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AWAY IN THE WILDERNESS.
quired Pemberton, after the first salutation had
passed.
“ Yes, there are large bands not an hour’s ride
from this. Some of our young warriors have re¬
mained to hunt. We are going to the fort to
trade.”
“ Good ; you will find tobacco enough there to
keep you smoking till I return with fresh meat,”
said Pemberton, in the native tongue, which he
could speak like an Indian. “ I’ll not be long
away. Farewell.”
No more words were wasted. The traders
galloped away over the prairie, and the Indians,
of whom there were about fifteen, dashed off in
the direction of the fort.
These Indians were a very different set of men
from those whom I have already introduced to the
reader in a former chapter. There are many
tribes of Indians in the wilderness of Rupert’s
Land, and some of the tribes are at constant war
with each other. But in order to avoid confusing
the reader, it may be as well to divide the Indian
race into two great classes—namely, those who
inhabit the woods, and those who roam over the
plains or prairies. As a general rule, the thick-
wood Indians are a more peaceful set of men than
the prairie Indians. They are few in number,
and live in a land full of game, where there is far
more than enough of room for all of them. Their
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