CHAPTER XXVIII.

MEN WHO PLAYED A PART.

The crisis reached--Consequences of Seven Oaks--The noble Earl--His generous spirit--His mistakes--Determined courage--Deserves the laurel crown--The first Governor--Macdonell's difficulties--His unwise step--A captain in red--Cameron's adroitness--A wearisome imprisonment--Last governor of Fort Gibraltar--The Metis chief--Half-breed son of old Cuthbert--A daring hunter--Warden of the plains--Lord Selkirk's agent--A Red River patriarch--A faithful witness--The French bard--Western war songs--Pierriche Falcon 260