Three weeks alter the departure of the Esquimaux from the neighbourhood of Ungava Bay, the echoes of these solitudes2 were awakened3 by the merry song of the Canadian voyageurs, as the two canoes of Stanley and his comrades swept down the stream and approached the spring at the foot of the flat rock.
As the large canoe ran its bow lightly on the sand, the first man who leaped ashore4 was La Roche. He seemed even more sprightly5 and active than formerly6, but was a good deal darker in complexion7, and much travel-stained. Indeed, the whole party bore marks of having roughed it pretty severely8 for some time past among the mountains. Edith’s face was decidedly darker than when she left Moose, and her short frock considerably9 shorter in consequence of tear and wear.
“Bad luck to ye, Losh! Out o’ the way, an’ let yer betters land before ye,” exclaimed Bryan, as he jumped into the water, and dragged the canoe towards the beach.
The only marks that rough travelling had put on Bryan were one or two additional wrinkles in his battered10 white hat; as for his face, it was already so thoroughly11 bronzed by long exposure, that a week or two more or less made no difference in its hue12.
“Jump into my arms, Miss Edith,” said François, as he stood in the water beside the canoe.
“Steady, boy; mind the gum,” cried Massan, as Oolibuck strained the canoe roughly in shouldering a package.
“Look out ashore, there,” cried Dick Prince, throwing the tent poles on the beach as he spoke13.
Regardless of the warning, Gaspard did not “look out,” and received a rap on the leg from one of the poles, whereat he growled14 savagely15, and threw down a sack, which rested on his shoulder, so violently that it nearly knocked over Ma-istequan, who was passing at the time with the camp-kettle in his hand.
“What an ould buffalo17 it is!” exclaimed Bryan, pushing Gaspard rudely aside with his left shoulder, and hitching18 off La Roche’s cap with his right, as he sprang back to the canoe for another load. “Pardonay mwa, Losh, may garson,” he exclaimed, with a broad grin. “Now thin, boys, out wid the fixin’s. Faix it’s mysilf is plazed to git ashore anyhow, for there’s nothin’ gone into my intarior since brickfust this mornin’.”
At this moment the bow of the other canoe grated on the sand, and Frank Morton leaped ashore.
“Capital place to camp, Frank,” said Stanley, who had just finished pitching the tent on the scrimp herbage that forced its way through the sand. “There’s a splendid spring of pure water below yonder rock. I’ve just left my wife and Eda busy with the tea-cups, and La Roche preventing them from getting things ready, by way of helping19 them.”
“It does indeed seem a good place,” replied Frank, “and might do for temporary headquarters, perhaps, while we make excursions to the coast to fix on a spot for our new home.”
Stanley gazed contemplatively around him as his friend spoke. “Hand me the telescope, Frank; it strikes me we are nearer the sea than you think. The water here is brackish20, and yonder opening in the mountains might reveal something beyond, if magnified by the glass.”
After a lengthened21 survey of the surrounding hills, Frank and Stanley came to the conclusion that they could make nothing of it, at least that night; and as it was becoming gradually dark, they resolved to postpone22 all further consideration of the subject till the next day.
Meanwhile, the men busied themselves in preparing supper, and Chimo unexpectedly lent them some assistance by bringing into camp a ptarmigan which he had just killed. True, Chimo had, in his innocence23, designed this little delicacy24 of the season for his own special table; but no sooner was he seen with the bird between his teeth, than it was snatched from him and transferred to the pot forthwith.
The following day was an era in the existence of the travellers. For the first time since commencing their arduous26 voyage, the cargoes27 were left behind, and the canoes paddled away, light and buoyant, on a trip of investigation28. Stanley had rightly judged that they were now near the sea, and the great breadth of the river led him to believe that there might be water sufficient to float the vessel29 in which the goods for the station were to be forwarded. If this should turn out as he expected, there could not be a better spot for establishing a fort than that on which they had encamped, as it was situated30 just below the last rapids of the river; had a fine spring of fresh water in its vicinity; and was protected from the cold blasts of winter, to some extent at least, by the surrounding mountains.
“Now, Frank,” added Mr Stanley, after stating his opinion on this point, “what I mean to do is this: I shall take the large canoe, with Dick Prince, François, Gaspard, La Roche, and Augustus—the last to interpret should we fall in with Esquimaux, whom I am surprised not to have found hereabouts. With these I will proceed to the sea, examine the coast, observe whether there be any place suitable for building on, and, if all goes well, be back to supper before sunset. You will take the other canoe, with Bryan, Massan, Oolibuck, and Ma-istequan, and proceed down the opposite side of the river a short way. Examine the shores there, and above the island; see whether there be any place better than where we stand for a permanent residence; and at night we shall compare notes. My wife and Eda shall remain in camp under the care of Oostesimow and Moses.”
“And pray who is to defend your poor wife and innocent child in the event of an attack by a band of savage16 natives?” inquired Mrs Stanley, as she joined her husband and Frank.
