Percival. This knowledge of the
Indian feeling, however, they kept to themselves.

Toward the close of the summer they had an arrival of letters and
newspapers, both from England and Montreal. There was nothing peculiarly
interesting in the intelligence from England, although the newspapers
were, as usual, read with great avidity. One paragraph met the eye of
Henry, which he immediately communicated, observing at the time that
they always obtained news of Mr. Douglas Campbell on every fresh
arrival. The paragraph was as follows:--"The Oxley hounds had a splendid
run on Friday last;" after describing the country they passed through,
the paragraph ended with, "We regret to say that Mr. Douglas Campbell,
of Wexton Hall, received a heavy fall from his horse, in clearing a wide
brook. He is, however, we understand, doing well." The letters from
Montreal, were, however, important. They communicated the immediate
departure from that city of four families of emigrants, who had accepted
the terms offered by Mr. Emmerson, and were coming to settle upon Mr.
Campbell's property. They also stated that the purchase of the other six
hundred acres of contiguous land had been completed, and sent government
receipts for the purchase-money.

The news contained in this letter induced Mr. Campbell to send a message
to the commandant of the fort, by Captain Sinclair, acquainting him with
the expected arrival of the emigrant families, and requesting to know
whether he would allow a party of soldiers to assist in raising the
cottages necessary for their reception, and begging the loan of two or
three tents to accommodate them upon their arrival, until their cottages
should be built. The reply of the commandant was favorable, and now all
was bustle and activity, that, if possible, the buildings might be in
forwardness previous to harvest time, when they would all have ample
occupation. Indeed, as the hay harvest was just coming on, without
assistance from the fort they never could have got through the work
previous to the winter setting in, and it would have been very
inconvenient to have had to receive any of the emigrants into their own
house.

The sites of the four cottages, or log huts, were soon selected; they
were each of them nearly half a mile from Mr. Campbell's house, and
while some of the party, assisted by a portion of the soldiers, were
getting in the hay, the others, with another portion, were cutting down
the trees, and buildi