When he met Indians hunting for the French forts, with true trader instinct he bribed them with gifts to bring their furs down to Hudson Bay. Almost the entire winter camp moved from bend to bend or branch to branch of the North Saskatchewan, heading gradually eastward. Towards spring, different tribes joined the Assiniboines to go down to York. Among these were "green scalps" and many women captives from those Blackfeet Indians Hendry had met. Each night the scalps hung like flags from the tent poles. The captives were given around camp as presents. One hears much twaddle of the red man's noble state before he was contaminated by the white man. Hendry saw these tribes of the Far West before they had met any white men but himself, and the disposal of those captives is a criterion of the red man's noble state. Whenever one was not wanted--the present of a girl, for instance, resented by a warrior's jealous wife, she was summarily hacked to pieces and not a passing thought given to the matter. The killing of a dog or a beaver caused more comment. On the value of life as a thing of worth in itself, the Indian had absolutely no conception, not so much conception as a domestic dog trained not to destroy life. (_To be continued_) ========== Montizambert Post News H. H. BUSCH, Post Manager at Montizambert, widely known in Lake Superior District, recently detailed himself as a "fatigue party" to undertake a task usually considered too weighty for one man to handle. The job was to remove the engine from Mrs. Busch's motor boat. Once started, however, his pride would not let him quit. He sailed into the craft with a hammer, two wrenches, a file and a pair of chisels. Chips began to fly; nuts and bolts and ejaculations filled the air. Some hours later the clerk saw our doughty factor wrestling at the water's brim, trying to carry the big engine to the fur house. One spectator remarks, "A fog was rising from him like that from a hot spring in winter." After a long tussle he and the engine arrived at the fur house. At lunch, however, our factor was a changed man; his appetite was way below normal. And all afternoon the "sap" appeared to have all gone out of him. For once, Mr. Busch had tackled a job too big for him, but he saw it through.--A.D.H. ========== Lectures on H.B.C. Operations THE Canadian Watchman Press, Publishers and Booksellers, of Oshawa, Ontario, have recently been holding meetings of their employees where lectures, illustrated with maps and charts, are given, dealing with the operations of the Hudson's Bay Company in the Northland. ========== "Are caterpillars good to eat?" asked little Tommy at the dinner table. "No," said the father; "what makes you ask a question like that while we are eating?" "You had one on your lettuce, but it has gone now," replied Tommy. ========== A Remarkable Trip by U.S.A. Airmen in a Free Balloon _From New York to Moose Factory, James Bay, Ontario, 820 Miles in 25 Hours_