CHAPTER IV.
Red Lake River—Grand Forks—The Ferry—Custom-house Officers at
Pembina—Mud and Misery—Winnipeg at last—A Walk through the
Town—A Hospitable Welcome—Macadam wanted—Holy Trinity Church—A
Picturesque Population—Indians shopping—An "All-sorts" Store—St.
Boniface and its Bells—An Evening Scene.
CHAPTER V.
Summer Days—The English Cathedral—Icelandic
Emigrants—Tableaux—In chase of our Dinner—The Indian
Summer—Blocked up—Gigantic Vegetables—Fruitfulness of the
Country—Iceland Maidens—Rates of Wages—Society at
Winnipeg—Half-castes—Magic of the Red River Water—A Happy
Hunting-ground—Where is Manitoba?
CHAPTER VI.
Winter Amusements—A Winnipeg Ball—Forty Degrees below Zero—New Year's
Day—"Saskatchewan Taylor"—Indian Compliments—A Dog-train—Lost in the
Snow—Amateur Theatricals—Sir Walter Raleigh's Hat—A Race with the
Freshets—The Ice moves!—The First Steamer of the Season—Good-bye to
Winnipeg.
CHAPTER VII.
A Manitoban Travelling-carriage—The Perils of Short Cuts—The Slough of
Despond—Paddy to the Rescue!—"Stick-in-the-Mud" and his
Troubles—McQuade's—An Irish Welcome—Wretched Wanderers.
CHAPTER VIII.
Faithless Jehu—The "Blarney Stone"—Mennonites in search of
News—"Water, Water everywhere"—A Herd of Buffaloes—A Mud
Village—Pointe du Chêne and Old Nile—At Dawson Route—A Cheerful
Party—Toujours perdrix—The "Best Room"—A Government Shanty—Cats
and Dogs—Birch River—Mushroom-picking—The Mosquito Plague—A Corduroy
Road—The Cariboo Muskeg.