SAMUEL M. PALMER

NEW YORK
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS

1907
THIRD EDITION

To My Sisters
Annie and Jessie


CONTENTS

[I.]How Bob Got His "Trail"9
[II.]Off to the Bush26
[III.]An Adventure With a Bear37
[IV.]Swept Away in the Rapids50
[V.]The Trails are Reached56
[VI.]Alone in the Wilderness68
[VII.]A Streak of Good Luck76
[VIII.]Micmac John's Revenge87
[IX.]Lost in the Snow96
[X.]The Penalty108
[XI.]The Tragedy of the Trail115
[XII.]In the Hands of the Nascaupees129
[XIII.]A Foreboding of Evil140
[XIV.]The Shadow of Death153
[XV.]In the Wigwam of Sishetakushin171
[XVI.]One of the Tribe187
[XVII.]Still Farther North199
[XVIII.]A Mission of Trust206
[XIX.]At the Mercy of the Wind226
[XX.]Prisoners of the Sea240
[XXI.]Adrift on the Ice254
[XXII.]The Maid of the North269
[XXIII.]The Hand of Providence280
[XXIV.]The Escape290
[XXV.]The Break-Up304
[XXVI.]Back at Wolf Bight315
[XXVII.]The Cruise to St. John's333
[XXVIII.]In After Years341