But a suggestion of cannibalism surrounded the affair, for only the bones of his companions were found, and they were in the open chimney-place.

Nothing was done, however, and I myself saw the survivor many times in after years."] At dinner Mr.Wilson told us of a very curious circumstance the previous fall, at the Loon River, some eighty miles south of Vermilion--something, indeed, that very much resembled volcanic action.

Indians hunting there were surprised by a great shower of ashes all over the country, thick enough to track moose by, whilst others in canoes were bewildered in dense clouds of smoke.

Dr.Wade, a traveller who had just come in from Loon River, said he had discovered three orifices, or "wells," as he called them, out of which he thought the ashes might have been ejected.

As there were no forest fires to account for the phenomena, they were rather puzzling.
We had begun taking depositions almost as soon as we arrived, and had a very busy time, working late and early in order to get away by the first of August.