I hoped I might not have to see Rowena before she went away; for the very thought of seeing the girl with the child embarrassed me; but on the third day the widowthey afterward moved on to the Fort Dodge countrycame to me, and standing afar off as if I was infected with something malignant, told me that Mrs. Vandemark wanted to see me.

I could not see it twenty feet away; but I was almost upset by a snow fort which the children had built, and taking this as the sure sign of a playground, I guessed my way the fifty or sixty feet that more by luck than judgment brought me to the back end of the house, instead of the front.

eparture from Fort WinnebagoDuck CreekUpset in a CanoePillonEncamping in WinterFour LakesIndian EncampmentBlue MoundMorrison'sA Tennessee Woman CHAPTER XIV.

Fort DearbornChicago in 1831First Settlement of ChicagoJohn Kinzie, Sen.-Fate of George ForsythTrading PostsCanadian VoyageursM. St. JeanLouis la Liberté CHAPTER XVIII.

Mr. KentAn Escaped PrisonerThe Cut-Nose againLeave-taking with our Red ChildrenDeparture from Fort Winnebago APPENDIX THE "EARLY DAY" IN THE NORTHWEST.

Every year the leading men of the Chippewas, Ottawas, Pottowattamies, Menomonees, Winnebagoes, Sauks, and Foxes, and even still more remote tribes, journeyed from their distant homes to Fort Malden in Upper Canada, to receive their annual amount of presents from their Great Father across the water.

There were, besides these, the residences of the Dousmans, the Abbotts, the Biddles, the Drews, and the Lashleys, stretching away along the base of the beautiful hill, crowned with the white walls and buildings of the fort, the ascent to which was so steep that on the precipitous face nearest the beach staircases were built by which to mount from below.

She had been a great belle among the young officers at Fort Crawford; so much so, indeed, that the suicide of the post-surgeon was attributed to an unsuccessful attachment he had conceived for her.

As we steamed away from the shore, the view came full upon usthe sloping beach with the scattered wigwams, and canoes drawn up here and therethe irregular, quaint-looking housesthe white walls of the fort, and, beyond, one eminence still more lofty crowned with the remains of old Fort Holmes.

As we steamed away from the shore, the view came full upon usthe sloping beach with the scattered wigwams, and canoes drawn up here and therethe irregular, quaint-looking housesthe white walls of the fort, and, beyond, one eminence still more lofty crowned with the remains of old Fort Holmes.

Every traveller, and every reader of our history, is familiar with the incidents connected with the taking of the old fort by the Indians, in the days of Pontiac.

A gentleman pointed out to me Fort Howard, on a projecting point of the opposite shore, about three-quarters of a mile distantthe old barracks, the picketed inclosure, the walls, all looking quaint, and, considering their modern erection, really ancient and venerable.

We learned, upon inquiry, that Captain Harney, who had kindly offered to come with a boat and crew of soldiers from Fort Winnebago, to convey us to that place, our destined home, had not yet arrived; we therefore felt at liberty to make arrangements for a few days of social enjoyment at "the Bay.

They opened to me, however, a new field of apprehension; for, on my expressing my great impatience to see my new home, they exclaimed, with a look of wonder, "Vous n'avez donc pas peur des serpens?" "Snakes! was it possible there were snakes at Fort Winnebago?"

The young officers were up from Fort Howard, looking so smart in their uniformstreasures of finery, long uncalled forth, were now brought to lighteverybody was bound to do honor to the strangers by appearing in their very best.

As he helped me along over the ploughed ground and other inequalities in our way to the river-bank, where the boat lay, he told me how impatiently Mrs. Twiggs, the wife of the commanding officer, who since the past spring had been the only white lady at Fort Winnebago, was now expecting a companion and friend.

The greater part of our furniture, together with the various articles for housekeeping with which we had supplied ourselves in New York and Detroit, were to follow in another boat, under the charge of people whose business it professed to be to take cargoes safely up the rapids and on to Fort Winnebago.

He was once retaken, and kept for a time in confinement, but immediately on his release deserted again, and his remains were found the following spring, not many miles from the fort.

