Away in the Wilderness

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Robert Michael Ballantyne. Away in the Wilderness

Chapter One. The Hunter

Chapter Two. The Three Friends

Chapter Three. The Encampment

Chapter Four. Mosquitoes—Camp-Fire Talk

Chapter Five. Journeying in the Wilderness

Chapter Six. The Outpost

Chapter Seven. A Savage Family, and a Fight with a Bear

Chapter Eight. Running the Falls—Wild Scenes and Men

Chapter Nine. The Fort, and an Unexpected Meeting

Chapter Ten. Buffalo-Hunting on the Prairies

Chapter Eleven. Winter—Sleeping in the Snow—A Night Alarm

Chapter Twelve. The Wedding, an Arrival, a Feast, and a Ball

Chapter Thirteen. The Conclusion

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When the hunter had stood for full five minutes gazing at the beautiful scenery by which he was surrounded, it suddenly occurred to him that a pipe would render him much more capable of enjoying it; so he sat down on the trunk of a fallen tree, leaned his gun on it, pulled the fire-bag from his belt, and began to fill his pipe, which was one of the kind used by the savages of the country, with a stone head and a wooden stem. It was soon lighted, and Jasper was thinking how much more clear and beautiful a landscape looked through tobacco smoke, when a hand was laid lightly on his shoulder. Looking quickly round, he beheld a tall dark-faced Indian standing by his side.

Jasper betrayed neither alarm nor surprise; for the youth was his own comrade, who had merely come to tell him that the canoe in which they had been travelling together, and which had been slightly damaged, was repaired and ready for service.

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“What’s yon in the water? Deer, I do believe,” cried Jasper, quickly drawing the small shot from his gun and putting in a ball instead. “Come, lads, we shall have venison for supper to-night. That beast can’t reach t’other side so soon as we can.”

Jasper leaped quickly down the hill, and dashed through the bushes towards the spot where their canoe lay. He was closely followed by his companions, and in less than two minutes they were darting across the lake in their little Indian canoe, which was made of birch-bark, and was so light that one man could carry it easily.

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