CONTENTS AND ILLUSTRATIONS 



In addition to the illustration* in the following list there 

 are in this book one hundred and twenty-five drawings in 

 pen and ink including a number of maps. 



PAGE 



Preface vii 



CHAPTER 



I. Departure for the North ... 3 



Pierre Powder (It-tah-min-a-hoo) . . G 



John Schott, Caspar Whitney's guide . 6 



II. Down the Noisy River with the 



Voyageurs 10 



E. T. Seton and E. A. Preble leaving 

 Athabaska Landing, May 17, 1907 . 10 



Down the Athabaska River ... 10 



I found it was a dead house-cat; . . . 



under it was a hungry-looking Lynx 12 



Our camp above Grand Rapids, Atha- 

 baska River 14 



Looking down the Athabaska River 

 from the island in the Grand Rapids 14 



III. Human Nature on the River . . 19 

 Lobsticks or Monument Trees on the 



skyline, Athabaska River ... 20 



