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He was interrupted at this point by the sudden entrance of Jacques Bourassin with the astounding intelligence that a band of North-Westers had gone up the Settlement to attack Fort Garry. "Hoot! nonsense, man!" exclaimed old McKay, starting up and flinging his pipe away in the excitement of the moment. "No not nonsense!" said Bourassin in broken English; "it be true. I knows it.
The hunter did indeed lie flat and motionless for a few seconds which was just as well, for it gave the bull time to toss off the horse, turn, and leap over the prostrate man in continuing its flight; but in another moment Bourassin was on his feet, soon caught his trembling horse, remounted, and continued the chase.
"You needn't trouble yourself, for I heard him say that he was goin' off to see some o' his relations on important business a great palaver o' some sort and Elise told me this morning that she saw him start yesterday." "Morel is too busy with his new farm to go," rejoined Dan, "and Jenkins is too busy helping Morel. Perhaps Dechamp or Bourassin may be more at leisure. I will go see."
Crossing and re-crossing and firing recklessly in all directions, it seemed a very miracle that no fatal accidents occurred. Minor ones there were. Archie and his nautical comrade witnessed a few of these. "I say, look at Bourassin!" exclaimed the former, pointing to the left with his nose both hands being fully engaged with gun and bridle.
If it did, those wolves would not have sat there, in the pride of physical strength and personal freedom, calmly awaiting their doom, while Daniel and Peter Davidson, Duncan McKay junior, Okematan the Cree Indian, another Indian named Kateegoose, and Jacques Bourassin, a half-breed, came thundering down towards them like infuriated centaurs.
Jacques Bourassin was the first man they met on landing, and he was enthusiastic about the prospects before them. Slowfoot was the first woman, and she was quite satisfied in that amiable state of mental and physical felicity in which it is so easy to believe that "all is for the best." Her husband soon after appeared. He, of course, was also greatly pleased.
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