_ was at six, dinner at two, and supper at six in the

Bit | evening. Most times tents would not be pitched until

‘ 1 nine and the jubilant throng quietened down for a

A brief, well-earned rest. After leaving Edmonton the

Overlanders experienced greater difficulties in

2 _ marching through forest and windfall, and thus came

Hl | to the Yellowhead Pass, the route that was decided

ke upon as being the easiest to cross the mountains.
/

Food was now getting drastically short, the remain-
| ing oxen had to be killed for food and rafts had to be

- made. These were the pressing problems facing this
- courageous band. The remainder of the journey was
a series of navigating rapids, climbing over “Jacob's

ladders," scaling precipices, until, after four months _
on the trail the Overlanders crept into Quesnel, the ;

| entrance of the Cariboo.

Thus we write finis to a chapter filled with glamour
and pathos alike and embodying a glimpse of the
_ dogged perseverance of a class of pioneers that we,
today, are well proud of. i

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