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few that were left and were engaged in drying
the meat, pounding some of it into pemmican.
Besides that they had also caught a number
of big salmon and were smoking them. But
unfortunately they had no salt, so the smoked
fish did not keep and were no great use to
them. A few days after I found them they
had built another raft to replace the broken
one and were ready to set out again for Kam-
loops.

“And did you go too?” Betty asked eagerly.

“T did, my Golden Girl. I said goodbye to
my Indian friends and was right glad to join
what remained of the old party.”

“What remained of them, d’ye say? Did
anny harm come to anny of thim?”

“Yes, some harm to some of them, they told
me, Mrs. Mulligan. I fear that when the num-
bers come to be counted up, if ever they are,
it will be found that the rivers and the Rockies
took heavy toll of the company that set out so
bravely from St. Paul and Fort Garry. As
many as nine canoes were swamped, I heard,
though not all the occupants were drowned;
some managed to swim to safety. Others of the
party turned back; they got tired of breaking

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