ChapterPage
I.[Victoria, V. I.]11
II.[How Jack and Hugh Came to British Columbia]22
III.[A Mysterious Water Monster]31
IV.[The Cobbler Naturalist of Burrard Inlet]40
V.[An Unexpected Bear]53
VI.[Of Indians in Armor]68
VII.[Seammux in Danger]78
VIII.[The Coast Indians and their Ways]91
IX.[Preparation for the Voyage]103
X.[The Start]111
XI.[Food from the Sea]124
XII.[The Island Deer]135
XIII.[An Adventure of the Cassiar]147
XIV.[Bute Inlet]158
XV.[The Work that Glaciers Do]172
XVI.[A Mother's Courage]189
XVII.[Jack Meets a Seal Pirate]209
XVIII.[Millions of Salmon]228
XIX.[Fishing with a Siwash]236
XX.[Off for a Hunt in the Mountains]251
XXI.[Last Days in British Columbia]264
XXII.[The Homeward Road]277

[ILLUSTRATIONS]

[As the deer bounded up the bank, Jack fired]
Frontispiece
[Jack fired at the white spot on the beast's breast]Facing page 58
[Seammux also rolled after the goat, and he, too, disappeared]" " 82
[Here they wear white men's clothes, including shoes and hats]" " 92
["Close to some of the houses stand tall carved poles, called totem poles"]" " 98
[When they saw the canoe they all stopped and began to stare at it]" " 190
[Drove her short horns deep into his side]" " 204
[An Indian salmon weir]" " 234

[Jack the Young Canoeman]

[CHAPTER I]
VICTORIA, V. I.

"Say, Hugh, what is that Indian doing in that canoe? I thought at first that he was paddling, but he doesn't seem to move, and that doesn't look like a paddle that he has in his hand."

"To tell you the truth, son, I don't know what he is doing. This business here on the salt water puzzles me, and everything is strange and queer. This ain't like the prairie, nor these ain't like any mountains that I've ever seen. I am beginning at the bottom and have got to learn everything. But about that Indian in the canoe, you can see that the boat doesn't move; and you can see, too, if you look sharp, that he's anchored. Don't you see that taut line reaching down into the water?"

"That's so," said Jack; "he surely is anchored, but he works his arms just as if he were paddling. I am going to ask this man over here."