The Arctic Prairies - A Canoe-Journey of 2000 Miles in Search of the Caribou
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The Arctic Prairies - A Canoe-Journey of 2000 Miles in Search of the Caribou

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The Arctic Prairies - A Canoe-Journey of 2000 Miles in Search of the Caribou

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This antiquarian book contains an account of a 2000 mile canoe journey in the artic prairies - in search of Caribou. An interesting and authentic chronicle of an adventurous arctic excursion, "The Arctic Prairies - A Canoe Journey" constitutes a must-read for fans of hunting literature. Contents include: "Departure for the North", "Down the Noisy River with Voyageurs", "Human Nature on the River", "The Mounted Police", "A Conference with the Chiefs", "Out with Sousi Beaulieu", "The Buffalo Hunt", "Thomas Anderson", "Mosquitoes", etcetera. Many vintage texts such as this, are increasingly hard to come by and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this book now in an affordable, modern, high quality edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.

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Table of contents

  1. The Arctic Prairies - A Canoe-Journey of 2000 Miles in Search of the Caribou
  2. Ernest Thompson Seton
  3. PREFACE
  4. CHAPTER I. DEPARTURE FOR THE NORTH
  5. CHAPTER II. DOWN THE NOISY RIVER WITH THE VOYAGEURS
  6. CHAPTER III. HUMAN NATURE ON THE RIVER
  7. CHAPTER IV. DOWN THE SILENT RIVER WITH THE MOUNTED POLICE
  8. CHAPTER V. A CONFERENCE WITH THE CHIEFS
  9. CHAPTER VI. OUT WITH SOUSI BEAULIEU
  10. CHAPTER VII. THE BUFFALO HUNT
  11. CHAPTER VIII. THOMAS ANDERSON
  12. CHAPTER IX. MOSQUITOES
  13. CHAPTER X. A BAD CASE
  14. CHAPTER XI. THE SECOND BUFFALO HUNT
  15. CHAPTER XII. BEZKYA AND THE PILLS
  16. CHAPTER XIII. FORT SMITH AND THE SOCIAL QUEEN
  17. CHAPTER XIV. RABBITS AND LYNXES IN THE NORTH-WEST
  18. CHAPTER XV. EBB AND FLOW OF ANIMAL LIFE
  19. CHAPTER XVI. THE PELICAN TRIP
  20. CHAPTER XVII. THE THIRD BUFFALO HUNT
  21. CHAPTER XVIII. DOWN TO FUNDAMENTALS
  22. CHAPTER XIX. WHITE MAN AND RED. MEAT, BUT NOTHING MORE
  23. CHAPTER XX. ON THE NYARLING
  24. CHAPTER XXI. FORT RESOLUTION AND ITS FOLK
  25. CHAPTER XXII. THE CHIPEWYANS, THEIR SPEECH AND WRITING
  26. CHAPTER XXIII. THE DOGS OF FORT RESOLUTION
  27. CHAPTER XXIV. THE VOYAGE ACROSS THE LAKE
  28. CHAPTER XXV. CROSSING THE LAKE—ITS NATURAL HISTORY
  29. CHAPTER XXVI. THE LYNX AT BAY
  30. CHAPTER XXVII. THE LAST OF THAT INDIAN CREW
  31. CHAPTER XXVIII. GEOLOGICAL FORCES AT WORK
  32. CHAPTER XXIX. PIKE’S PORTAGE
  33. CHAPTER XXX. CARIBOU-LAND AT LAST
  34. CHAPTER XXXI. GOOD-BYE TO THE WOODS
  35. CHAPTER XXXII. THE TREELESS PLAINS
  36. CHAPTER XXXIII. THE UNKNOWN
  37. CHAPTER XXXIV. AYLMER LAKE
  38. CHAPTER XXXV. THE MUSK-OX
  39. CHAPTER XXXVI. THE ARCTIC PRAIRIES AND MY FARTHEST NORTH
  40. CHAPTER XXXVII. FACING HOMEWARD
  41. CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE FIRST WOODS
  42. CHAPTER XXXIX. FAREWELL TO THE CARIBOU
  43. CHAPTER XL. OLD FORT RELIANCE TO FORT RESOLUTION
  44. CHAPTER XLI. GOING UP THE LOWER SLAVE
  45. CHAPTER XLII. FORT SMITH AND THE TUG
  46. CHAPTER XLIII. FORT McKAY AND JIAROBIA
  47. CHAPTER XLIV. THE RIVER
  48. CHAPTER XLV. THE RIVER SHOWS ITS TEETH
  49. CHAPTER XLVI. BRIGHT AGAIN
  50. CHAPTER XLVII. WHEN NATURE SMILED
  51. CHAPTER XLVIII. THE END