CHAPTER XVII.

En Route to the Village Again--A Water-Soaked Country--"Oh, What a Fall was There, My Countrymen!"--Walking on Slippery Logs--More Rain--Wet Indians--"Semo He Spile de Grouse"--A Frugal Breakfast--High Living at Home--A Bear He did a Fishing Go; but He was Caught Instead of the Fish, and His Skin is Bartered to the Unwashed Siwashes.