CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER III. 



Scenery in the Thickwood Hills. Building huts. Tom Boot. His size 

 and strength. Our nearest neighbour. Visit the South Saskatcha- 

 wan. Large Camp of Crees. A Sioux Indian prisoner. His 

 trial and fate. Attempts to save him. We leave the Camp. 

 Return journey. Dreadful spectacle. Setting in of winter. 

 Severe cold. Description of trapping in winter. Unpleasant 

 adventure with Indians. Tom Boot to the rescue. His prowess. 

 A-ta-ka-koup makes friends. Snow-shoe travelling. A visit 

 from Driver . . 29 



CHAPTER IV. 



A moose-hunt. Description of my tent. A-ta-ka-koup in camp. 

 Hunting moose on snow-shoes. Deaths of a bull and a cow. 



Lynx-hunting. Tom Boot a nuisance. F 's history. His 



miserable condition. I take him with me. Beautifying the 



hut. F and I visit my late companions. Our journey. The 



wolverine. Getting F home. Badger neglects the traps. 



Narrow escape of being murdered. My precautions for the 

 future. An invitation to a stealing-party . . . . . . . . 46 



CHAPTER V. 



How to make a plum-pudding. Our Christmas party. Nocturnal 



visits of F and myself to the plum-pudding. Our daily 



routine. F does not enjoy winter. I am summoned to a 



Cree council. A night apparition. The Cree camp. Accusations 

 against me. Enmity of some of the Indians. Rescued from a 

 dangerous position by " White Hawk." A new religion. 

 Impunity of lunatics. Leave Cree camp. Mis-ta-wa-sis corrects 

 his wife with an axe. Attempt to marry me. A-ta-ka-koup 

 propitiates the hunting god. Camping in the snow. A dog- 

 sleigh described. Behaviour of dogs . . . . . . . . 57 



