CHAPTER IV.
THE EMPIRE OF THE NORTHWEST.
Winnipeggers.--Ride over the Prairie.--Dakota City.-- Georgetown.--Hudson Bay Company Teams.--Parting with our Friends.--The 43d Parallel.--Dakota.--Wyoming.-- Montana.--Idaho.--Oregon.--Washington.--British Columbia. --Distances.--Fisheries of the Pacific.--Mr. Seward's Speech 77