The White Czar

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Clarence Hawkes. The White Czar

The White Czar

Table of Contents

PREFACE

CHAPTER I. THE START

CHAPTER II. A WILD MUSK OX HUNT

CHAPTER III. EISEEYOU MEETS THE CZAR

CHAPTER IV. RETURN OF THE HUNTING PARTY

CHAPTER V. I-WOK, THE MIGHTY

CHAPTER VI. THE CZARINA

CHAPTER VII. WHITIE

CHAPTER VIII. WHITIE AND LITTLE OUMAUK

CHAPTER IX. THE WHITE CZAR

CHAPTER X. THE BETRAYAL

CHAPTER XI. THE WRECK

CHAPTER XII. TWO CAPTIVES

CHAPTER XIII. THE FLIGHT NORTHWARD

CHAPTER XIV. THE LAST MEETING

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Clarence Hawkes

A Story of a Polar Bear

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All of this hunting is of the most strenuous kind. It is done on the ice, or in the open sea, and over the roughest country imaginable. Cold that would freeze the white man's blood in his veins is cheerfully endured. Large and dangerous animals are encountered. The Eskimo's only desire is that he may make a good kill for the woman and the little ones at home in the igloo.

The Eskimo's fishing is not as strenuous as the hunting, so the women often help about that. A painted float or colored hooks are used, but no bait. Dried fish is the chief article of food for the dogs on long hunting trips. The eider ducks also furnish good eating, while thousands of eggs are cached each summer by the provident families. It will not matter if they are half rotten when eaten.

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