W. F. Butler.
London,
September 21st, 1873.
CONTENTS.
| CHAPTER I. | |
| PAGE | |
| The Situation at Home—The West again—A Land of Silence | [1] |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| Powder versus Primroses—The American Lounger—“Home, sweet Home” | [8] |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| Fort Garry under new aspects—Social Societies—An old Friend—Pony “the perverse” | [12] |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| The Wilderness—A Sunset Scene—A white Savage—Cerf-Vola the Untiring—Doggerel for a Dog—The Hill of the Wolverine—The Indian Paradise—I plan a Surprise—Biscuits and Water | [21] |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| The Forks of the Saskatchewan—A perverse Parallel—Diplomatic Bungling—Its Results | [36] |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| Our Winter Home—A Welcome—I start again—The Hunter’s Camp—In quest of Buffalo on the Plains—“Lodge-poling” leads to Love | [43] |
| CHAPTER VII. | |
| An Ocean of Grass—The Red Man—Whence comes he?—The Buffalo—Puritans and Pioneers—The Red Man’s Friend | [49] |
| CHAPTER VIII. | |
| Buffalo Hunts—A Picture once seen long remembered—L’Homme capable—A wonderful Lake—The lost Indian—An Apparition—We return Home | [57] |
| CHAPTER IX. | |
| Strange Visitors—At-tistighat the Philosopher—Indian Converts—A Domestic Scene—The Winter Packet—Adam and his Dogs | [70] |
| CHAPTER X. | |
| A tale of Warfare—Dog-sleds—A Missing Link—The North Sea—“Winterers”—Samuel Hearne | [83] |
| CHAPTER XI. | |
| A Dog of no Character—The Green Lake—Lac Ile à la Crosse—A Cold Day—Fort Ile à la Crosse—A long-lost Brother—Lost upon the Lake—Unwelcome Neighbours—Mr. Roderick Macfarlane—“A beautiful Morning”—Marble Features | [95] |
| CHAPTER XII. | |
| The Clearwater—A bygone Ocean—A Land of Lakes—The Athabasca River—Who is he?—Chipewyan Indians—Echo—Major succumbs at last—Mal de Raquette | [118] |
| CHAPTER XIII. | |
| Lake Athabasca—Northern Lights—Chipewyan—The real Workers of the World | [137] |
| CHAPTER XIV. | |
| A Hudson’s Bay Fort—It comes at last—News from the outside World—Tame and wild Savages—Lac Clair—A treacherous Deed—Harper | [143] |
| CHAPTER XV. | |
| The Peace River—Volcanos—M. Jean Batiste St. Cyr—Half a Loaf is better than no Bread—An oasis in the Desert—Tecumseh and Black Hawk | [158] |
| CHAPTER XVI. | |
| The Buffalo Hills—A fatal Quarrel—The exiled Beavers—“At-tal-loo” deplores his Wives—A Cree Interior—An attractive Camp—I camp alone—Cerf-vola without a Supper—The Recreants return—Dunvegan—A Wolf-hunt | [171] |
| CHAPTER XVII. | |
| Alexander Mackenzie—The first Sign of Spring—Spanker the Suspicious—Cerf-vola contemplates Cutlets—An Indian Hunter—“Encumbrances”—Furs and Finery—A “Dead Fall”—The Fur Trade at both Ends—An old Fort—A Night Attack—Wife-lifting—Cerf-vola in Difficulties and Boots—The Rocky Mountains at last | [191] |
| CHAPTER XVIII. | |
| The wild Animals of the Peace River—Indian Method of hunting the Moose—Twa-poos—The Beaver—The Bear—Bear’s Butter—A Bear’s Hug and how it ended—Fort St. John—The River awakes—A Rose without a Thorn—Nigger Dan—A threatening Letter—I issue a Judicial Memorandum—Its Effect is all that could be desired—Working up the Peace River | [206] |
| CHAPTER XIX. | |
| Start from St. John’s—Crossing the Ice—Batiste le Fleur—Chimeroo—The last Wood-buffalo—A dangerous Weapon—Our Raft collapses—Across the Half-way River | [225] |
| CHAPTER XX. | |
| Hudson’s Hope—A Lover of Literature—Crossing the Peace—An unskilful Pilot—We are upset—Our Rescue—A strange Variety of Arms—The Buffalo’s Head—A glorious View | [236] |
| CHAPTER XXI. | |
| Jacques, the French Miner—A fearful Abyss—The Great Cañon of the Peace River—We are off on our Western Way—Unfortunate Indians—A burnt Baby—“The Moose that walks” | [247] |
| CHAPTER XXII. | |
| Still Westward—The Dangers of the Ice—We enter the main Range—In the Mountains—A Grizzly—The Death of the Moose—Peace River Pass—Pete Toy—The Ominica—“Travellers” at Home | [263] |
| CHAPTER XXIII. | |
| The Black Cañon—An ugly Prospect—The vanished Boat—We struggle on—A forlorn Hope—We fail again—An unhoped-for Meeting and a Feast of Joy—The Black Cañon conquered | [279] |
| CHAPTER XXIV. | |
| The Untiring over-estimates his Powers—He is not particular as to the Nature of his Dinner—Toil and Temper—Farewell to the Ominica—Germansen—The Mining Camp—Celebrities | [294] |
| CHAPTER XXV. | |
| Mr. Rufus Sylvester—The Untiring developes a new Sphere of Usefulness—Mansen—A last Landmark | [304] |
| CHAPTER XXVI. | |
| British Columbia—Boundaries again—Juan de Fuça—Carver—The Shining Mountains—Jacob Astor—The Monarch of Salmon—Oregon—“Riding and Tying”—Nation Lake—The Pacific | [310] |
| CHAPTER XXVII. | |
| The Look-out Mountain—A gigantic Tree—The Untiring retires before superior Numbers—Fort St. James—A strange Sight in the Forest—Lake Noola—Quesnelle—Cerf-vola in civilized Life—Old Dog, good-bye! | [327] |
| Postscript | [343] |
| Appendix | [349] |
ILLUSTRATIONS.
| Dog-Train for the North | [Frontispiece] |
| PAGE | |
| Cerf-Vola, the Esquimaux Dog | [16] |
| View from the Spathanaw Watchi | [31] |
| “Our Hut at the Forks of the Saskatchewan” | [43] |
| Sunset Scene, with Buffalo | [57] |
| Tent in the Great Prairie | [69] |
| The Valley of the Peace River | [158] |
| Alone in the Wilderness | [181] |
| Night into Day | [187] |
| The Wolf-Chase | [189] |
| Clinging to the Canoe | [239] |
| Mount Garnet Wolseley and the Peace River | [266] |
| Cutting up the Moose | [271] |
| Running stern foremost the Black Cañon | [283] |
| “The Look-out Mountain” | [327] |