CHAPTER XXVI.

LORD SELKIRK TO THE RESCUE.

The Earl in Montreal--Alarming news--Engages a body of Swiss--The De Meurons--Embark for the North-West--Kawtawabetay's story--Hears of Seven Oaks--Lake Superior--Lord Selkirk--A doughty Douglas--Seizes Fort William--Canoes upset and Nor'-Westers drowned--"A banditti"--The Earl's blunder--A winter march--Fort Douglas recaptured--His Lordship soothes the settlers--An Indian treaty--"The Silver Chief"--The Earl's note-book 238