Chapter 49
Wintry Storms.--A Halt and Council.--Cantonment for the Winter.--Fine Hunting Country.--Game of the Mountains and Plains.-Successful Hunting--Mr. Crooks and a Grizzly Bear.-- The Wigwam.--Bighorn and Black-Tails.--Beef and Venison.-- Good Quarters and Good Cheer.--An Alarm.--An Intrusion.-- Unwelcome Guests.-Desolation of the Larder.--Gormandizing Exploits of Hungry Savages.--Good Quarters Abandoned. THE travellers encamped for the night on the banks of the river below the cataract. The night was cold, with partial showers of rain and sleet. The morning dawned gloomily, the skies were sullen and overcast, and threatened further storms; but the little band resumed their journey, in defiance of the weather. The increasing rigor of the season, however, which makes itself felt early in these
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