CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER. PAGE. 



I. THE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY 7 



II. THE FREE TRADER 14 



III. OUTFITTING INDIANS 24 



IV. TRACKERS OF THE NORTH 30 



V. PROVISIONS FOR THE WILDERNESS 38 



VI. FORTS AND POSTS 46 



VII. ABOUT INDIANS 53 



VIII. WHOLESOME FOODS 60 



IX. OFFICERS' ALLOWANCE 70 



X. INLAND PACKS 77 



XL INDIAN MODE OF HUNTING BEAVER 83 



XII. INDIAN MODE OF HUNTING LYNX AND MAR- 

 TEN 96 



XIII. INDIAN MODE OF HUNTING FOXES 103 



XIV. INDIAN MODE OF HUNTING OTTER AND MUS- 



QUASH 109 



XV. REMARKABLE SUCCESS 117 



XVI. THINGS TO AVOID 123 



XVII. ANTICOSTI AND ITS FURS 132 



XVIII. CHISELLING AND SHOOTING BEAVER 140 



XIX. THE "INDIAN DEVIL" 150 



XX. A TAME SEAL 158 



XXI. THE CARE OF BLISTERED FEET 167 



XXII. DEER SICKNESS 172 



XXIII. A CASE OF NERVE 180 



XXIV. AMPHIBITIOUS COMBATS 185 



XXV. ART OF PULLING HEARTS 195 



