 
 of external objects. I began to rellect 
 tliat I could not i>o.ssibly have as yet 
 wandered far from the great tree, and 
 
 Ailoenlure iiithe Nitilh'Wiit IWritortft 1^3 
 
 confuHiiiii still more ili-itracting. I 
 stood still ill one spot, liHikiiig fearfully 
 from side to side, in the prospect of 
 being crunhed to death by some iiii- 
 iiiense mass of falling timber, for the 
 trees around me, when viewed througli 
 the distorting medium of the fog, 
 often ap])eared to liave lost their per- 
 pendicularity, and U) be bending to- 
 wartis the earth, although they only 
 waved ill the wind. At last I crept 
 under the trunk of an oak tliat lay 
 along the ground, resolving to remain 
 there until the tempest should aliate. 
 
 A short time before sunset the wind 
 liiid ceased, the iiiisls were dissipated, 
 and a portion of the blue sky appeared 
 directly above me. Encouraged liy 
 these tiivourable ap])earances, I yen', 
 tured from my place of refuge, and 
 began to think of making anoi ijr 
 attempt to regain the great tree, >vhen 
 I heard the report of a rifle. 1 -.as so 
 netrified with joy and surprise that I 
 liad no power to call out till the firing; 
 was repeated. 1 then shouted " f^ut- 
 alisso" several times, and soon saw 
 him advancing towards inc. 
 
 " Why are you not at the place I 
 apiioiiited," cried he; " I feared you 
 
 that if I called u|i(>ii Outidis^io at in- had lost yourself, and discharged my 
 
 tervals. he might perhajis hear me and 
 come to my relief. Consoled by the 
 idcii, I gradually became quiet and 
 resigned. 
 
 1 soon lH.'gaii to make the woods re- 
 sound with the name of Outalisso ; 
 but, in the course of the day, a tempest 
 of wind arose, ami raged with so much 
 noise that I could hardly hear my own 
 voice. A dense mist filleil the air, and 
 involved every thing in such obscurity 
 that the sphere of my vision did not 
 extend beyond five or six yards. 'Jliu 
 fog was in continual agitation, rolling 
 iJong in volumes, ascending and de- 
 scending, bursting ojkmi and closing 
 again, and us^uming strange and trail- 
 sitory forms. Every time the blast 
 received an accession of force, I heard 
 a confused roaring and crashing at a 
 distfince, which gradually increased in 
 strength and distinctness, till it reach- 
 e<l that part of the forest that stretched 
 around me. Then the trees began to 
 creak and groan incessantly, their 
 boughs were shattered against lacli 
 other, fibres of wood whirled through 
 the air in every direction, and showers 
 of withered leaves caught up, and 
 swept along by the wind, met and 
 mingled with tlicni, and rendered the 
 
 gun as a signal, — but all danger 
 past— Thakakawerente is dead, I kill- 
 ed him." There was some blood on 
 Outiilisso's dress, but he looked so 
 calm and careless that I liesitated to 
 believe what he told me. 
 
 " I do not deceive you," said lie, 
 " and I will tell you how Thakaka- 
 werente came by his death. lie 
 a.<aked soon after midnight, and not 
 finding you in the camp, suspecteil 
 that I had told you that he inteiideil 
 to kill you. lie taxed me with ha- 
 ving done so, and I scorne<l to deny it. 
 His anger made him forget tlie truth, 
 and he said I had betrayed my trust, 
 and at the same time struck me on 
 the face. Now you know an Indian 
 never forgives a blow, or an accusation 
 such as he uttered. I buried my 
 tomahawk in his head. His friends 
 lay asuep in the wigwam, mid I drag- 
 ged away his body to some distance, 
 and covered it with leaves, and then 
 concealed myself till I saw them set 
 out on their journey, which they 
 soon did, doubtless supposing that 
 Thakakawerente and I had gone on 
 before. I have been at the great tree 
 since morning, but the mist and the 
 tempest preyeiitcd inc from seeking 
 
■Wi" 
 
 Adventure in the North' West Territory. 
 
