A Trip to Manitoba by Mary FitzGibbon
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CHAPTER XVII. Indian Loyalty--A Nap on Falcon Lake--A False Alarm--The Power of Whisky--"Magnificent Water Stretches"--A Striking Contrast--Picnic Lake--How we crossed Hawk Lake--Long Pine Lake--Bachelors' Quarters at Ingolf--We dress for Dinner--Our Last Portage--A Rash Choice--"Grasp your Nettle"--Mr. F----'s Gallantry--Cross Lake--Denmark's Ranche--A Tramp through the Mire. CHAPTER XVIII. Tilford--Pedestrians under Difficulties--The Railway at last--Not exactly a First-class Carriage--The Jules Muskeg--Whitemouth and Broken-Head Rivers--Vagaries of the Engine-Driver--The Hotel at St. Boniface--Red River Ferry--Winnipeg--"A Vagabond Heroine"--The Terrier at fault. CHAPTER XIX. The _Minnesota_ again--Souvenirs of Lord and Lady Dufferin--From Winnipeg by Red River--_Compagnons du Voyage_--A Model Farm--"Bees"--Manitoba a good Field for Emigrants--Changes at Fisher's Landing--A Mild Excitement for Sundays--Racing with Prairie Fires--Glyndon--Humours of a Pullman Sleeping Car--Lichfield. |
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