he dog-cariole, but to Angus it was new--at least in
experience.

"It iss like as if she was goin' to pathe," he remarked, with a grim
smile, on stepping into the machine and sitting down, or rather
reclining luxuriously among the buffalo robes.

The dogs attempted to run away with him, and succeeded for a hundred
yards or so. Then they got off the track, and discovered that Angus was
heavy. Then they stopped, put out their tongues, and looked humbly back
for the driver to beat the track for them.

A stout young half-breed was the driver. He came up and led the way
until they reached the open plains, where a recent gale had swept away
the soft snow, and left a long stretch that was hard enough for the dogs
to walk on without sinking. The team was fresh and lively.

"She'd petter hold on to the tail," suggested Angus.

The driver assented. He had already left the front, and allowed the
cariole to pass him, in order to lay hold of the tail-line and check the
pace, but the dogs were too sharp for him. They bolted again, ran more
than a mile, overturned the cariole, and threw its occupant on the snow,
after which they were brought up suddenly by a bush.

On the way the travellers passed several others of the wealthy settlers
who were going personally to the rescue. Sympathy for the plain-hunters
was universal. Every one lent a willing hand. The result was that the
lives of hundreds were saved, though many were lost. Their sufferings
were so great that some died on their road to the colony, after being
relieved at Pembina. Those found alive had devoured their horses, dogs,
raw hides, leather, and their very moccasins. Mr Ravenshaw and his
neighbour passed many corpses on the way, two of which were scarcely
cold. They also passed at various places above forty sufferers in seven
or eight parties, who were crawling along with great difficulty. To
these they distributed the provisions they had brought with them. At
last the hunters were all rescued and conveyed to the settlement--one
man, with his wife and three children, having been dug out of the snow,
where they had been buried for five days and nights. The woman and
children recovered, but the man died.

Soon after this sad event the winter began to exhibit unwonted signs of
severity. It had begun earlier, and continued later than usual. The
snow averaged three feet deep in the plains and four feet in the woods,
and the cold was intense, being freque