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THE SEAFORTH NEWS
THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1938
• Bois
Brules
The conviction that Louis .Laplante
had, somehow or other, played me
fals-e, stu'ole in my mind like the de-
pression of a bad dream. /Again and
again, I related ithe -circumstances to
my uncle; -but ,he "pished," and "tush-
ed," and pooh-poohed," the very idea
of any kidnappers rentainin,g so near
the city and giving me 'free run of
their wigwams. My reasonless persis-
tence was ibeginning to irritate him
Indeed, on one oecasion, he informed
me that I had as many vagaries in my
head as a "bed -ridden hag," and with
great fervor he 'wished to the Lord
there was a law in this land for the
ham -stringing of such fool idiots, as
that "ha'hitant" Mute, who led 7ne
such a wildegoose chase,"
In spite of this and many other
jeremiades, I once more donned snow-
shoes and with .Paul for guide paid a
second- visit to the campers of the
gorge. And a second time, I was wel-
earned by Louis and taken through
the wigwams. The smallpox tent was
no longer on the ,crest of the hill; and
when I asked after the patient, ;Louis
without a ward pointed solemnly to
a snow -mound, where the man lay
buried,. Rut I did 'mot see the big
squaw, nor the face that had emeiged
from the tent !flaps to wave ase off;
and when I also inquired after these,
Louis' face darkened, He told Me
bluntly I was asking too many ques-
tions and began to swear in a mon-
grel jargon of •French and 'English
that my conduct was an insult he
would. take from no man. But Louis
was ever short of temper. eernemb-
ered that of old. +Presently his little
flare-up died down, and he told me
that the w.mnan and her husband had
gone north through .the woods to join
some crews on the Upper Ottawa.
From the talk of the others, I gather-
ed that, having disposed of their hunt
to the commissariat •department at the
Citadel, the Y intended to follow the
same trail within a,few days. I tried
without queetiouing to learn what
crews they were to join; but whether
with purpose, or by chance, the con-
versation drifted from my lead and I
had to return to the -city without sat-
isfaction an that point.
Meanwhile, Hamilton rested neither
night nor day. In the morning with a
few hurried words he would outline
the plan for the day. Alt night he rode
back to the ,Chateau with such eager
questioning in his eyes when they met
mine, I knew be had nothing better
to report to me, than I to him, After
a silent meal, he would ride through
the dark forest on a freeh mount.
How and where he passed. those
sleepless night, I do not know. Thus
had a month slipped away; and we
had done everything and accomplish-
ed nothing. Baffled, I had game to
confer with Mr. Jack MacKenzie and
had, as Douai, exasperated him with
the reiterated conviction that: Adder-
ly and the Citadel writing paper and
Louis Laplante had some eonnection
with the malign influence that was
balking our efforts.
"Frudgel" exclaims my uncle, stamp-
ing about his study ,and puffing with
indignation. "You should have knock-
ed that •blested quaranline's head off!"
"You've said that several times al-
ready, Mr. Mac'Kenzie," I put in, hav-
ing a tonal] of this own peppery tem-
per from my mother's side. "'What
about Addenly's rage?" .
"Adderly's been in Montreal since
She night of the row. For the Lord's
take, "boy, do you expect to find the
woman by ;believing in that ;bloated
letigaleoo?"
"But the Citadel paper?" I persist-
ed.
"Of course you've never been told,
Rufus 'Gillespie," he began, choking
down his impatienlce with the magni-
tude of my stupidity. "that the -com-
missariat buys supplies from hunt-
ers?"
"That doesn't explain the big
souavv's suspicions and Louis' own -
conduct."
'That Louis!" says my uncle. "P-a,h!
That son of an inflated old seigneur!
A fig f or the buck! Not enough ilerains
in his pate to fill a peanut!"
"But there Might be enough evil in
his heart to -wreak a life." and that was
the first !argument to pierce my one-
le's .sceptitism. The keen eyes glanced
out at me as if there might be some
ho -pe 'for my intelligence, and he took
several turns about the room.
'Hen! If you're of that mind, you'd
better go out and excavate the ,smail
• pox," was his sententiotis •conclusion
"And if it's a hoax, you'd better--';
and he puckered his brows in thought.