The trail for Fort Winnebago then led from the shore opposite Butte des Morts, through Ma-zhee-gaw-gaw swamp, and past Green Lake, and it was well for the Judge that his horses stood waiting for him to "mount and away" as early as possible after breakfast, or I am afraid the story

When the fort was first pointed out to me, I exclaimed, with delight, "Oh, we shall be there in half an hour!"

" "But are we going to stop there?" "No; do you not see we are going back to the fort?"

CHAPTER VIII FORT WINNEBAGO.

The Major insisted on our taking possession at once of vacant quarters in the fort, instead of at "the Agency," as had been proposed.

The bold promontory on which Fort Winnebago was built looked down upon the extended prairie and the Fox River on one side, and on the other stretched away into the thickly-wooded ridge that led off to Belle Fontaine and Lake Puckaway.

Too impatient to wait until they could be carried up to the fort, the gentlemen soon furnished themselves with, hammers and hatchets, and fell eagerly to work, opening the boxes to explore the extent of the damage.

These and a thousand other mighty triumphs of human ingenuity have fought their way onward to their present position, against the fogyism of philosophy, the inertia of the schoolmen.

On the outer edge of the bar, near the head of Carlton Island, we caught between seventy and eighty in one afternoon, weighing from three to five pounds each, every one of which fought like a hero, diving with a plunge for the bottom, skiving with a rush down, across, or up the river; leaping clear from the water and shaking his head furiously, to throw the hook loose from his jaw, before surrendering to his fate.

But the fort was strong, and its defenders fought bravely; the woods were gradually cleared of sharp-shooters, and the natives, ere long, broke and fled.

Battle after battle followed ere the French troops were driven out of Spain, and Colin Campbell, young as he was, fought like a veteran.

A few weeks later the troops moved on, and fought at the battle of Bidassoa, Colin Campbell being left in the hospital to recover from his wounds.

" At the conclusion of that well-fought day the commander-in-chief, Lord Raglan, sent for Sir Colin.

" The Alma had been fought on 20th September, 1854, and on the 25th October was fought the battle of Balaclava, memorable for the "Thin Red Line".

" The Alma had been fought on 20th September, 1854, and on the 25th October was fought the battle of Balaclava, memorable for the "Thin Red Line".

One of the most glorious of the many battles of the British navy was fought on the 10th and 11th September, 1591, by Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Grenville, in his ship The Revenge, against a great fleet of Spanish vessels.

"Here die I, Richard Grenville," said he, "with a joyful and quiet mind; for that I have ended my life as a true soldier ought to do, that hath fought for his country, queen, religion and honour.

Hence it was that The Revenge fought alone on that September day the entire Spanish fleet, and has given us one of the most glorious pages in the annals of our national history.

Yet he fought the bullies, and kept his word; he was brave, honest and manly, and was a great favourite.

He fought in the battles of Moodkee, Ferozeshah, and Sobraon.

" The first battle fought was at Futtehpore.

We fought, and in ten minutes' time the affair was decided....

" Day, after day, the men fought and marchedmarched and fought.

" Day, after day, the men fought and marchedmarched and fought.

The mutineers were brave men; and, though beaten, retreated, reformed, and fought again.

So he accompanied the army as a volunteer; and again the men fought their way, this time right through the mutineers, accomplishing their object by the first relief of Lucknow.

They were laughed at, they were abused, they were persecuted; but the more people tried to put them down the harder they fought; and soon hundreds and thousands had joined their ranks, and the movement spread throughout the kingdom.

Let us see how it happened that Florence Nightingale was able to do so much for the British soldiers who fought in the Crimea, and why she has left her mark on the history of our times.

Our men fought like heroes.

He was much grieved by the accounts which reached him of the terrible war which was being fought between France and Germany in 1870.

He distinguished himself at the sieges of Poitiers and La Rochelle, and at the battle of Montcontour, and fought successfully against the Calvinists in Guienne and Saintonge.

Chiang fought captors by spiritual strength.