"So I fill de glass an' I raise it high
An' drink to de Voyageur."

THE VOYAGEUR

AND OTHER POEMS

By William Henry Drummond, M.D.

Author of "The Habitant," "Johnnie Courteau," etc.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
Frederick Simpson Coburn

SIXTEENTH THOUSAND

New York and London
G. P. Putnam's Sons
The Knickerbocker Press

COPYRIGHT, 1905
BY
WILLIAM HENRY DRUMMOND

Fourteenth Printing

TO
WILLIAM HENRY PARKER
LAC LA PÊCHE

Philosopher of many parts,
Beloved of all true honest hearts,
A man who laughs at every ill,
Because "there's corn in Egypt still."

CONTENTS

THE VOYAGEUR
BRUNO THE HUNTER
PRIDE
DIEUDONNÉ (GOD-GIVEN)
THE DEVIL
THE FAMILY LARAMIE
YANKEE FAMILIES
THE LAST PORTAGE
GETTING ON
PIONEERS
NATURAL PHILOSOPHY
CHAMPLAIN
PRO PATRIA
GETTING STOUT
DOCTOR HILAIRE
BARBOTTE (BULL-POUT)
THE ROSSIGNOL
MEB-BE
SNUBBING (TYING-UP) THE RAFT
A RAINY DAY IN CAMP
JOSETTE
JOE BOUCHER
CHARMETTE
LAC SOUCI
POIRIER'S ROOSTER
DOMINIQUE
HOME
CANADIAN FOREVER
TWINS
KEEP OUT OF THE WEEDS
THE HOLY ISLAND
THE RIVIÈRE DES PRAIRIES
THE WIND THAT LIFTS THE FOG
THE FOX HUNT

ILLUSTRATIONS

THE VOYAGEUR . . . . . . . . . . Frontispiece

"So I fill de glass an' I raise it high
An' drink to de Voyageur."