An Excerpt from "Partners"
The First Two in the Cypress Hills Some of the varied landscape in the Cypress Hills of Southern Saskatchewan Partners By D. M. McGowan Copy write © 2001 1 He wasn't sure, but he believed it had been two months. It had been June first when he left Pembina in Dakota Territory and a week later he had been struck down by a fever. He laid in his tent for either two or three days, but he thought it was two. If it had been indeed two days, then it was June 29, 1866 , two months to the day since he had rode away from his land, his home, and his life near Kingston . While swinging around in the saddle to check the loads on the two pack horses he thought of that other life. Not only had he ridden away from a hundred acres of farm land which he owned free and clear, but he had also left a steady and rewardi...