Tarwicadia pulled up the instant he had passed.

Not so our Canadian.

Such a clumsy and colossal frame was not to be checked in a moment.

The crowd of Indians opened up to let him pass, but unfortunately a small tent that stood in the way was not so obliging.

Into it he went, head foremost, like a shell, carried away the corner post with his shoulder, and brought the whole affair down about his own ears and those of its inmates, among whom were several children and two or three dogs.