The use of that word is one of the reasons that leads me to conclude that it was not written by any of our people of the Bay.

I am quite sure none of them knows what the word means, and like you I doubt if any of them ever heard it.

There seems no doubt, indeed, that strangers to these parts wrote it, and as there are no other strangers in the Bay than the lumbermen, we are safe in concluding that the cairn was built and the note written by someone from the lumber camp at Grampus River." "'Swag' is a wonderful strange soundin' word, now," said David.

"I never hears un before." "I'm thinkin' I knows what 'tis they hid now!" exclaimed Andy suddenly.

"'Tis _Lem Horn's silver_! 'Tis the men hid un that shot Lem and stole the silver! 'Tweren't Indian Jake shot Lem at all! 'Twere men from the lumber camp! What they calls 'swag' is Lem's silver!" "That's what 'tis, now! 'Tis sure Lem Horn's silver!" David exploded excitedly.