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There was indeed ground for the excitement and earnest attention of those red-men, for the sweet and distant notes of a Canadian canoe-song had at that moment, for the first time, awakened the echoes of that part of the Great Nor'-west.
"When I was out, over there, in the Nor'-West," began Mat, nodding towards the particular point of the compass that he mentioned. "When he says Nor'-West, and wags his addled old head like that at the chimney-pots over the way, he means North America," Zack explained.
He says there are numbers of men like that, and they all know there is to be a raid. Why, Rufus, there are men down the river every day watching for the Nor'-Westers' Fort William express." "Where do the men come from?" I questioned, vainly trying to patch some connection between plots for a raid on North-West boats and plots for a fight by Nor'-West followers. "From Fort Douglas, of course."
He was what is called in the parlance of the nor'-west a "good" man that is to say he was mentally and physically well adapted for the work he had to do, and the scenes in the midst of which his lot had been cast. He pulled a good oar; he laboured hard; could do almost any kind of work; and spoke English, French, and Indian almost equally well.
Den I tink I act berry wise in getting on board de pirate. De cappen den send me down into de cabin to look after de tings dere and put it in order, saying dat his oder steward been killed in an action a few days before. We were now, I found, steering to de nor'-west.
Of course I must guard my readers especially my juvenile readers from supposing that it was our purpose that night to undress and calmly lie down in, or on, the pure white winding-sheet in which the frozen world of the Great Nor'-west had been at that time wrapped for more than four months. Our snow-bed, like other beds, required making, but I will postpone the making of it till bed-time.
Then came definite reports from freemen who had been expelled from Fort William; and we could no longer doubt that Nor'-West headquarters, with all the wealth of furs and provisions therein had fallen into the hands of the Hudson's Bay forces. Afterwards came warning from our Bourgeois, driven out of Fort William, for Fort Douglas to be prepared.
Hola! muchacho!" "Que es, senor?" "Hay cafe?" "Si, senor." "Bring us a couple of tazas, then dos tazas, do you hear? and quick aprisa! aprisa!" "Si, senor." "Ah! here comes le voyageur Canadien. So, old Nor'-west! you've brought the wine?" "Vin delicieux, Monsieur Saint Vrain! equal to ze vintage Francais." "He is right, Haller! Tsap tsap! delicious you may say, good Gode. Tsap tsap!
Having left his native home in Orkney while yet a youth, he had spent the greater part of his life in the "Nor'-West," and had proved himself to be one of those quick learners and generally handy fellows, who, because of their aptitude to pick up many trades, are too commonly supposed to be masters of none.
I'll get her dry and her natural shape to begin with, and come morning light, if you have not the comeliest bride in the Nor'-West Walk, 'twill be the Church's doing or yours, but none o' mine. Have ye feed a priest, boy?" "Why, no," said the fellow. "Seek out Father Bonaccord of the, new Grey Friars. 'Tis the happiest- go-lucky, ruddiest rogue of a priest that ever hand-fasted a couple.
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