Un voyageur philosophe au XVIIIe siecle, l'abbe Jean-Bernard le Blanc.

Joseph Défago was a French "Canuck," who had strayed from his native Province of Quebec years before, and had got caught in Rat Portage when the Canadian Pacific Railway was a-building; a man who, in addition to his unparalleled knowledge of wood-craft and bush-lore, could also sing the old voyageur songs and tell a capital hunting yarn into the bargain.

He had been early enamored with stories of voyageur adventure and freedom in the Indian country, where he had spent his life.

We saw also evidences of Old Laporte's prowess in voyageur life and exploits, by a notice of one of his long pauses, recorded by Lieut.

Yet the old man's voyageur pride would not permit him to lie idle.

There is an aristocracy in the voyageur service which is quite amusing.