"What?" I asked eagerly.
'Join the tra:ddrs' crews and track
the villains west," he answered with
the promptitude of one who .decides
mtickly and without vacillation. "0
Lord! le a were only young! But to
think of a man too stout and old to
heckle on his own snow -shoes hanker-
ing for that life again!" Aud my uncle
heaved a deep sigh.
Now, 00 one, who has 1105 liveb tile
wild, free life of the northern ;trader,
can understand the.strange fascina-
tions which for the moment eolipsed
in this courteous and ohivalrous old
gentleman's snind all thought of the
poor woman, with whom my own fate
was interwoven. But I, who have liv-
ed in the lonely fastnesses 01 elle
splendid freedom, 'know full well
what surgiug recollections of danger
and 'daring, of snecess and defeat, of
action in which one faces arid laughs
at death. and calm in which one
eounde the unutterable depths of very
infinity—thronged the old trader's
soul. Indeed, when he spoke, it was as
if the sentence of my own life had
been pronounced; and my whole be-
ing rose up to salute -destiny. I take
it, there is in every ooe some secret
and cherished desire for a chosen vo-
cation to which each 'look e forward
with hope up to the meridian of life,
and to which many look back with re-
gret after the meridian. Of prophetic
instinets and intuition s an d impres-
sions and feelings and much more of
the 'same kind .goieg muter a different
name, I say nothing, I only set slown
as a fact, to be explained bow it may,
that all the way ont to the gorge,„with
Paul, The Mute, leading for a third
time, I could flare sworn -there .would
be no corpse in that snow-covered
grave. For was it not written in my
inner ,consciousnese that destiny had
appointed me to the wild, free life of
the north? So 1 was not surprised
when Paul Larocque's spade struck
sharply on a box. Indians sleep their
last sleep in the skins of the caase,
Nor was 11 in the least amazed when
the same spade pried up the lid .01
cached provisions bestead. of a coffin.
Then I had 'ocular proof of what 1
knew before, that Louis in word and
conduct—but !chiefly in conduct, which
is the way of the expert—had lied
outrageously to me.
When the ice broke op at the end
of April, .hunters were off for their
summer retreats and "voyageurs" set
out on the annual trip to the Pays d' -
En Haut". This year the Hudson's
Bay Company 'had organized a strong
fleet of canoemen ander Mr. Colin
Robertson, a former Nor' -Wester, to
proceed to Red River settlement by
way ,of the Ottawa .and ehe Sault in-
stead of entering the Le preserve by
the -usual route of Hudson Bay and
York Factory. IF-rom Le Grind Dia-
ble's former .association with -the
North-West Com;pany it was prob.
abie he would be in Robertson's bri-
gade. Among the "voyageurs" of
both ,companies there was not a- more
expert canoeman than this treacher-
ous, thievish Iroqemis, As steersman,
he !could take a erew safely through
knife-edge rocks with the swift cer-
tainty of arrow !flight. In spite of a
reputation for embodying the vices of
white man and red—which gave him
his unsavory tible—it seemed unlikely
that the Hod,son's Bey Company, now
in the thick of an aggressive cam-
paign against its great rival, and ab -
oat to despatch an important flotilla
front Montreal to Athabasca by way
of the Noe-Westers' route, would dis.
pente with the services Of this dexter-
ous "Voyageur".; On the other hand,
She Noe-Weaters might bribe the
Iroquois to stay iverth them,
hating on these alternative possibil-
ities, Hamilton and I determined, to
track the augitives north. We could
leave hirelings to shadow the move-
ments of Indian 'bands about Quebec.
Erie cotticl re-engage with the Hud-
son's Bey and get passage north with
Colin Robertson's 'brigade, whith was
to leave Lachine in •a few weeks. My
uncle had been a famous 'Bourgeois"
of the great North-West Company.
Tints we coldd accompany the "voya-
geurs" and, runners of both compan-
ies.
