BY DILLON WALLACE
AUTHOR OF
“THE LURE OF THE LABRADOR WILD,”
“THE LONG LABRADOR TRAIL,”
“BEYOND THE MEXICAN SIERRAS,” ETC

ILLUSTRATED BY
HENRY S. WATSON

CHICAGO
A. C. McCLURG & CO.
1936

Copyright A. C. McClurg & Co.
1913
Copyrighted in Great Britain


CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
[I]Getting Acquainted1
[II]The First Bear23
[III]A Husky Camp34
[IV]The Wilderness Primeval49
[V]Wrecked64
[VI]The Castaways Abandoned86
[VII]Adrift on an Ice Pan95
[VIII]Facing Starvation111
[IX]The Waters Clear124
[X]A Narrow Escape140
[XI]A Death Struggle151
[XII]Factor MacTavish of Fort Reliance163
[XIII]Winter Shelter and Hard Work184
[XIV]A Lonely Christmas194
[XV]The Trapper from Indian Lake209
[XVI]Released from Bondage219
[XVII]The Snowshoe Journey to Indian Lake231
[XVIII]Stalked by Wolves252
[XIX]On the Fur Trails270
[XX]Winnipeg at Last285
[XXI]Bad News and Good295
[XXII]How Paul and Dan Made Good306

ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE
[He waited, his axe grasped in both hands]Frontispiece
[“Keep un nerve,” soothed Dan]84
[Dan struck up a tune]116
[Fired several more shots after the retreating birds]136
[He could feel its sharp claws tearing his flesh]162
[The Eskimos were watching them curiously from the beach]174
[“You’re a big coward”]180
[The boys were startled. They had heard no one approach]208
[The three put their heads together]286