viii CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



XVII. THE THIRD BUFFALO HUNT ... 116 



XVIII. DOWN TO FUNDAMENTALS .... 125 



XIX. WHITE MAN AND RED. MEAT, BUT 



NOTHING MORE 130 



XX. ON THE NYARLING 136 



XXI. FORT RESOLUTION AND ITS FOLK . . 143 



XXII. THE CHIPEWYANS, THEIR SPEECH AND 



WRITING 147 



XXIII. THE DOGS OF FORT RESOLUTION . . 159 



XXIV. THE VOYAGE ACROSS THE LAKE . . 169 



XXV. CROSSING THE LAKE. ITS NATURAL 



HISTORY 179 



XXVI. THE LYNX AT BAY . 190 



XXVII. THE LAST OF THAT INDIAN CREW . . 193 



XXVIII. GEOLOGICAL FORCES AT WORK . . . 197 



XXIX. PIKE'S PORTAGE 200 



XXX. CARIBOU-LAND AT LAST 204 



XXXI. GOOD-BYE TO THE WOODS 213 



XXXII. THE TREELESS PLAINS 219 



XXXIII. THE UNKNOWN 223 



XXXIV. AYLMER LAKE 228 



XXXV. THE MUSK-OX 231 



XXXVI. THE ARCTIC PRAIRIES AND MY FAR- 

 THEST NORTH 237 



