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INTRODUCTION xv 



CHAPTER 



I. DEPARTURE FOR THE NORTH .... 3 



II. DOWN THE NOISY RIVER WITH THE 



VOYAGEURS 10 



III. HUMAN NATURE ON THE RIVER . . 19 



IV. DOWN THE SILENT RIVER WITH THE 



MOUNTED POLICE 26 



V. A CONFERENCE WITH THE CHIEFS . . 36 



VI. OUT WITH Sousi BEAULIEU .... 40 



VII. THE BUFFALO HUNT 44 



VIII. THOMAS ANDERSON 54 



IX. MOSQUITOES 61 



X. A BAD CASE 70 



XI. THE SECOND BUFFALO HUNT ... 75 



XII. BEZKYA AND THE PILLS 83 



XIII. FORT SMITH AND THE SOCIAL QUEEN 86 



XIV. RABBITS AND LYNXES IN THE NORTH- 



WEST 95 



XV. EBB AND FLOW OF ANIMAL LIFE . . 107 



XVI. THE PELICAN TRIP 113 



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