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 . THE INDIAN FISHING IN NEW BRUNSWICK. 127 When the salmon make their appearance in theNashwak, fleets of canoes, each containing a coupleof Indians, leave Fredericton to spear them by torch-light. The fish, 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;

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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 . THE INDIAN FISHING IN NEW BRUNSWICK. 127 When the salmon make their appearance in theNashwak, fleets of canoes, each containing a coupleof Indians, leave Fredericton to spear them by torch-light. The fish, 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 o

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