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ON CANADA'S FRONTIER Sketches
OF HISTORY, SPORT, AND ADVENTURE AND OF THE INDIANS, MISSIONARIES FUR-TRADERS, AND NEWER SETTLERS OF WESTERN CANADA BY
JULIAN RALPH
ILLUSTRATED NEW YORK HARPER & BROTHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE 1892
Copyright, 1892, by Harper & Brothers. All rights reserved.
TO
THE PEOPLE OF CANADA
THIS BOOK IS GRATEFULLY DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR WHO, DURING MANY LONG JOURNEYS IN THE CANADIAN WEST WAS ALWAYS AND EVERYWHERE TREATED WITH AN EXTREME FRIENDLINESS TO WHICH HE HERE TESTIFIES BUT WHICH HE CANNOT EASILY RETURN IN EQUAL MEASURE
PREFACE CONTENTS ILLUSTRATIONS ON CANADA'S FRONTIER I
TITLED PIONEERS
DR. RUDOLPH MEYER'S PLACE ON THE PIPESTONE SETTLER'S SOD CABIN WHITEWOOD, A SETTLEMENT ON THE PRAIRIE INTERIOR OF SOD CABIN ON THE FRONTIER PRAIRIE SOD STABLE TRAINED OX TEAM
II
CHARTERING A NATION
INDIAN BOYS RUNNING A FOOT-RACE INDIAN MOTHER AND BOY OPENING OF THE SOLDIER CLAN DANCE SKETCH IN THE SOLDIER CLAN DANCE A FANTASY FROM THE PONY WAR-DANCE THROWING THE SNOW SNAKE
III
A FAMOUS MISSIONARY
FATHER LACOMBE HEADING THE INDIANS
IV
ANTOINE'S MOOSE-YARD
THE HOTEL—LAST SIGN OF CIVILIZATION "GIVE ME A LIGHT" ANTOINE, FROM LIFE THE PORTAGE SLEIGH ON A LUMBER ROAD THE TRACK IN THE WINTER FOREST PIERRE, FROM LIFE ANTOINE'S CABIN THE CAMP AT NIGHT A MOOSE BULL FIGHT ON THE MOOSE TRAIL IN SIGHT OF THE GAME—"NOW SHOOT!" SUCCESS HUNTING THE CARIBOU—"SHOOT! SHOOT!"
V
BIG FISHING
INDIANS HAULING NETS ON LAKE NEPIGON TROUT-FISHING THROUGH THE ICE
VI
"A SKIN FOR A SKIN"
The motto of the Hudson Bay Fur-trading Company RIVAL TRADERS RACING TO THE INDIAN CAMP THE BEAR TRAP HUSKIE DOGS FIGHTING PAINTING THE ROBE COUREUR DU BOIS A FUR-TRADER IN THE COUNCIL TEPEE BUFFALO MEAT FOR THE POST THE INDIAN HUNTER OF 1750 INDIAN HUNTER HANGING DEER OUT OF THE REACH OF WOLVES MAKING THE SNOW-SHOE A HUDSON BAY MAN (QUARTER-BREED) THE COUREUR DU BOIS AND THE SAVAGE
VII
"TALKING MUSQUASH"
Concluding the sketch of the history and work of the Hudson Bay Company TALKING MUSQUASH INDIAN HUNTERS MOVING CAMP SETTING A MINK-TRAP WOOD INDIANS COME TO TRADE A VOYAGEUR OR CANOE-MAN OF GREAT SLAVE LAKE IN A STIFF CURRENT VOYAGEUR WITH TUMPLINE VOYAGEURS IN CAMP FOR THE NIGHT "HUSKIE" DOGS ON THE FROZEN HIGHWAY THE FACTOR'S FANCY TOBOGGAN HALT OF A YORK BOAT BRIGADE FOR THE NIGHT
VIII
CANADA'S EL DORADO
AN IMPRESSION OF SHUSWAP LAKE, BRITISH COLOMBIA THE TSCHUMMUM, OR TOOL USED IN MAKING CANOES THE FIRST OF THE SALMON RUN, FRASER RIVER INDIAN SALMON-FISHING IN THE THRASHER GOING TO THE POTLATCH—BIG CANOE, NORTH-WEST COAST THE SALMON CACHE AN IDEAL OF THE COAST THE POTLATCH
IX
DAN DUNN'S OUTFIT
AN INDIAN CANOE ON THE COLUMBIA "YOU'RE SETTING YOUR NERVES TO STAND IT" JACK KIRKUP, THE MOUNTAIN SHERIFF ENGINEER ON THE PRELIMINARY SURVEY FALLING MONARCHS DAN DUNN ON HIS WORKS THE SUPPLY TRAIN OVER THE MOUNTAIN A SKETCH ON THE WORK THE MESS TENT AT NIGHT "THEY GAINED ERECTNESS BY SLOW JOLTS"
THE END
Interesting Works
of
Travel and Exploration.
Published by HARPER & BROTHERS, New York.
FOOTNOTES:
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