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You know that I sent for the poison to kill the ago. wolves that were killing the foals your foals as well as mine." Then, perceiving the entry into the hall of the
man who had
taken the poison,
ging him forward, ble
who
thief
this
"Here
said:
I is
seized him, and, drag-
the cause of your trou-
the white man's provisions
steals
such a hungry thief that he will eat what
is
meant
to kill
wolves."
This diversion and attack saved the situation,
for
the poor wretch technically had committed two offences
condemned by
sentiment
tribal
he had robbed from
a
man and
he had robbed what was akin to a "trap," and, moreover, he had stirred others against me, who had
white
saved his
own
life
lately by. the
skill,
cess.
was not pleased with
I
though
I
exercise of wonderful
had burned
medical
his gullet in the pro-
my own argument,
but
it
served the purpose."
While Tod, however, had charge of the fort, on May 15th, 18/16, A. C. Anderson, who then had charge of Fort Alexandria, the most southerly post on the Fraser except Fort Langley, set out with five the
purpose,
to
coast.
He
would
result in
survey
a
new
route
men of
detailed for
travel
to
the
had realised that the negotiations then pending between the governments of Great Britain and the United States with respect to the international boundary, on British
which
had
soil
for
new
a
to
take
some
distributing point being selected
the
time
place
of
proved
Fort Vancouver, unsatisfactory
on
account of the anomalous position in which the company found themselves by reason of the dual occupancy of the territory in dispute;. a
way
of reaching
it
Should such a new post be created, from Alexandria would be a neces-