CHRONICLES OF THE CARIBOO 11

equipment purchased from the company which, at that time; had
hundreds of animals packing from the South and on over their Brigade
Trail tc Fort Alexandria. Little interest seems to have happened
to the party on its way over the Trail to the agreed rendezvous at
Lac La Hache. The party arrived there just within the allotted time,
go it is certain they had lost no time since leaving the mouth of the
Chilcotin River. .

They found a large gathering of Shuswap Indians at the lake
campsite, which seemed to be a favorite meeting place for the Nor-_
thern tribe of these Indians for a potiach and pow-wow before pro-
ceeding to Kamicops, their customary trading’ post and headquarters
of the tribe, to trade in their winter and spring catch of furs.

Dunlevcy was immensely pleased and relieving to find that the
young Indian, Tomach, true to his word, was there to meet them.
And with him he had brought his young friend, Long Baptiste, men-
tioned before. “This was the first meeting between Dunlevey and this
Baptiste, which later led to their becoming great friends. Dunlevey
had thought Tomaah a fine speci-
men of Indian manhcod, and so
he was, and clearly above the av-
erage of Shuswap stature. But this
Baptiste was immense.

He was evidently older than To-
maah, yet probably not over the
age of twenty-five at the time. He
stocd some six foct three or four
inches tall, broad and thick in pro-
portion, with an immense chest, :
and massive though lithe-looking
limbs. He had the true Dene cast
of countenance: high, broad, slop-
ing forehead, prominent brows em-
phasized by his deep-set eyes that 3
were rather smaller than in the ~
Shuswap type, jet black and pierc- }
ing. He had high and wide cheek- ,
bones from which the cheeks fell Jina SELLERS
inward a piece and then down to
powerful jaws, wide and square at “He saved the situation.”

their base and reaching far for-
ward to a jutting, rather pointed chin. He had the long eagle nose
with wide nostrils, long upper lip, wide mouth with thin, firm lips
that flashed back when he smiled or laughed, showing rows of strong,
even, perfect teeth. The ears were small for so large a head. He
wore his straight, coarse, shining black hair long till the ends rested

on his shoulders and bound in place by the usual buckskin band orna-
mented in beadwerk and colored embroidery. He nad curious little
crow-foot blue tattoo marks, one between the brows and one on each
side from the corners of the eyes back on the temples; also on each
side of the chin there were three parallel lines slanting down from
just below the corners of the mouth.