It is a great stormy and dangerous lake--Lake Winnipeg.

But for boats to creep along its shore with the liberty of landing on its sloping banks in case of need it is safe enough.

The season was well past, and haste was needed, but in due time the mouth of the river--the delta of Red River--was reached.

Now they were within forty or forty-five miles of their destination.

At this time the banks of the Red River were well wooded, though there was open grassy plains lying behind these belts of forest.