Carlton--Buffalo close to the Fort--Fall of Snow--Decide to Winter near White Fish Lake--The Grisly Bears--Start for the Plains--The Dead Buffalo--The White Wolf--Running Buffalo Bulls--The Gathering of the Wolves--Treemiss Lost--How he Spent the Night--Indian Hospitality--Visit of the Crees--The Chief’s Speech--Admire our Horses-- Suspicions--Stratagem to Elude the Crees--Watching Horses at Night--Suspicious Guests--The Cows not to be Found-- More Running--Tidings of our Pursuers--Return to the Fort 59 CHAPTER V. The Ball--Half-breed Finery--Voudrie and Zear return to Fort Garry--Treemiss starts for the Montagne du Bois-- Leave Carlton for Winter Quarters--Shell River--La Belle Prairie--Riviere Crochet--The Indians of White Fish Lake--Kekekooarsis, or “Child of the Hawk,” and Keenamontiayoo, or “The Long Neck”--Their Jollification-- Passionate Fondness for Rum--Excitement in the Camp-- Indians flock in to Taste the Fire-water--Sitting out our Visitors--A Weary Day--Cache the Rum Keg by Night-- Retreat to La Belle Prairie--Site of our House--La Ronde as Architect--How to Build a Log Hut--The Chimney--A Grand Crash--Our Dismay--Milton supersedes La Ronde--The Chimney Rises again--Our Indian Friends--The Frost sets in 70 CHAPTER VI. Furnishing--Cheadle’s Visit to Carlton--Treemiss there--His Musical Evening with Atahk-akoohp--A very Cold Bath-- State Visit of the Assiniboines--Their Message to Her Majesty--How they found out we had Rum--Fort Milton Completed--The Crees of the Woods--Contrast to the Crees of the Plains--Indian Children--Absence of Deformity-- A “Moss-bag”--Kekekooarsis and his Domestic Troubles-- The Winter begins in Earnest--Wariness of all Animals-- Poisoning Wolves--Caution of the Foxes--La Ronde and Cheadle start for the Plains--Little Misquapamayoo-- Milton’s Charwoman--On the Prairies--Stalking Buffalo-- Belated--A Treacherous Blanket--A Cold Night Watch--More Hunting--Cheadle’s Wits go Wool-gathering--La Ronde’s Indignation--Lost all Night--Out in the Cold again-- Our Camp Pillaged--Turn Homewards--Rough and Ready Travelling--Arrive at Fort Milton--Feasting 79 CHAPTER VII.