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CHAPTER IV 



ON THE GREAT CHURCHILL RIVER 



Length of Churchill River — Shagwenaw Lake — Pelican Rapids — 

 Pelican Lake — Bald eagle's nest — Mosquito pests — Many birds observed 

 — An Indian settlement — Snake Lake — Sandfly Lake — Scouting alone : 

 Indians' appreciation — Black Bear Island Lake — A stiff storm — Great 

 Devil Rapids — Pike stolen by bear — From Rock Lake to Stanley — 

 A surprise welcome — Stanley Mission Post — Description of church — 

 Rapid River Lake — Possibilities of country — Mink captures large eel — 

 Rapids on River pp. 44-91 



CHAPTER V 



REINDEER LAKE AND FORT DU BROCHET 



Beauty of Reindeer Lake — Fort du Brochet — Lake teems with fish — 

 The Lake Trout — Fish in Reindeer Lake — The Indians' deep-shadowed 

 land pp. 92-103 



CHAPTER VI 



THE BARREN-GROUND CARIBOU 



Winter haunt of caribou — The last of the roving big game — Search 

 for caribou fails — Building log cabin — The freeze-up — With Indian 

 hunting party — Crossing open water — Hunting alone — Wading through 

 ice-water — Attack by wounded caribou — Carrying pack-load — The 

 soundless land — Caribou in migration — The Chipewyan decreasing — 

 Shooting caribou — Snaring caribou — Meat needed for men and dogs — 

 Caribou hides and their use — Start for caribou ground — Decoying cari- 

 bou — Photographing caribou — Camera fails to work — A strange dream 

 — Cold spoils camera work ...... pp. 104-151 



CHAPTER VII 



SLED-DOGS OF THE NORTH TRAILS 



Sled-dog population — Cunning of sled-dogs — Dogs of Fort du 

 Brochet — Dogs watch canoes return — Breaking in sled-dogs — Netting 

 winter's fish supply — Trailing over ice and snow — The power of the 

 North — Halting between camps — Making night camp . pp. 152-172 