Haaniltotas arrangements were eas-
ily made; and my uncle not only oh-
bained the commission for me, but,
with a hearty •clap on my back ,and a
"Bravo, boy) I ,knew She fur traders
fever wield !break out in you yet!"
pinned to the Ibreast of my inner
waistcoat the showy gold medallion
which the "B000geois" wore on fes-
tive oacasions. In very truth I oft bad
need of its inspiriting motto: "Forti-
tude in Distress".
as
11
'Poodle' lords of the middle ages nev-
er waged more ruthless war on eaeh
other than the two great fur trading
companies •of bhe north at the tbegin-
ning of the nineteenth ,century. Pierre
de Raddison and 1Gno,sselier, gentle-
men adventurers of New France, first
followed the waters of the Outawa
(Ottawa) northwards and -passed fnom
Lake Superior ((the Icelche .ganone"
bi Iodiao lore) to the great unknown
Inc preserve !between ,Hutleen B,ay and
the Pacific Ocean; but the fee mono-
polists of the French Court in Que-
bec jealously obstructed the explor-
er's efforts to open up -the vast terri-
tory: De Racldisoe was .eonmelled to
carry his project to the English come
with a liberality not .unusual in those
days, promptly deeded over elle whole
domain. bhe extent, locality and wealth
of which there w -as utter ignorance,
to a fur trading organization, — the
newly formed *Company of Adven-
turers of Englandtrading into Hud -
Son's Bey," incorporated in 11670 with
Prince 'Rupert named as first igo-vern-
or. If monopolists of New France,
through envy, .sacri aced 'Q u e bec'e first
claim to the unknownland, ,Frontenac
made haste to repair the loss. Father
Albanel, a Jesuit, and other missionar-
ies le.d the way westward to the "Pays
(PEI) Haut". De tRaddison twice
changed hie allegiance, end when
Quebec fell into the hands .of the Bri-
tish nearly a ,century later, the French
traders were as active in the northern
preserve as Their great rivals, the An-
cient and Honorable Hudson's Bay
Company; 'but the !Englishmen kept
near the bay and the Feenchmen with
their "cou'reurs-dee-bois" pushed west-
ward along the chain of waterways
leading front Lake Saperior and Lake
Winnipeg to the Saskatchewan and
Athabasca, Then came th e Cony uest,
with the downfall of 'French trade in
the north country, Ent there remaie-
ed the "coureones-desebois", or wood -
rangers, the Metis, or French half -
'breeds, the "'Bois-Bre:les", or plain
rentiera,—so ealled, it is supposed,
.front the trapper's .eusto.m of -blazing
his path through the forest, And on
the ruins of Freach barter grew op a
thriving English trade, organized foi
the most part by enterprising citizens
of Quebec tend Montreal, an& absorb-
ing within itself all the cast-off ser-
vants of the old French companies.
Such was the origin of the X. Y. and
North-West -Companies towards She
-beginning of the nineteen th century.
Of elies:e the most energetic and pow-
erful—and therefore the most to be
feared !by the 'Ancient and .1-Ionorable
HudSon's 13.ay Company, "Les Bour-
geois de la .Compagnie du Nord -
as the partners designated
themselves.
From the time that the North-Wes-
ters gratuitously poured their secrets
into -the ears of Lord Selkirk, and
Lord Selkirk shrewdly got control of
the Hud,son's Bay Company and be-
gan to infuse Noe-Westers' zeal ineo
ide ' stagnant woekings .of the .older
company, there arose such a feu,d am-
ong these ;lords of the north as may
be likened only to the pillaging of rob-
ber !barons in the middle ages. And
this feud was at its height .when I cast
my lot with the •Nortb-West !Far
Company. Noe-Westers had reaped a
harvest of profits by leaving the beat-
en track of trade and .pushing boldly
northward into the remote MacKenzie
River region. This year the !Hu,dsea'a
Bay had .dietermined to enter the same
area 'and, employed a former !Nor'-
Weeter, Mr. Colin ?Robertson, to eon -
duct a !flotilla of canoes from Lachibe,
Montreal, by way of the INor'-Weat-
ers' route op She (Ottawa to the Sask-
a.teltewan and !Athabasca. But while,
the .Hudson's Bay Company could
ahip their peltries directly to England
from the bay, the :Noe-Westers lab-
ored ender ebe disadvantage of many
delays and trans -shipments before
their goods reached seaboard at Mont-
real. Indeed, I have heard tity uncle
tell of ;orders which he sent front the
north to England in October, The
things ordered in October would be
sent arone London in March to -reach
Montreal in eniel-seintner. There they
would be re -packed in email quantities
for portaging and despatched from
Mootreal With the Nor' e Westera
"voyagystrs"'athe following May, and
if destined for t'he far north would not
reach the end DE their long trip ,ttntil
October—two years from 'the time of
the order. Yet, under such conditions
had the Nor'-Westeos increased in
pros.perity, while the Hodson's Bay.
