get into shape again.

A pocket copy of "Hiawatha," from which Stanton read aloud, furnished
us with entertainment. Pete was very much interested in the reading,
and I found he was quite familiar with the legends of his Indian hero,
and he told us some stories of Hiawatha that I had never heard.
"Hiawatha," said Pete, "he the same as Christ. He do anything he want
to." Pete produced his harmonica and proved himself a very good
performer.

July sixteenth was Sunday, and I decided that rain or shine we must
break camp on Monday and move forwards for the inactivity was becoming
unendurable.

A little fishing was done, and Pete landed a twenty-two and three-
quarter inch trout, thus wresting the big-trout record from Richards.
Pete was proud and boasted a great deal of this feat, which he claimed
proved his greater skill as a fisherman, but which the others
attributed to luck.

We were enabled to do some scouting in the afternoon, which resulted
in the discovery that our camp was on an island. Nowhere could we
find any Indian signs, and we were therefore quite evidently off the
trail.



CHAPTER VI

LAKE NIPISHISH IS REACHED