r Got His

idea was too appalling, and in his slow, deliberate way he made t

o had all been watching the parley with intent,

h them? They were not the lords of the land now, whatever they might have been before the coming of the white man. Lord Selkirk was the rightful owner of the broad, r

the Indian leader with the utmost emphasis,

gon. 'Must go way. No stay here. No food, no fire, n

closer until they were almost within touch of them. As it happened, little Ailie, her first fright having passed off, grew interested in the g

he reached down, grasped her under the arms, and swung her u

same moment. The former stood transfixed, but Hector, whose position was somewhat behind the Indian, with the spring of

an to buck and rear, so that even its expert owner could hardly retain his

r comely countenance aflame with maternal anger, darted into their midst, and reaching up, caught Ailie in her arms

Ailie was safely in her arms, he let go of the Indian's throat, and threw himself to

of it but the excitement it occasioned, and, for the moment, there was a

that neither of his children was in any wise injured, he once more gave at

of his party. To this the fellow, with much show of reluctance, at last consented, and a gruff command sent the whole cavalcade cantering off to a little dist

their countenances grown suddenly haggard, for they all realized that they were fac

Noo that we are come here after sae great trouble they say we canna b

ver, about a quarter of a mile distant. 'Surely the Governor will take our pairt and winna let these savages have their way wi

e, while the other men rejoined the wo

ng towards them, waving their weapons in a way that meant only one thing-the Scotsmen must go no farther. Baffled and dishea

cope with it. Lord Selkirk had given them to believe that they would be warmly welcomed at Red River, and affo

ians, who had again drawn closer, the stately music of the Psalms rose from their midst, follow

t more composed in mind, although no ligh

whose eye had been taken by the gay feathers and beaded buckskins of the Indian leader, which certainly

himself off his cayuse, as much as to say: 'See, I'm willing to be on even terms with you.' He was rather a fine-lookin

cap from his head, and went through the motion of scalping him. The next instant, his teasing expression chang

matter was the Indian had never seen such a poll of golden curly locks before, and, accustomed as he was to the straight, black, limp tresses of his own people, they seemed to him something almost supe

ock of provisions was nearly exhausted, and although they had amongst them all a good

r. Macrae, in a tone of profound despondency. 'The ways of Providence are beyond our

a supply of provisions, and such other things as would be necessary for t

e Indians went away, leaving the rest of their number on guard.

much sleep that night, and the morning found them haggard, weary and depressed. But after they had all, like one great family, united in prayer an

ur, the settlers having already agreed to obey their orders, and Mr. Macrae had l

and mongrel French, so that a great deal had to be made out by means of signs and gestures, and contortions of countenances. Hector watched the proceedings with intense interest. To tell the truth,

the Indian had given him, he, on his part, got the red man to give him a name

lf was perhaps of too unbending a nature to make any advances towards a more amiabl

ure, a flintlock that his father had carried and used to good effect in the battle of Culloden, and who can blame him if the tears stood in his grey eyes as, after fondling the firearm as tenderly as if it were a baby, he let

to sing their Psalm and to join with one of their elders in