CHAPTER NEW
A
HE
unrest
Bay
Co.,
V.
OUTLET.
naturally
by the Hudson's
felt
on account of the doubtful result
of the diplomatic
discussions respecting the
international boundary caused the transfer of a
number
tricts
of horses,
and also cattle from
south of the 49th parallel to the
dis-
Kam-
loops station, where bunch grass pasture was plentiful.
Some
of these
came from Tod's old amused
farming station on the Cowlitz, and he
himself with the pretence that they recognized
Two hundred brood mares
him.
ded
and
in
were inclu-
the great band thus sent to Kamloops,
in the spring, foals
began
to appear.
Unfortunately, also, there soon appeared an addition to the
bands of wolves
in the locality, as if
these beasts
of prey had been following the progress of the diplomatic
negotiations. of
strychnine,
away, for
a
Vigilance was useless, but having heard sent to Walla Walla, 300 miles
Mr Tod
supply of
it.
The
sequel
is
best told by the
trader himself "It
happened that about
this
time
I
out in different places squaring logs to
had three parties
make new
build-