Notes of a Twenty-Five Years' Service in the Hudson's Bay Territory. Volume I.

CHAPTER XVIII.

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Arrival at New Caledonia--Beautiful Scenery--Indian Houses--Amusements at the Fort--Threatened Attack of Indians--Expedition against them--Beefsteaks--New Caledonian Fare--Mode of catching Salmon--Singular Death of native Interpreter--Indian Funeral Rites--Barbarous Treatment of Widows