were slightly parted. With that wild abandon which betrayed

Our camp on the Columbia, near Fort Vancouver, was beautifully

situated on a grassy sward close to the great river; and--as little

duty was required of us after so long a journey, amusement of one

kind or another, and an interchange of visits with the officers at

the post, filled in the time acceptably. We had in camp an old

mountaineer guide who had accompanied us on the recent march, and who

had received the sobriquet of "Old Red," on account of the shocky and

tangled mass of red hair and beard, which covered his head and face