ILLUSTRATIONS[ Stealing from the Fort by Night . . . . . . _Frontispiece_ ][ Map of the Great Fur Country ][ Three Rivers in 1757 ][ Map of the Iroquois Country in the Days of Radisson ][ Albany from an Old Print ][ The Battery, New York, in Radisson's Time ][ Fort Amsterdam, from an ancient engraving executed in Holland ][ One of the Earliest Maps of the Great Lakes ][ Paddling past Hostiles ][ Jogues, the Jesuit Missionary, who was tortured by the Mohawks ][ Château de Ramezay, Montreal ][ A Cree Brave, with the Wampum String ][ An Old-time Buffalo Hunt on the Plains among the Sioux ][ Father Marquette, from an old painting discovered in Montreal ][ Voyageurs running the Rapids of the Ottawa River ][ Montreal in 1760 ][ Château St. Louis, Quebec, 1669 ][ A Parley on the Plains ][ Martello Tower of Refuge in Time of Indian Wars--Three Rivers ][ Skin for Skin, Coat of Arms and Motto, Hudson's Bay Company ][ Hudson's Bay Company Coins, made of Lead melted from Tea-chests at York Factory ][ Hudson Bay Dog Trains laden with Furs arriving at Lower Fort Garry, Red River ][ Indians and Hunters spurring to the Fight ][ Fights at the Foothills of the Rockies, between Crows and Snakes ][ Each Man landed with Pack on his Back and trotted away over Portages ][ A Cree Indian of the Minnesota Borderlands ][ A Group of Cree Indians ][ The Soldiers marched out from Mount Royal for the Western Sea ][ Traders' Boats running the Rapids of the Athabasca River ][ The Ragged Sky-line of the Mountains ][ Hungry Hall, 1870 ][ A Monarch of the Plains ][ Fur Traders towed down the Saskatchewan in the Summer of 1900 ][ Tepees dotted the Valley ][ An Eskimo Belle ][ Samuel Hearne ][ Eskimo using Double-bladed Paddle ][ Eskimo Family, taken by Light of Midnight Sun ][ Fort Garry, Winnipeg, a Century Ago ][ Plan of Fort Prince of Wales, from Robson's drawing, 1733-1747 ][ Fort Prince of Wales ][ Beaver Coin of the Hudson's Bay Company ][ Alexander Mackenzie ][ Eskimo trading his Pipe, carved from Walrus Tusk, for the Value of Three Beaver Skins ][ Quill and Beadwork on Buckskin ][ Fort William, Headquarters Northwest Company, Lake Superior ][ Running a Rapid on Mackenzie River ][ Slave Lake Indians ][ Good Hope, Mackenzie River, Hudson's Bay Company Fort ][ The Mouth of the Mackenzie by the Light of the Midnight Sun ][ Captain Meriwether Lewis ][ Captain William Clark ][ Tracking up Stream ][ Typical Mountain Trapper ][ The Discovery of the Great Falls ][ Fighting a Grizzly ][ Packer carrying Goods across Portage ][ Spying on Enemy's Fort ][ Indian Camp at Foothills of Rockies ][ On Guard ][ Indians of the Up-country or Pays d'en Haut ]