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their way through forests and thought they
could reach some settlement of the Hudson’s
Bay Company. But it seems more likely they
would be lost in the mountains. Well, never
mind that. Our party took to the river again
as I said and it was wild sailing for a time.
But for the last hundred miles we abandoned
the rafts, for we found a good trail that was
used by the fur traders and their horses, leading
along the river side most of the way. But on
that last truly awful march we found ourselves
almost without food, for the road was longer
than we thought. At one place we struck a
potato patch in front of a deserted log cabin.
It was a joyful sight, and we stopped there
long.enough to boil a kettleful, and another and
still another. That was a feast for us, my
friends, I can tell you!”

“And after that?” Betty would not let the
professor stop for even a moment. “After that,
what?”

“After that we struck Kamloops, Betty.
There’s a Hudson’s Bay fort there, and we met
the same courtesy from the company’s men
that we did everywhere else.”

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