Chapter XIV

Tête Jaune Cache--Nature of the Country--Wonderful View--
West of the Rocky Mountains--Rocky Mountains still--The
“Poire,” or Service Berry--The Shushwaps of The Cache--
The Three Miners--Gain but little Information about the
Road--The Iroquois return to Jasper House--Loss of Mr.
O’B.’s Horse--Leave The Cache--The Watersheds--Canoe
River--Perilous Adventure with a Raft--Milton and the
Woman--Extraordinary Behaviour of Mr. O’B.--The Rescue--
The Watershed of the Thompson--Changes by Beaver--Mount
Milton--Enormous Timber--Cross the River--Fork of the
North Thompson--A Dilemma--No Road to be Found--Cross
the North-west Branch--Mr. O’B.’s Presentiment of Evil--
Lose the Trail again--Which Way shall we Turn?--Resolve
to try and reach Kamloops--A Natural Bridge--We become
Beasts of Burden--Mr. O’B. objects, but is overruled by
The Assiniboine--“A Hard Road to Travel”--Miseries of
driving Pack-horses--An Unwelcome Discovery--The Trail
Ends--Lost in the Forest--Our Disheartening Condition--
Council of War--Explorations of The Assiniboine, and his
Report--A Feast on Bear’s Meat--How we had a Smoke, and
were encouraged by The Assiniboine 264