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Dillon Wallace. The Wilderness Castaways
The Wilderness Castaways
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. GETTING ACQUAINTED
CHAPTER II. THE FIRST BEAR
CHAPTER III. A HUSKY CAMP
CHAPTER IV. THE WILDERNESS PRIMEVAL
CHAPTER V. WRECKED
CHAPTER VI. THE CASTAWAYS ABANDONED
CHAPTER VII. ADRIFT ON AN ICE PAN
CHAPTER VIII. FACING STARVATION
CHAPTER IX. THE WATERS CLEAR
CHAPTER X. A NARROW ESCAPE
CHAPTER XI. A DEATH STRUGGLE
CHAPTER XII. FACTOR MACTAVISH OF FORT RELIANCE
CHAPTER XIII. WINTER SHELTER AND HARD WORK
CHAPTER XIV. A LONELY CHRISTMAS
CHAPTER XV. THE TRAPPER FROM INDIAN LAKE
CHAPTER XVI. RELEASED FROM BONDAGE
CHAPTER XVII. THE SNOWSHOE JOURNEY TO INDIAN LAKE
CHAPTER XVIII. STALKED BY WOLVES
CHAPTER XIX. ON THE FUR TRAILS
CHAPTER XX. WINNIPEG AT LAST
CHAPTER XXI. BAD NEWS AND GOOD
CHAPTER XXII. HOW PAUL AND DAN MADE GOOD
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Dillon Wallace
Published by Good Press, 2021
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Too often this instinct to retreat for a time to the wild places of the earth, to stand with bared head under the open sky, to breathe great lungfuls of pure atmosphere undefiled by the smoke of chimneys, to make the acquaintance of rocks and trees, of mountains and sea—to renew one’s faith in God—is smothered by the luxuries and pamperings of civilization. So it had been with Paul.
Standing on the deck of the North Star that bright July morning, in the midst of nature’s most rugged abode, that primordial instinct slumbering in his breast had then its first awakening. He seemed to expand. He felt himself grow. He longed to set foot upon those mysterious shores—to wrest from them their secrets. Presently he was to do so. Perhaps, had he known how close to the condition of his prehistoric ancestors he was to drift, he would have shrunk from his destiny. It is well for our peace of mind that an all-wise God hides from us today the happenings of tomorrow.
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