. The great lone land : a narrative of travel and adventure in the North-West of America. as in his boat. The officer whose canoe thus led the advance into RainyHiver was no other than the commander of the Expedi-tionary Force. During the period which had elapsed sincethat force had landed at Thunder Bay on the shore of LakeSuperior, he had toiled with untiring energy to overcomethe many obstacles which opposed the progress of the troopsthrouofli the rock-bound fastnesses of the North. But thereare men whose perseverance hardens, whose energy quickensbeneath difficulties and delay, whose geniu
. The great lone land : a narrative of travel and adventure in the North-West of America. as in his boat. The officer whose canoe thus led the advance into RainyHiver was no other than the commander of the Expedi-tionary Force. During the period which had elapsed sincethat force had landed at Thunder Bay on the shore of LakeSuperior, he had toiled with untiring energy to overcomethe many obstacles which opposed the progress of the troopsthrouofli the rock-bound fastnesses of the North. But thereare men whose perseverance hardens, whose energy quickensbeneath difficulties and delay, whose genius, like somespring bent back upon its base, only gathers strength fromresistance. These men are the natural soldiers of the world;and fortunate is it for those who carry swords and rifles andare dressed in uniform when such men are allowed to leadthem, for with such men as leaders the following, if it be Bri-tish, will be all right—nay, if it be of any nationality on theearth, it will be all right too. Marches will be made beneathsuns which by every rule of known experience ought to. THE GEE AT LONE LAND. 169 prove fatal to nine-tenths of those who are exposed to them,rivers will be crossed, deserts will be traversed, and moun-tain passes will be pierced, and the men who cross andtraverse and pierce them will only marvel that doubt ordistrust should ever have entered into their minds as to thefeasibility of the undertaking. The man who led the littlearmy across the Northern wilderness towards Red Riverwas well fitted in every respect for the work which was tobe done. He was young in years but he was old in service ;the highest professional training had developed to the utmosthis ability, while it had left unimpaired the natural instinctivefaculty of doing a thing from oneself, which the knowledgeof a given rule for a given action so frequently was it only by his energy, perseverance, and profes-sional training that Wolselej was fitted to lead men uponthe very exc
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