with its annual ships at York Factory
and .Churchill, deceined.
When Lord Selkirk took hold of
the Hudson's Bay there waiS a change.
Once a Feud has 'began, I know very
well it is impossible to apportion the
;blame 'each .side deserves. Whether
,Selkirk timed his acts 'of aggreseion
during ehe American war .of 48112-11(e1lea
when the r*ote Of the Nor'-Westers
was ren.derece unsafe—who aan..say?
Whether he tbrought colonists into the
very heart of the •disputed territory
for the sake of -the 'colonists, or eo be
drilled into an army of ,defense for the
Hod,son'e Bey Company—who -can
say? Whether he induced his .company
to grant him a vast area of lead at the
junction of .the Red and ,Asesiniboine
rivers--againse which a minority Of
stockhold'ers protested—tor the sake
of these same coloeists, or to hold a
strategical point past •sv,h.ioh Noi-th-
Westers' cargoes :must go—who -can
say? On these sobjects, which have
been so hotly discussed both inside
end 'outside hiw courts. without any
definite decision that I have ever
heard, I 'refuse to pass judgment. I
oan .but relate events as I saw them
and leave to each the right of a per-
sonal .decision.
In 1101151 Noe-Westers' canoes were
to leave Ste Aline de Beaupre, twenty
miles -east of Quebec, instead of Ste.
Anne .on 'the Ottawa, elte usual point
of departure. We had not , oar full
complement of meta Some of the In-
diansand half-breeds ha.d gone north-
west overland through the bush to a
point on the Ottawa River north of
Chasieliere Fa-ils, where they were
awaiting us, and Hamilton, through
the courtesy of .my uncle, was able to
come with as in osir 'boats as far aS
Lachine.
-was never a grasping trader, bet
1 providedmyself before setting out
with every, worthless gewagaw and
flashy trifle that could tempt the na-
tive to betray Indian -secrets. Lest
these should fail, I added to my stock
a dozen as fine flint -locks as could ear -
rept the soul of an Iedian, and without
coneideratiou for the enemy's scalp
aleo equipped myself with a box of
wicked -looking hunting -knives. 'Ph ese
tillage I placed in square cases and
sat UpOn them When we were. in
barges, or pillowed my head upon
them at night. never losing sight of
them except on long 'portages where
Indians conveyed our cango on their
hacks.
A man on a less venturesome quest
than mine could hardly have set out
with the -brigades of canoetnen for the
north country and not have 'been
thrilled like a lad on first escape, from
school's leading strings. There we
are, twenty craft strong. with clerks,
traders, one .steersman and eight wil-
lowyacoppersskin paddlers in each
long . birch canoe. No .oriental prince
could be more gorgeously appareled
then these gay "voyageurs". 1Flaunting
red handkerchiefs banded their fore-
heads and held .baole the lank, black
hair. Buckskin 'smocks, fringed with
leather down the 'de -eves and 'beaded
lavishly in bright colors, were drawl'
tight at the waist •by saahes of fia-m-
imig green and blue. In addi-
tion to the fringe of leather -down the
trouser seams, :mine in our company
had little bells fastened' from lenee to
ankle.
A single wave of the chief steers-
man's hand, and out swept the pad-
dles in a perfect harmony of motion.
Then someone struck up a voyageurs'
ballad and the canoeist ell uncon-
sciously kept time with the b -eat of
tlihe song. The valley .eeemed filled
hear the bells? It's a 'Godspeed for
ied in ;his hands: "Cheer up! Do you
youithrthe voices of those deep -chested,
Eric, who was Sibling ,with face !ben -
Anne clashed soot a last sweet fare-
we2theer op, old nia,n1" said to
strong eingers, and the ;chimes .of Ste.
