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 Chipewtans, Their Speech and 



Writing 147 



XXIII. The Dogs op 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 



