Pathfinding on Plain and Prairie Stirring Scenes of Life in the Canadian North-west
CHAPTER XXV.
Through new country--"Greater Canada"--Antelopes--Startling effects of mirage--War parties keep us on the alert--Remarkable speed of a plain Cree--A curious superstition--A Cree's gruesome story--Returning with carts fully loaded--Followed by hostile Indians--I sight and chase a "sitting" bull--My shot wounds him--Paul's son thrown under the brute's feet--Firing Stony's clever shot to the rescue--We arrive at the Mission--Road-making