“No fear of the wife and child,” replied Stanley, patting his better half on the shoulder. “If Indians should find out the camp, Oostesimow can palaver31 with them; and should Esquimaux pay you a visit, Moses will do the polite. Besides, had you not interrupted, I was going to have given special instructions to Frank regarding you. So, Master Frank, be pleased to take Eda off your shoulder, and give ear to my instructions. While you are examining the other side of the water, you will keep as much as possible within eye-shot, and always within ear-shot, of the camp. In a still day like this a gun-shot can be heard five or six miles off; and should you see any sign of the natives having been here recently, return instantly to the camp.”
Frank promised implicit32 obedience33 to these instructions, and the whole party then set to work to pile the goods on a ledge34 in the steep cliffs behind the spring, so that a fortress35 was soon formed, which, with two such stout36 and courageous37 men as Moses and Oostesimow, armed with two guns each, a brace38 of pistols, two cutlasses, and an ample supply of ammunition39, could have stood a prolonged siege from much more practised enemies than Indians or Esquimaux. After having completed these defensive40 arrangements, and provided occupation for those who remained in camp, by laying on them the duty of having the goods examined, in order to see that nothing had been damaged by wet or rough usage, the two canoes pushed from the shore, and bounded lightly away, while the men sang merrily at their easy labour; for now that the canoes were light, they might have been propelled by two men. Frank directed his course obliquely41 up the river, towards the island already alluded42 to, and Stanley proceeded with the current towards the narrows beyond which he expected to catch sight of the sea.
After passing above the island, which was found to be low and thinly covered with vegetation and a few scrubby bushes, Frank and his men pushed over to the other side and proceeded carefully to examine the coast. It was found to be much the same as that which they had just left. A narrow belt of sandy and shingly43 beach extended along the margin44 of the river, or, as it might be more appropriately termed, the lake, at least in as far as appearance went. This strip or belt was indented45 here and there with numerous bays and inlets, and in many places was intersected by rocky capes46 which jutted47 out from the mountains. These mountains were bare and precipitous, rising abruptly48, like those on the other side, from the edge of the sand, and ascending49 in a succession of terraces, whose faces were so steep that it was almost impossible to scale them. They could be ascended50 in succession, however, by means of the ravines and numerous gullies which rose in rugged51 and zigzag52 lines from the beach to the mountain tops. In the very first of these gullies in which the exploring party landed, they found the remains53 of an Esquimau summer encampment. These consisted of a few stunted54 trees, which appeared to have been built in the form of rude huts; but they were thrown about in some confusion, and altogether bore evidence of having remained in a state of ruin for many years. Another discovery of a more satisfactory kind was made—namely, the tracks of deer, which were so fresh as to induce Frank to take his rifle and mount the ravine in search of the animals, accompanied by Massan, whose natural temperament55 was exceedingly prone56 to enjoy the excitement of the chase. So much, indeed, was this the case, that the worthy57 guide had more than once been on the point of making up his mind to elope to the backwood settlements of the States, purchase a rifle and ammunition there, don a deerskin hunting-shirt, and “make tracks,” as he styled it, for the prairies, there to dwell and hunt until his eye refused to draw the sight and his finger to pull the trigger of a Kentucky rifle. But Massan’s sociable58 disposition59 came in the way of this plan, and the thought of leading a solitary60 life always induced him to forego it.
“It’s my ’pinion, sir,” remarked the guide, as he followed Frank up the ravine, the sheltered parts of which were covered with a few clumps61 of stunted pines—“it’s my ’pinion that we’ll have to cut our logs a long bit up the river, for there’s nothin’ fit to raise a fort with hereabouts.”
“True, Massan,” replied Frank, glancing from side to side, hunter fashion, as he walked swiftly over the broken ground; “there’s not a tree that I can see big enough to build a backwoods shanty62 with.”
“Well, master, ’twill do for firewood, if it’s fit for nothin’ else, and that’s a blessin’ that’s not always to be comed by everywhere. Let’s be thankful for small matters. I see sticks growin’ up them gullies that’ll do for stakes for the nets, an’ axe63 handles, an’ paddles, an’ spear shafts64, an’—”
The honest guide’s enumeration65 of the various articles into which the small timber of the place might be converted was brought to a sudden pause by Frank, who laid his hand on his shoulder, and while he pointed66 with the butt67 of his rifle up the ravine, whispered, “Don’t you see anything else up yonder besides trees, Massan?”
The guide looked in the direction indicated, and by an expressive68 grunt69 showed that his eye had fallen on the object referred to by his companion. It was a deer which stood on an overhanging ledge of rock, high up the cliffs—so high that it might easily have been mistaken for a much smaller animal by less practised sportsmen. Below the shelf on which it stood was a yawning abyss, which rendered any attempt to get near the animal utterly70 hopeless.
“What a pity,” said Frank, as he crouched71 behind a projecting rock, “that it’s out of shot! It would take us an hour at least to get behind it, and there’s little chance, I fear, of its waiting for us.”
“No chance whatever,” replied Massan decidedly. “But he’s big enough to cover from where we stand.”
“To cover! Ay, truly, I could point straight at his heart easy enough—indeed I would think it but slight boasting to say I could cover his eye from this spot—but the bullet would refuse to go, Massan; it’s far beyond shot.”
