Saddle, Sled and Snowshoe: Pioneering on the Saskatchewan in the Sixties

PIONEERING ON THE SASKATCHEWAN IN THE SIXTIES.
JOHN McDOUGALL,
Author of Forest, Lake and Prairie: Twenty Years of Frontier Life in Western Canada, etc.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY J. E. LAUGHLIN.
TORONTO: WILLIAM BRIGGS, WESLEY BUILDINGS. MONTREAL: C. W. COATES. HALIFAX: S. F. HUESTIS. 1896.
Entered according to Act of the Parliament of Canada, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, by WILLIAM BRIGGS, at the Department of Agriculture.
CONTENTS.
Old Fort Edmonton—Early missionaries—Down the Saskatchewan by dog-train—Camp-fire experiences—Arrival at home—Daily occupations
A foraging expedition—Our hungry camp—A welcome feast—Dogs, sleds and buffalo bull in a tangle—In a Wood Cree encampment—Chief Child, Maskepetoon and Ka-kake—Indian hospitality—Incidents of the return trip
Scarcity of food—The winter packet—Start for Edmonton for the eastern mails—A lonely journey—Arrive at Fort Edmonton—Start for home—Camping in a storm—Improvising a Berlin —Old Draffan—Sleeping on a dog-sled en route—A hearty welcome home