Thrilling adventures among the Indians: comprising the most remarkable personal narratives of events in the early Indian wars, as well as of incidents in the recent Indian hostilities in Mexico and Texas . ish, checked by the falls, are collectedin great numbers in the pools below. Nothing canbe more exciting than this scene. The canoes, hurledabout in all directions by the foaming tide; the skilldisplayed by the Indians in forcing them up the ra-pids, and fending them off the rocks, or allowing themto plunge head-foremost down stream, when they sud-denly bring them to and transfix their fish.
Thrilling adventures among the Indians: comprising the most remarkable personal narratives of events in the early Indian wars, as well as of incidents in the recent Indian hostilities in Mexico and Texas . ish, checked by the falls, are collectedin great numbers in the pools below. Nothing canbe more exciting than this scene. The canoes, hurledabout in all directions by the foaming tide; the skilldisplayed by the Indians in forcing them up the ra-pids, and fending them off the rocks, or allowing themto plunge head-foremost down stream, when they sud-denly bring them to and transfix their fish. Theeagerness of the chase, the contrast of the flamingtorches with the black masses of the woods, and thefine attitudes of the men, dashing at the salmon withtheir long spears, form a wild and most animatingpicture. The spear, which is most destructive, isvery simple in its construction, and does not lacerateor spoil the fish. A spike of iron is fastened betweentwo jaws made of rock maple, into the end of a long,light fir pole. When the fish is stuck, the jaws openfar enough to allow the spike to pierce and break thevertebrae of the spine, and, closing round the fish atthe same time, hold it THE STURGEON. The sturgeon of the New Brunswick waters are 128 THRILLING ADVENTURES. large, frequently eight feet in length, and sometimestwelve. They are a coarse fish, not at all esteemed,are seldom caught or molested, and therefore running up stream, they leap out of the waterto a great height. A good story is told of an oldsquaw: whilst paddling down the river, one of thesefish jumped on board her canoe with such impetusthat it must have gone clean through the bottom, hadnot Molly Greenbaize, quick as lightning, seized it bythe tail before the head and shoulders of the fish hadgot well through; and, its progress thus arrested, itdid the duty of a plug, until she contrived to workher canoe ashore. The trout-fishing is excellent, and nowhere to besurpassed, except, per
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