.. CHAPTER V, •
My !uncle accompenjed oin-flobalea•
far as Lachine and .0cent:tied-CP-lace
n my divisioa of canoes. iltiany wete
he adMonitions he Jautlehed out Mee
maderholts whenever his !craft anct
Me chanced to:glide abreast,
"If you lay -hands on that skunk,"
he had said, the malodorous epithet
being his designation for Louis La-
plante, 'If you lay hanelb on that
skunk, don't be a sieripleton, Skin him,
Sir, by the Lord, skin him! Let hint
play his deceitful game! By 'Jove!
Give the villain rope enough to hang
himself! Gain your end) 'Afterwards
forget an.d forgive,if you like; ebut, by
the Lord, eemember and don't ignore
the fact, ;that repentance can't, turn a
skunk into! an innocent, ipossy. ,catl"
And 'ea Mr. ffack .M.acKenzie !con-
tinued' to warm trre all the way from
Quebec to Idcmtrea4, mixing this meta -
phors as topers mix drinks. But I had
long since learned not to eemonstrate
against these outbursts of explosive
eloquence—not though all the 'canons
of !Laval liteiati should be, outeaged.
'What, Sir?" be bad roared out when,
I, in full .0onceit of new knowledge,
had ,aardadettely ventured' 'to pull him
up, once in my student days. "What,
Sir? Don't' talk to me of your book-
fangled 'balderdash; Is language for
She use,of man, or ,man for the use of
language?" and he quoted from Ham-
let's soliloquy in a way that set me
packing my 'pedant lore -in the -unused
lumber -room of brain lobes. Ansi so,
I say,. Mr. Jack MaelKenzie continued
to. pour instructions into my ear for
the venturesome life on ;which I had
entered. The la&'s a ifool, only a
fool," he said, :still harping on Louis,
"and niittd youanswer the 'fool ac-
cording to his folly!"
Most men are 'fools first, and then
knaves, kneves because they hav
been fools," I returned to my uncle
"aad II fancy .Laplante has graduate
from the fool stage by this time, an
is a fall :diploma knave!"
,"That's all true,", he retorted, 'Tau
don't you forget :there's always .foo
enough left in the knave to give yo
your opportunity, if you're not a Ifoo
joint in the armor, ladi fUse your cult
lass there."
Apart from the peppery discourse
of my 'kinsman, I rememiber very lit
tle Of the trip up the St. Lawrenc
from Ste. Anne to Lachine with Eri
sitting dared an.d .silent opposite ole.
We, of course, followed' -the river
channel betWeen the Island ,of 'Or -
beans and the north shore; sued when-
ever o'er boats drew near the main-
land, came ,whiffs of erisp, frosty air
from the dank ravines, where ,snow
patches yet lay in the 'shadow. Then
the tfleet would sidle towards the is-
land and there would .be the fresh,
spring odor .of damp, uncovered mold,
with a vague .suggestiveness of .violets
and May -flowers and, ferns bursting
with a .rush through the .black clods.
The purple folds of the mountains,
With their wavy .alit -lies fading in the
haze ,of distance, lay on the -north an
they lie to -day; and everywhere on
the hills were the white cots of habi
tent hamlets with chapel spires point
log above tree -tops. At the western
end of the island, where 'boats sheer
ont into mielecurrent, came the dull
heavy -roar of the cataract and above
the north shore rose great, billowy
clouds of foam. With a sweep of our
paddles, we ;were opposite a cleft in
the verticai rock and saw the shim-
mering, fleecy waters of Montmoren-
cy leap aver the dizzy precipice chur
ning up, front their pwn whirling
depths ard 'bound out to the river like
a panther after prey. .
.Now the Isle of Orleans* WaS van-
ishing on our rear and the 'bold
heights of Point Levis had loomed op
to the fore; andnow we had poked
our prows to the right and the slug-
gish, muddy tide of the St. Charles
lapped our 'canoes, while a. forest of
masts and yard-arnts and flapping
sails arose from the harbor of Que-
bec City. The great walls (If modern
Quebec elid not then exist; inut 'the
rude fortifications, that sloped eloWit
from the lofty Citadel on Cape Dia-
mond and engirt the whole city On tile
hillside, se-emed imposing enough to
US in those deys.
