. Among the red-skins; or, Over the Rocky mountains . ch of Hugh. Fortunately the clays were long, and we might stillhope to discover his track before darkness closed uponthe world. CHAPTER II. AN INDIAN RAID. Scene of the Story—History of Archie and Hugh—A Journey Acrossthe Prairie—A Village Burnt by the Indians—Uncle Donald Pursuesthe Blackfeet—Arrival at the Indian Camp. EUT where did the scene just_) described occur ? And whowere the actors ? Take a map of the world, runyour eye over the broad Atlantic,up the mighty St. Lawrence,across the great lakes of Canada,then along well-nigh a thou-
. Among the red-skins; or, Over the Rocky mountains . ch of Hugh. Fortunately the clays were long, and we might stillhope to discover his track before darkness closed uponthe world. CHAPTER II. AN INDIAN RAID. Scene of the Story—History of Archie and Hugh—A Journey Acrossthe Prairie—A Village Burnt by the Indians—Uncle Donald Pursuesthe Blackfeet—Arrival at the Indian Camp. EUT where did the scene just_) described occur ? And whowere the actors ? Take a map of the world, runyour eye over the broad Atlantic,up the mighty St. Lawrence,across the great lakes of Canada,then along well-nigh a thou-sand miles of prairie, untilthe Rocky Mountains arereached, beyond which liesBritish Columbia, a region oflake?, rivers, and streams, of lofty, rugged, and pre-cipitous heights, the further shores washed by thePacific Ocean. On the bank of one of the many affluents of its chiefriver—the Fraser—Uncle Donald had established a loca-tion, called Clearwater, far removed from the haunts ofcivilised man. In front of the house flowed the ever-. 11 OVER THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. bright current (hence the name of the farm), on theopposite side of which rose rugged pine-crowned heights ;to the left were others of similar altitude, a sparklingtorrent running amid them into the main stream. Di-rectly behind, extending some way back, was a levelprairie, interspersed with trees and bordered by a forestextending up the sides of the variously shaped hills;while eastward, when lighted by the rays of the decliningsun, numberless snow-capped peaks, tinged with a roseatehue, could be seen in the far distance. Horses and cattlefed on the rich grass of the well-watered meadows, anda few acres brought under cultivation produced wheat,Indian corn, barley, and oats sufficient for the wants ofthe establishment. Such was the spot which Uncle Donald, who had wonthe friendship of the Sushwap tribe inhabiting the dis-trict, had some years ago fixed on as his abode. He hadformerly been an officer in
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