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AT THE RED RIVER. 1;

An old Indian, who often works about the house,
living on the opposite side, begged permission to
tent on the ground, having moved to no purpose
from knoll to knoll across.

lazy 6~—.~The rain has cleared the air. Another
Indian family take refuge near us. Four tents,
with the cattle and little property around, now on
the ground. A stirring scene to behold the cattle
brought from the opposite side. A heat came to
take away Mrs. Mills and her young ladies : a few
also went from my own school 2 the relief was great
to find but ten pupils remaining. Busy piling
cordwood: the men occupied stacking some on»
thrashed wheat on the roof of one of the out-
buildings. The eheerfulness of the children seems
only to increase with the bustle: my youngest little
boy on the top of the wheat stack, full of joy, and
Without thought for the future, imagined that we
were only breaking up for the holidays. The work
of dismantling proceeds in the house: all the ser-
vants most willing and active.

The chief features of a meteorological character
which we noticed were, a halo or large circle round
the sun, and the fleecy, feathery clouds commonly
called, I believe, by sailors, mares’ tails: these were
observed for about a fortnight. The chief sounds
were the creaking of the frogs and the piling of the

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