It was late in the afternoon when
we passed..The sunlight struck across
the St. Charles, brightening the ,dell,
gray stone of walls and cathedrals
and convents, turning every window
on the west to fire and transforming
a multitude of towers and turrets and
minarets to glittering gold. Small
wonder, indeed, that all our rough
trip -men stopped !paddling and with
eyes on the spire of Notre .Dame -des
Victoires mattered prayers for a pros-
perous voyage, For .some reason or
other, I found my own hat off. So
was Mr. Jack Mac Kenzie's, so was
Eric Hamilton's. Then the voyageur::
fell to %rot* again. The canoes .spread
out. We rounded -Cape Diamond and
th-e leemhening shadow of the high
peak darkened the river !before as. Al-
ways the broad St. .Lawrence seemed
to be winding frone headland to head-
land among the purple hills, in sun-
light a mirror 'between shadowy, for-
est beaks, at night, enollten'silver in
the moon -track; Afternoon slipped -in-
eto. night and night to morning, and
each hour of daylight presentedsome
new .pan.orama of forests attei -hills and
torrents. -Here the river widened into
a lake, There the ialke narrowed to ra-
pide; andso we •came If° Lachine—La
Chine, named in ridicule of the gallant'
explorer, La Salle, who khought these
vast waterways .would surely lead him
to .Chista.
At Lachine, Mr. Tack MacKenzie.
with much bruscpse 'bluster -to conceal
his longings -for the life he Was 'too
old to follow ancl many 'cynical in-
junctions about "skinning the skunk"
and "knocking the head off anything
that 55005 in my way" and "always
profiting from ;the follies of other
resen"--"mind, have, none yourself,"—
pa-nted ;from es. Here; too, Eric grip-
ped my hand a tense, wordless fare-
well and, left .our party for the Hu&
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HARVEY McLLWAIN, Licensed
Auotioneer for County of }loran. Sea -
forth, R.R. 6, Phone 228 c 26.
WATSON & REID
REAL ESTATE
AND INSURANCE AGENCY
(Successors to James Watson) ,
IVIAIN ST., SEAFORTW, ONT.
All kinds of Insurance risks effect-
ed at lowest rates in First -Class
Companies.
McKILLOP
hilltUal Fire Insurance Co
HEAD OFFICE.—SEA-FORTH, Ont.
OFFI CERS
President, Thomas Moylan, Sea -
forth; Vice President, William Knox,
Lon.desboro; Secretary Treasurer, M
A. Reid, Seaforth.
AGENTS
F. MelKercher, Red, Dublin; John
E. Pepper, R.R.1, Baucefield; E. R. G.
Yarmouth, Broclhagen; James Watt,
Blyth;- C. F. Hewibt, Kincardine;
Wm. Yeo, Hohnesville,
DIRECTORS
Alex. Broadfoot, ,Seaforth No. 3;
James Sholdiee, Walton; Wm. Knox,
Londesboro; George Leonhavdt,
Bornholm No. 1; Prank 'MoGregor,
.01inton No. 3; James Cannolly, God-
erich; Alex !Mc'Eaving, Blyth No. 1;
Thomas Moylan, Seaborne No. 5;
Wm. R. Archibald, Sealforth No. 4.
Parties desirous to effect insuran.ce
or transact other business, will be
promptly attended to by applications
to any of the above na.med officers
addressed to their respective post -
offices.
son's Bay brigade under Colin Rob-
ertson.
(To be 'continued)
A woman motorist managed to run
intis the back of a motor lorry. It was
a case of bad deiving, hut, not wish-
ing to admit it and lacking the' cour-
age to shift the responsibility on the
lorry driver, she saidtd him: "I can't
anderstand .how it happened; I was
driving properly."
This angered the lorry driver, and
he turned to her and, with maiming
scorn. replied: `I'Madam, there's only
one thing women drive properly—
and that's men balmy."
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