The little hamlet in a sheltered cove where fertile meadows were spread out, was surrounded by fields waving with the harvest.

From the deck of the ship the scene presented was one of peace, prosperity and happiness.

The smoke ascended gracefully from the wigwam fires, children were sporting upon the beach, and birch canoes, almost as light as bubbles, were being rapidly paddled over the glassy waves.
[Illustration] The good old chief took the English captain ashore and led him into his palace.

It was a very humble edifice, constructed of bark so carefully overlapped as effectually to exclude both wind and rain.

It was from thirty to forty feet long and eighteen feet wide.