CONTENTS 



I. AT THE FRONTIER i 



II. OFF FOR LAC LA BICHE . . . . 17 



III. NEW-YEAR'S AT LA BICHE 28 



IV. UNDER WAY FOR McMuRRAY 40 



V. HEMING TURNS BACK 49 



VI. FITTING FOR ARCTIC WEATHER 57 



VII. BLIND LEADING THE BLIND 67 



VIII. THE NORTHLAND INDIAN AS HE Is 85 



IX. DOGS AND SLEDGES 100 



X. FROM CHIPEWYAN TO FORT SMITH 108 



XL OUR WOOD-BISON HUNT 115 



XII. FROM FORT SMITH TO GREAT SLAVE LAKE . .136 



XIII. MAKING READY FOR THE BARREN GROUNDS. . 149 



XIV. BENIAH'S ARRIVAL 164 



XV. To THE TIMBER'S EDGE 169 



XVI. IN THE "LAND OF LITTLE STICKS" 184 



XVII. THE "LAST WOOD" 201 



XVIII. IN THE BARREN GROUNDS 208 



XIX. THE FIRST MusK-Ox 216 



XX. THE MusK-Ox AT HOME 224 



XXI. BARREN GROUND CARIBOU 234 