 yon till now. Do Batisficd, you shall 
 sec the corpse of Thakakawcrcnto.— 
 Follow meV' 
 
 Outalisso now bep;an to proceed ra- 
 pidly though the forest, and I walked 
 behind him without uttering a word. 
 We soon reached the spot where the 
 Indians had slept the preceding night, 
 and found the wigwam remaining, and 
 likewise several embers of fire. My 
 companion immediately fanned them 
 into a state of brightness, and then 
 collected some nieces of dry wood that 
 lay around, and jiiled them upon tlic 
 charcoal. The whole soon burst into 
 a blaze, and we both sat down within 
 its influence, Outalisso at the same 
 time presenting mc with a quantity of 
 pemican, which proved very acceptable, 
 as I had cat nothing for more than 
 twenty hours. 
 
 After we had reposed ourselves a 
 little, Outalisso rose up, and motioncil 
 that I should accompany him. He 
 conducted me to a small pile of brush- 
 wootl and dry leaves, part of which he 
 immediately removed, and I saw the 
 corpse of Thakakawcrente stretched 
 beneath. I shnmk back, shuddering 
 with horror, but hepuUed meforwards, 
 and said, I must assist him in convey- 
 ing the body to the fire. Seeing me 
 still unwilling, he took it up in his 
 arms, and hurrying away, deposited 
 it in the wigwam. I followed him ; 
 and asked what he meant by doing so. 
 " Arc you ignorant of our customs ?" 
 said he : " When an Indian dies, all 
 his property must be buried with him. 
 He who takes any thing that bclong- 
 al to a dead jierson, will receive a 
 curse from the Great Spirit in addi- 
 tion. After I had killed Thakakawc- 
 rente', I took up his tomahawk by 
 mistake, and carried it away with me. 
 I must now restore it, and also cover 
 hiiri with earth lest his bones should 
 whiten in the sun." 
 
 Outalisso now proceeded to arrange 
 the dress of the dead man, and likewise 
 stuck the tomahawk in his girdle. lie 
 next went a little way into the forest 
 
 CSept. 
 
 for the puriwsc of collecting some bark 
 to put in the bottom of the grave, and 
 I was left alone. 
 
 The night was dark, dim, and 
 dreary, and the fire blazed feebly and 
 irregularly. A superstitious awe stole 
 over mc, and I dared hardly look 
 around, though I sometimes cast an al- 
 most involuntary glance at tlic corpse, 
 which had a wild and fearful appear- 
 ance. Thakakawerente lay upon his 
 back, and his long, lank, black hair 
 was spread confusedly upon his breast 
 and neck. His half-open eyes still re- 
 tained a glassy lustre, and his teeth 
 were firmly set against each other. 
 Large dashes of blood stained his vest, 
 and his elenclied hands, and contract- 
 ed limbs, shewed what struggles had 
 preceded death. When the flickering 
 light of the fire hapjiened to fall upon 
 him, I almost fancied that he began to 
 move, and would have started away, 
 had not a depressing dread chained me 
 to the spot ; but the sound of Outa- 
 lisso's axe, in some degree, dissipated 
 the fears that chilled my heart, and I 
 spent the time in listening to the re- 
 gidar recurrence of its strokes, until 
 he came back with an armful of bark. 
 
 I assisted him in burying Thakaka- 
 werente under the shade oi" a tall wal- 
 nut tree ; and when we had accom- 
 plished this, we returned to the fire, 
 and waited till moonlight would enable 
 us to p\irsuc our journey. Outalisso 
 had willingly agreed to conduct me 
 homo, for he wished to change his 
 abode for a season, lest Tliiik.ikaworen- 
 te's relations should di'-'/cerhis guilt, 
 and execute vengeance upon him. 
 
 We set out about an hour after 
 midnight, and travelled through tlu- 
 woods till dawn, when we came in 
 sight of the river, on the banks of 
 which I had first fallen in with the 
 Indians. In the course of the d.iy, 
 Outalisso procurinl a canoe, and we 
 paddled up the stream, and next morn- 
 ing reached the trading post on tlu- 
 side of the lake. 
 
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