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INTRODUCTION
THE DRAMA OF THE FORESTS
I
ROMANCE AND ADVENTURE
HER FATHER THE FREE TRADER
AT FORT CONSOLATION
A MIGHTY HUNTER
THEIR SUMMER LIFE
FAMILY HUNTING GROUNDS
MEETING OO-KOO-HOO
THE BEST FUR DISTRICTS
WANTED, A SON-IN-LAW
LEAVING FORT CONSOLATION
II
IN QUEST OF TREASURE
THE PERFECT FOOL
OO-KOO-HOO'S WOODCRAFT
THE BEAR'S DEDUCTION
BEASTS WITH HUMAN SOULS
THE HONESTY OF INDIANS
TRACKING UP RAPIDS
TRAVELLING AT NIGHT
POLING UP RAPIDS
OO-KOO-HOO VISITS BEAVERS
WOODCRAFT OF TRAILING
INDIANS IN THE WORLD WAR
APPROACHING GAME
SUNDAY IN CAMP
NEARING TRIP'S END
III
OO-KOO-HOO'S EL DORADO
OUR WINTER CAMP
INDIAN POLITENESS
TRAPPING EQUIPMENT
SETTING FOX TRAP
DOG TRAILING FOX
OTHER WAYS OF TRAPPING
FASHIONABLE FOOLS
THE LAST RESORT
HUNTER CAUGHT IN SNARE
THE FOX AT HOME
THE RABBIT AND THE HUNTER
HUNTING THE LYNX
MARTEN TRAPPING
MINK ON THE FUR TRAIL
MEGUIR AND THE WOLVERINE
PREPARING FOR WINTER
IV
OO-KOO-HOO PLAYS THE GAME
TRAILING THE BEAR
THE TRUTH ABOUT BEARS
THE WAYS OF THE BEAVER
HUNTING THE BEAVER
BEAVER DAMS AND CANALS
BEAVER FIGHTS WOLVERINE
USEFULNESS OP BEAVER
OO-KOO-HOO SHOOTS A BEAR
A DEADFALL FOR BEAR
MARASTY AND THE BEAR
HOW BEARS ARE HUNTED
NEYKIA AND HER LOVER
OO-KOO-HOO AND THE WOLF
THE WAYS OF A WOLF
THE WOLVES AND GREENHORNS
THE WOLF THAT KILLED A MAN
COMING OF THE FUR-RUNNERS
V
MEETING OF THE WILD MEN
WHO IS SON-IN-LAW?
THE NEW YEAR'S DANCE
THE BEAUTIFUL ATHABASCA
BACK TO FORT CONSOLATION
THE WINTER MAIL ARRIVES
THE DOG BRIGADE
TRAVELLING WITH DOG-TRAINS
CAMPING IN THE SNOW
NORTHERN MAIL SERVICE
POLICE AND GUNMEN
RECORD TRAVELLING
BEAR HOLDS UP MAIL
GOD AND THE WILD MEN
VI
WILD ANIMALS AND MEN
WOLVERINE AND HUNTER
THE BEST FOOT-GEAR
APPROACHING MOOSE
THE OUTLAW AND NEW YORKER
LAW AND ORDER ENFORCED
THE WAYS OF THE MOOSE
THE OWL TRACKS MOOSE
"THE OWL" MAKES A KILL
SKINNING ANIMALS
OLD-TIME HUNTING
THE BEAR IN HIS WASH
THE WOLVERINE AND GILL NET
"THE PERFECT WOMAN"
INDIANS AND CIVILIZATION
WOLVES RUNNING CABIBOU
TRAILING IN THE SNOW
THE MAN WHO HIBERNATED
VII
LIFE AND LOVE RETURN
HYMEN COMES WITH SPRING
THE SPRING HUNT
HUNTING THE OTTER
LITTLE PINE'S LOVE SONG
THE LOVE DANCE
THE WAYS OF THE FEMALE
HUNTING WILD FOWL
OO-KOO-HOO'S COURTING
NATURE'S SANCTUARIES
GOING TO THE POST
CONTEST OF WITS
MISSIONARIES AND INDIANS
NEYKIA'S WEDDING
THE WEDDING SPEECHES
VIII
BUSINESS AND ROMANCE
FAREWELL ATHABASCA
MUSTERING THE FUR BRIGADE
DEPARTURE OF THE FUR BRIGADE
CAMP OF THE FUR BRIGADE
THE LONGEST BRIGADE ROUTES
BILLY BRASS TELLS ANOTHER STORY
THE TRUTH ABOUT WOODSMEN
A RACE FOR THE PORTAGE
FIGHTING WITH DEATH
ATHABASCA AND SON-IN-LAW
THE END
