Adventure and adventurers > Away in the wilderness, or, Life among the red Indians and fur-traders of North America

AWAY in the wilderness.
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nose, which, to say truth, was flat enough al¬
ready !
Instead of scolding herself for her own careless¬
ness, the Indian mother scolded the dog, and then
hung the child on the branch of a tree, to keep it
from farther mischief.
The next turn in the river revealed a large
waterfall, up which it was impossible to paddle,
so they prepared to make a portage. Before arriv¬
ing at the foot of it, however, Jasper landed Hey-
wood, to enable him to make a sketch, and then
the two men shoved off, and proceeded to the foot
of the fall.
They were lying there in an eddy, considering
where was the best spot to land, when a loud
shout drew their attention towards the rushing
water. Immediately after, a boat was seen to
hover for a moment on the brink of the waterfall.
This fall, although about ten or fifteen feet high,
had such a large body of water rushing over it,
that the river, instead of falling straight down,
gushed over in a steep incline. Down this in¬
cline the boat now darted with the speed of light¬
ning. It was full of men, two of whom stood
erect, the one in the bow, the other in the stem,
to control the movements of the boat.
For a few seconds there was deep silence. The
men held their breath as the boat leaped along
with the boiling flood. There was a curling
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