Unable to endure the continued ill treatment of her husband, a surly, intemperate Canadian, she had left him, and returned to her own family among the Pottowattamies.

Years after, this boy and a brother who had also been left behind with their father found their way to the Upper Missouri, to join their mother, who, with the others of her tribe, had been removed by the Government from the shores of Lake Michigan.
A most savory supper of ducks and venison, with their accompaniments, soon smoked upon the board, and we did ample justice to it.

Travelling is a great sharpener of the appetite, and so is cheerfulness; and the latter was increased by the encouraging account Mr.Dixon gave us of the remainder of the route yet before us.
"There is no difficulty," said he, "if you keep a little to the north, and strike the great _Sauk trail_.

If you get too far to the south, you will come upon the Winnebago Swamp, and, once in that, there is no telling when you will ever get out again.

As for the distance, it is nothing at all to speak of.