CHAPTER XXVIII.

THE BLOCK-HOUSE ON THE SOLOMON--HOW THE OLD MAN DIED--WACONDA DA--LEGEND OF WA-BOG-AHA AND HEWGAW--SABBATH MORNING--SACHEM'S POETICAL EPITAPH--AN ALARM--BATTLE BETWEEN AN EMIGRANT AND THE INDIANS--WAS IT THE SYDNEYS?--TO THE RESCUE--AN ELK HUNT--ROCKY MOUNTAIN SHEEP--NOVEL MODE OF HUNTING TURKEYS--IN CAMP ON THE SOLOMON--A WARM WELCOME, 396-415