. The land of the muskeg [microform]. Hunting; Chasse. â â THIv PI-AC!' RIVl'R 39 passionately devoted to calf. After the meal he came and rode with us, discoursing loudly ui)on the country and the chances of game by the roadside. He was by profession an orator, and made his living by attaching himself to camps where there was plenty of food. He would eat his fill and then deliver speeches, and would remain with his en- tertainers until their stock of provisions (or forbear- ance) was exhausted, when he would suddenly make up his mind to depart. He had been born on the plains, and so could tel
. The land of the muskeg [microform]. Hunting; Chasse. â â THIv PI-AC!' RIVl'R 39 passionately devoted to calf. After the meal he came and rode with us, discoursing loudly ui)on the country and the chances of game by the roadside. He was by profession an orator, and made his living by attaching himself to camps where there was plenty of food. He would eat his fill and then deliver speeches, and would remain with his en- tertainers until their stock of provisions (or forbear- ance) was exhausted, when he would suddenly make up his mind to depart. He had been born on the plains, and so could tell the wood- land Indians many stories of blood and adventure and of the departed glories of his race. When a band of Indians from the plains comes to the camp of a different tribe, they halt, and send one of their number forward, who sits down by the lire, and is in fact a sort of pledge of good faith. Our friend had been born just as such a herald had entered the lodge, and so had been called Nistamapu âthe first to sit down. That night we camped by a marshy pool, named Old Wives' Lake, where the water was almost too nasty to drink. Nistamapu evidendy intended to clear us out of food as quickly. NISTAMArf. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Somerset, H. Somers (Henry Somers). London : W. Heinemann
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