Three Boys in the Wild North Land
Chapter One. Welcome to Sagasta-weekee — Mr Ross,
their host — The three boys — Frank, Alec, Sam — The “Prince Arthur"
— The Voyage — The Esquimaux — Arrival at York Factory.
Chapter Two. Hudson Bay Company — Frank's canoe
mishap — Duck shooting — Clever Koona — Goose hunting — Queer
battles.
Chapter Three. Writing Journals — Fur-Laden
Brigades — Valuable Furs — Hunting Preparations — Big Tom, The
Famous Guide — The Start — First Camp on the Rocks.
Chapter Four. The Early Call — The Picturesque
Route — The Toilsome Portages — Rival Brigades — First Bear —
Alec's Successful Shot.
Chapter Five. Robinson's Portage — Gunpowder
Transportation — Hole in the Keg — The Frightful Explosion —
Ensconced at Headquarters — Delightful Home in the Wilderness —
Sturgeon Fishing — Involuntary Plunges.
Chapter Six. Indian Implements — Canoeing
Excursion — Gunpowder Versus Jack Fish — Loon Shooting — Sam's
Successful Shot.
Chapter Seven. The Old Fort Camp — Sam's Race with
the Bear — Indian Comments.
Chapter Eight. Preserving Meat — Cunning
Partridges — Celestial Phenomenon — The Fearful Hurricane — Caught
in the Storm — Disaster — The Mischievous Wolverine — Alec's Shot.
Chapter Nine. Montreal Point — The Governor and
the Iroquois — The Herd of Deer — Ominous Sounds — Packs of Wolves
— The Fierce Battle — Welcome Reinforcements — The Victory —
Playing “Possum”.
Chapter Ten. Romantic Courtship — The Happy
Family — A Canoe Picnic — Mustagan — A Prowling Bear — A Woman's
Shot.
Chapter Eleven. The Wonderful Story of Apetak, the
Grateful Indian, and the Description of the Trip to and View of the
Silver Cave, as told by Mr Ross at Sagasta-weekee.
Chapter Twelve. Novel Fishing — Guns and Gaff
Hooks — Frank's Plunge — Light-hearted Sam and his Story — Strange
Battle — Pugnacious Jack Fish.
Chapter Thirteen. Mission Village — Self-Denying
Toilers — Pleasant Visits — Flourishing School — Syllabic Characters
— Competitive Sports — Archery — Foot Races — Wrestling — Swimming
— Canoe Races.
Chapter Fourteen. Conjurers — Old Tapastanum —
Boasting — Challenge Accepted — Medicine Man's Tent — Bogus Bullet
— Detected — Conjurer's Defeat and Fall.
Chapter Fifteen. Outing — Alec and Mustagan's
Shooting Contest, or Gun versus Bow and Arrow-Shooting the Swans — Was
Sam Cross-eyed? — The Return Trip — The Escape of the Doe and Fawn
from the Wolf.
Chapter Sixteen. The Old Fort again — Aurora
Borealis — Unexpected Arrivals — Fur Traders — Head Winds — Camp
Annoyances — Camp Fire Yarns.
Chapter Seventeen. The Story of Pukumakunun —
Loosing his Tongue — His Early Days — Excursion for Buffalo —
Treacherous Quicksands — Sinking Mother — Sagacious Horse — Sneaking
Wolves — Rattlesnake and Prairie Dog.
Chapter Eighteen. Pukumakun's Story Continued —
Searching for Friends — Pathless Prairie — Angry Relations —
Avengers of Blood Unappeased — Race for Life — Overtaken — First
Conflict — Arrow against Tomahawk — Opportune Arrival.
Chapter Nineteen. “Fair Wind!” — Fish Spearing by
Torchlight — The Shining Eyes — Death of the Deer — Abundance of
Game — Additional Excursions — Tradition of Nanahboozoo and the Flood
— Was Nanahboozoo Noah?
Chapter Twenty. The Call of the Moose —
Preparations For Capture — Midnight March — Rival Bulls — A Royal
Battle — Frank's Shot — Big Tom, the Successful Moose Hunter — Young
Moose Calves — Their Capture — Sam's Awkward Predicament.
Chapter Twenty One. Excursion to Sea River Falls
— The Cranberry Picking — The Contest — “Where are the Children?” —
Wenonah and Roderick lost in the Forest — First Night's Unsuccessful
Search — The Tracks in the Sand — Mustagan's Startling Discovery.
Chapter Twenty Two. Children's Footsteps and
Bears' Tracks — Children in the Custody of the Bears — The Plan of
Rescue — The Boys' Part — The Bird Call — Success.
Chapter Twenty Three. Wenonah's Story of their
Marvellous Adventures with and Deliverance from the Bears — Roderick's
Comments.
Chapter Twenty Four. Congratulations — Other
Incidents of Lost Children — Long Excursion by the Boys — Indian
Legend — “Why is the Bear Tailless?” — Oxford Lake — Black Bears as
Fishermen — The Lookout from the Trees — Fish-Stealing Bears — The
Conflict — Bears versus Boys and Indians — Sam's Successful Thrust —
Plenty of Bear Meat.
Chapter Twenty Five. A Successful Mission —
Peculiar Address — The Visit to the Beavers — Commodious Houses —
Well-constructed Dams — The Moonlight Sight — Strange Interruption —
Stealthy Wolverine — Crouching Wolves — More Cunning Men — A
Mixed-up Battle — Delighted Boys — Return to Sagasta-weekee.
Chapter Twenty Six. The Excursion in the Reindeer
Country — Numerous Herds — The Battle between Reindeer and Wolves in
the Lake — Reaching the Herds — The Long Stalk for the Leader —
Alec's Successful Shot — Consternation of the Herd — Abundance of
Venison.
Chapter Twenty Seven. Frank's Adventures — The
Reindeer followed — Unwelcome Interlopers — Cowardly Wolves stalking
the Fawns — Repelled by the Gallant Bucks — Close Quarters —
Successful Shots — Different Game than Reindeer — Visions of
Splendour.
Chapter Twenty Eight. Boys' Adventure with
Reindeer in the Lake — Gadflies and other Deer Pests — Peculiar
Weapons — Dangerous Antagonists — Hoofs and Horns — Frank's Success
— Attack on the Leader — Canoe Smashed — Alec and the Indians in the
Water — Sam's Stratagem — Success at last — The Return Trip —
Significant Signs — Ducks and Geese heading southward — Indians
Uneasy — Journey Hastened — Sagasta-weekee reached — Summer ended —
Winter begun.
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