The Hudson Bay Company
CHAPTER ONE. APPOINTMENT TO THE SERVICE OF THE
HUDSON BAY COMPANY THE PRINCE RUPERT THE ANNUAL DINNER OF THE
H.B.C. FELLOW-VOYAGERS THREATENING WEATHER A SQUALL ISLAND OF
LEWIS.
CHAPTER TWO. STORNOWAY THE BALL AT SEA GO OUT
TO TEA ON THE ATLANTIC AMONG THE ICE SIGHTING LAND A SLEEPY SIGHT
YORK FACTORY AND BACHELORS' HALL.
CHAPTER THREE. DESCRIPTION OF THE HUDSON BAY
COMPANY THEIR FORTS AND ESTABLISHMENTS FOOD ARTICLES OF TRADE AND
MANNER OF TRADING.
CHAPTER FOUR. NORTH AMERICAS INDIANS THEIR
MANNERS AND CUSTOMS COSTUME, DWELLINGS, IMPLEMENTS, ETC. A TALE OF
MURDER AND CANNIBALISM A NIGHT EXCURSION WITH AN INDIAN A DEER
HUNT.
CHAPTER FIVE. VOYAGE FROM YORK FACTORY TO RED RIVER
VOYAGE BEGUN OUR MANNER OF TRAVELLING ENCAMPING IN THE WOODS
PORTAGING AND SHOOTING WILDFOWL WHISKY-JACKS A STORM LAKE
WINNIPEG ARRIVAL AT RED RIVER SETTLEMENT.
CHAPTER SIX. RED RIVER SETTLEMENT ORIGIN OF THE
COLONY OPPOSITION TIMES AND ANECDOTES THE FLOOD OF 1826 CLIMATE
BEING BROKEN-IN MR SIMPSON, THE ARCTIC DISCOVERER THE MACKENZIE
RIVER BRIGADE.
CHAPTER SEVEN. NORWAY HOUSE ADVENTURE WITH A BEAR
INDIAN FEAST THE PORTAGE BRIGADE THE CLERKS' HOUSE CATCHING A
BUFFALO GOLDEYE FISHING RASPING A ROCK.
CHAPTER EIGHT. YORK FACTORY WINTER AMUSEMENTS
INTENSE COLD THE SEASONS SKYLARKING SPORTING IN THE WOODS AND
MARSHES TRADING WITH INDIANS CHRISTMAS DOINGS BREAKING-UP OF THE
ICE IN SPRING.
CHAPTER NINE. VOYAGE FROM YORK FACTORY TO NORWAY
HOUSE IN A SMALL INDIAN CANOE DEPARTURE LIFE IN THE WOODS
DIFFICULTIES OF CANOE NAVIGATION OUTWIT THE MOSQUITOES LEVE!
LEVE! LEVE! MUSIC IN THE POT AND ON THE ORGAN.
CHAPTER TEN. VOYAGE TO CANADA BY THE GREAT LAKES
OF THE INTERIOR A BLACK BEAR HARASSING DETENTIONS ANOTHER BEAR
MEET DR. RAE, THE ARCTIC DISCOVERER THE GUIDE'S STORY MEET
INDIANS RUNNING THE RAPID LAKE SUPERIOR A SQUALL THE OTTAWA
CIVILISED LIFE AGAIN SLEIGHING IN CANADA.
CHAPTER ELEVEN. WINTER-TRAVELLING IN CANADA
DEPARTURE FROM LACHINE SCENERY ALONG THE ROAD INCIDENTS BY THE
WAY ARRIVAL AT TADOUSAC MR STONE'S ADVENTURE WITH INDIANS
CLUBBING SEALS.
CHAPTER TWELVE. A JOURNEY ON SNOW-SHOES EVILS OF
SNOW-SHOE TRAVELLING IN SPRING VALUE OF TEA TO A TIRED MAN ENCAMP
IN THE SNOW ISLE JEREMIE CANOEING AND BOATING ON THE GULF OF ST.
LAWRENCE AMATEUR NAVIGATING SEVEN ISLANDS A NARROW ESCAPE
CONCLUSION.
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