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The Arctic Prairies - A Canoe-Journey of 2000 Miles in Search of the Caribou
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eBook - ePub
The Arctic Prairies - A Canoe-Journey of 2000 Miles in Search of the Caribou
About this book
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
- The Arctic Prairies - A Canoe-Journey of 2000 Miles in Search of the Caribou
- Ernest Thompson Seton
- PREFACE
- CHAPTER I. DEPARTURE FOR THE NORTH
- CHAPTER II. DOWN THE NOISY RIVER WITH THE VOYAGEURS
- CHAPTER III. HUMAN NATURE ON THE RIVER
- CHAPTER IV. DOWN THE SILENT RIVER WITH THE MOUNTED POLICE
- CHAPTER V. A CONFERENCE WITH THE CHIEFS
- CHAPTER VI. OUT WITH SOUSI BEAULIEU
- CHAPTER VII. THE BUFFALO HUNT
- CHAPTER VIII. THOMAS ANDERSON
- CHAPTER IX. MOSQUITOES
- CHAPTER X. A BAD CASE
- CHAPTER XI. THE SECOND BUFFALO HUNT
- CHAPTER XII. BEZKYA AND THE PILLS
- CHAPTER XIII. FORT SMITH AND THE SOCIAL QUEEN
- CHAPTER XIV. RABBITS AND LYNXES IN THE NORTH-WEST
- CHAPTER XV. EBB AND FLOW OF ANIMAL LIFE
- CHAPTER XVI. THE PELICAN TRIP
- CHAPTER XVII. THE THIRD BUFFALO HUNT
- CHAPTER XVIII. DOWN TO FUNDAMENTALS
- CHAPTER XIX. WHITE MAN AND RED. MEAT, BUT NOTHING MORE
- CHAPTER XX. ON THE NYARLING
- CHAPTER XXI. FORT RESOLUTION AND ITS FOLK
- CHAPTER XXII. THE CHIPEWYANS, THEIR SPEECH AND WRITING
- CHAPTER XXIII. THE DOGS OF FORT RESOLUTION
- CHAPTER XXIV. THE VOYAGE ACROSS THE LAKE
- CHAPTER XXV. CROSSING THE LAKE—ITS NATURAL HISTORY
- CHAPTER XXVI. THE LYNX AT BAY
- CHAPTER XXVII. THE LAST OF THAT INDIAN CREW
- CHAPTER XXVIII. GEOLOGICAL FORCES AT WORK
- CHAPTER XXIX. PIKE’S PORTAGE
- CHAPTER XXX. CARIBOU-LAND AT LAST
- CHAPTER XXXI. GOOD-BYE TO THE WOODS
- CHAPTER XXXII. THE TREELESS PLAINS
- CHAPTER XXXIII. THE UNKNOWN
- CHAPTER XXXIV. AYLMER LAKE
- CHAPTER XXXV. THE MUSK-OX
- CHAPTER XXXVI. THE ARCTIC PRAIRIES AND MY FARTHEST NORTH
- CHAPTER XXXVII. FACING HOMEWARD
- CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE FIRST WOODS
- CHAPTER XXXIX. FAREWELL TO THE CARIBOU
- CHAPTER XL. OLD FORT RELIANCE TO FORT RESOLUTION
- CHAPTER XLI. GOING UP THE LOWER SLAVE
- CHAPTER XLII. FORT SMITH AND THE TUG
- CHAPTER XLIII. FORT McKAY AND JIAROBIA
- CHAPTER XLIV. THE RIVER
- CHAPTER XLV. THE RIVER SHOWS ITS TEETH
- CHAPTER XLVI. BRIGHT AGAIN
- CHAPTER XLVII. WHEN NATURE SMILED
- CHAPTER XLVIII. THE END