“Try, sir, try,” exclaimed the guide quickly, for as they spoke the deer moved. “I’ve been huntin’ on the Rocky Mountains afore now, an’ I know that distance cheats you in sich places. It’s not so far as you think—”
He had scarcely finished speaking when Frank’s rifle poured forth25 its contents. The loud echoes of the crags reverberated72 as the smoke floated away to leeward73. The next instant the deer sprang with one wild bound high into the air—over the cliff—and descending74 with lightning speed through the dark space, was dashed almost in pieces on the rocks below.
Massan gave a low chuckle75 of satisfaction as he walked up to the mangled76 animal, and pointing to a small round hole just over its heart, he said, “The old spot, Mr Frank; ye always hit them there.”
Having paid Frank this compliment, Massan bled the animal, which was in prime condition, with at least two inches of fat on its flanks, and having placed it on his shoulders, returned with his companion to the canoe.
While Frank was thus engaged, Stanley had descended77 towards the shores of Ungava Bay, which he found to be about twenty-five miles distant from the encampment beside the spring. He made a rapid survey of the coast as they descended, and sounded the river at intervals78. When he reached its mouth he had made two important discoveries. The one was, that there did not seem to be a spot along the whole line of coast so well fitted in all respects for an establishment as the place whereon their tents were already pitched. The other was, that the river, from its mouth up to that point, was deep enough to float a vessel of at least three or four hundred tons burden. This was very satisfactory, and he was about to return to the camp when he came upon the deserted79 Esquimau village which, a few weeks before, had been the scene of a murderous attack and a hasty flight. On a careful examination of the place, the marks of a hasty departure were so apparent that Stanley and his men made a pretty near guess at the true state of affairs; and the former rightly conjectured80 that, having made a precipitate81 flight in consequence of some unexpected attack, there was little probability of their returning soon to the same locality. This was unfortunate, but in the hope that he might be mistaken in these conjectures82, and that the natives might yet return before winter, he set up a pole on a conspicuous83 place, and tied to the top of it a bag containing two dozen knives, one dozen fire-steels, some awls and needles, several pounds of beads84, and a variety of such trinkets as were most likely to prove acceptable to a savage people.
While Bryan was engaged in piling a heap of stones at the foot of this pole to prevent its being blown down by the wind, the rest of the party re-embarked, and prepared to return home; for although the camp beside the spring was scarcely one day old, the fact that it was likely to become the future residence of the little party had already invested it with a species of homelike attraction. Man is a strange animal, and whatever untravelled philosophers may say to the contrary, he speedily makes himself “at home” anywhere!
“Hallo, Bryan!” shouted Stanley from the canoe, “look sharp; we’re waiting for you!”
“Ay, ay, yer honour,” replied the Irishman, lifting a huge mass of rock; “jist wan85 more, an’ it’ll be stiff an’ stidy as the north pole himself.” Then in an undertone he added, “‘Look sharp,’ is it ye say? It’s blunt ye are to spake that way to yer betters. Musha! but it’s mysilf wouldn’t give a tinpinny for all that bag houlds, twinty times doubled; an’ yit thim haythens, thim pork-faced Huskimos, ’ll dance round this here pole wi’ delight till they’re fit to dhrop. Och! but salvages86 is a quare lot; an’, Bryan, yer a cliver boy to come this far all the way to see thim.”
With this self-complimentary conclusion, Bryan resumed his place at the paddle, and the party returned to the camp.
Here they found things in a most satisfactory state. Frank and his party had returned, and the deer, now cut up into joints87 and steaks, was impaled88 on a number of stakes of wood, and stuck up to roast round a large and cheering fire. The savoury steam from these, with the refreshing89 odour of the tea-kettle, produced a delectable90 sensation in the nostrils91 of the hungry explorers. Stanley’s tent was erected92 with its back towards the mountains and its open door towards the fire, which lighted up its snug94 interior, and revealed Mrs Stanley and Edith immersed in culinary operations, and Chimo watching them with a look of deep, grave sagacity—his ears very erect93, and his head a good deal inclined to one side, as if that position favoured the peculiar95 train of his cogitations. La Roche was performing feats96 of agility97 round the fire, that led one to believe he must be at least half a salamander. At a respectful distance from Stanley’s tent, but within the influence of the fire, the men were employed in pitching, for the first time, the large skin tent which was to be their residence until they should build a house for themselves; and on a log, within dangerous proximity98 to the mercurial99 La Roche, sat Frank Morton, busily employed in entering in his journal the various events of the day.
There was much talk and loud laughter round the fire that night, for the different parties had much to tell and much to hear regarding the discoveries that had been made, and discussions as to the prospects of the expedition were earnest and long. It was generally admitted that first appearances were, upon the whole, favourable100, although it could not be denied that the place looked dreadfully barren and rugged. Under the happy influence of this impression, and the happier influence of the savoury steaks on which they had supped, the entire party lay down to rest, and slept so profoundly that there was neither sound nor motion to indicate the presence of human beings in the vast solitudes of Ungava, save the fitful flame of the fire as it rose and fell, casting a lurid101 light on the base of the rugged mountains, and a sharp reflection on the dark waters.
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