watch, which had been carefully taken to pieces, and hung on small pegs on the board; the whole were surrounded with the main spring.  In the other houses the remainder of the articles stolen were found.  Beams were placed across where the roof began; over which smaller ones were laid:  on these were piled a considerable quantity of dried venison and salmon, together with a little codfish.  On ——­ taking down the watch and works, and bringing the image over the fire, the woman surveyed him with anger, and in a few minutes made free with her tongue, her manner showing us that she was not unused to scolding.  When Mr. ——­ saw it displeased her, he, rather irreverently, threw the log on one side:  on this she rose in a rage, and would, had not her hands been fastened, have inflicted summary vengeance for the insult offered to the hideous idol.  Wishing to pacify her, he rose, and taking his reverence carefully up, placed him where he had taken him from.  This pacified her.  I must here do the poor creature the justice to say, that I never afterwards saw her out of temper.  A watch was set outside; and having partaken of the Indian’s fare, we began to talk over the events of the day.  Both ——­ and myself bitterly reproached the man who first stabbed the unfortunate native; for though he acted violently, still there was no necessity for the brutal act—­besides, the untaught Indian was only doing that which every man ought to do,—­he came to rescue his wife from the hands of her captors, and nobly lost his life in his attempt to save her. ——­ here declared that he would rather have defeated the object of his Journey a hundred times than have sacrificed the life of one Indian.  The fellow merely replied, “it was only an Indian, and he wished he had shot a hundred instead of one.”  The poor woman was now tied securely, we having, on consideration, deemed it for the best to take her with us, so that by kind treatment and civilization she might, in the course of time, be returned to her tribe, and be the means of effecting a lasting reconciliation between them and the settlers.

After the men had laid themselves down around the fire, and the watch was set outside, the door, Mr. ——­ and myself remained up; and, in a low voice, talked over the events of the day.  We then decided on remaining to rest three or four days; and, in the meantime, to endeavour to find the Indians.  I would I could now describe how insensibly we glided from one subject to another;—­religion—­politics—­country—­’home, sweet, sweet, home’—­alternately occupied our attention; and thus, in the midst of a dreary waste, far away from the haunts of civilized man, we sat contentedly smoking our pipes; and, Englishmen like, settled the affairs of nations over a glass of rum and water—­ever and anon drinking a health to each friend and fair, who rose uppermost in our thoughts.  From this the subject turned to “specific gravity.”  Here an argument commenced.