On Canada's Frontier Sketches of History, Sport, and Adventure and of the Indians, Missionaries, Fur-traders, and Newer Settlers of Western Canada
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ON CANADA'S FRONTIER
Sketches
OF HISTORY, SPORT, AND ADVENTURE AND OF THE INDIANS, MISSIONARIES FUR-TRADERS, AND NEWER SETTLERS OF WESTERN CANADA
BY
JULIAN RALPH
ILLUSTRATED
NEW YORK HARPER & BROTHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE 1892
Copyright, 1892, by Harper & Brothers.
All rights reserved.
Copyright, 1892, by Harper & Brothers.
All rights reserved.
TO
THE PEOPLE OF CANADA
THIS BOOK IS GRATEFULLY DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR WHO, DURING MANY LONG JOURNEYS IN THE CANADIAN WEST WAS ALWAYS AND EVERYWHERE TREATED WITH AN EXTREME FRIENDLINESS TO WHICH HE HERE TESTIFIES BUT WHICH HE CANNOT EASILY RETURN IN EQUAL MEASURE
PREFACE
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
ON CANADA'S FRONTIER
I
TITLED PIONEERS
DR. RUDOLPH MEYER'S PLACE ON THE PIPESTONE
SETTLER'S SOD CABIN
WHITEWOOD, A SETTLEMENT ON THE PRAIRIE
INTERIOR OF SOD CABIN ON THE FRONTIER
PRAIRIE SOD STABLE
TRAINED OX TEAM
DR. RUDOLPH MEYER'S PLACE ON THE PIPESTONE
SETTLER'S SOD CABIN
WHITEWOOD, A SETTLEMENT ON THE PRAIRIE
INTERIOR OF SOD CABIN ON THE FRONTIER
PRAIRIE SOD STABLE
TRAINED OX TEAM
II
CHARTERING A NATION
INDIAN BOYS RUNNING A FOOT-RACE
INDIAN MOTHER AND BOY
OPENING OF THE SOLDIER CLAN DANCE
SKETCH IN THE SOLDIER CLAN DANCE
A FANTASY FROM THE PONY WAR-DANCE
THROWING THE SNOW SNAKE
INDIAN BOYS RUNNING A FOOT-RACE
INDIAN MOTHER AND BOY
OPENING OF THE SOLDIER CLAN DANCE
SKETCH IN THE SOLDIER CLAN DANCE
A FANTASY FROM THE PONY WAR-DANCE
THROWING THE SNOW SNAKE
III
A FAMOUS MISSIONARY
FATHER LACOMBE HEADING THE INDIANS
FATHER LACOMBE HEADING THE INDIANS
IV
ANTOINE'S MOOSE-YARD
THE HOTEL—LAST SIGN OF CIVILIZATION
"GIVE ME A LIGHT"
ANTOINE, FROM LIFE
THE PORTAGE SLEIGH ON A LUMBER ROAD
THE TRACK IN THE WINTER FOREST
PIERRE, FROM LIFE
ANTOINE'S CABIN
THE CAMP AT NIGHT
A MOOSE BULL FIGHT
ON THE MOOSE TRAIL
IN SIGHT OF THE GAME—"NOW SHOOT!"
SUCCESS
HUNTING THE CARIBOU—"SHOOT! SHOOT!"
THE HOTEL—LAST SIGN OF CIVILIZATION
"GIVE ME A LIGHT"
ANTOINE, FROM LIFE
THE PORTAGE SLEIGH ON A LUMBER ROAD
THE TRACK IN THE WINTER FOREST
PIERRE, FROM LIFE
ANTOINE'S CABIN
THE CAMP AT NIGHT
A MOOSE BULL FIGHT
ON THE MOOSE TRAIL
IN SIGHT OF THE GAME—"NOW SHOOT!"
SUCCESS
HUNTING THE CARIBOU—"SHOOT! SHOOT!"
V
BIG FISHING
INDIANS HAULING NETS ON LAKE NEPIGON
TROUT-FISHING THROUGH THE ICE
INDIANS HAULING NETS ON LAKE NEPIGON
TROUT-FISHING THROUGH THE ICE
VI
"A SKIN FOR A SKIN"
The motto of the Hudson Bay Fur-trading Company
RIVAL TRADERS RACING TO THE INDIAN CAMP
THE BEAR TRAP
HUSKIE DOGS FIGHTING
PAINTING THE ROBE
COUREUR DU BOIS
A FUR-TRADER IN THE COUNCIL TEPEE
BUFFALO MEAT FOR THE POST
THE INDIAN HUNTER OF 1750
INDIAN HUNTER HANGING DEER OUT OF THE REACH OF WOLVES
MAKING THE SNOW-SHOE
A HUDSON BAY MAN (QUARTER-BREED)
THE COUREUR DU BOIS AND THE SAVAGE
The motto of the Hudson Bay Fur-trading Company
RIVAL TRADERS RACING TO THE INDIAN CAMP
THE BEAR TRAP
HUSKIE DOGS FIGHTING
PAINTING THE ROBE
COUREUR DU BOIS
A FUR-TRADER IN THE COUNCIL TEPEE
BUFFALO MEAT FOR THE POST
THE INDIAN HUNTER OF 1750
INDIAN HUNTER HANGING DEER OUT OF THE REACH OF WOLVES
MAKING THE SNOW-SHOE
A HUDSON BAY MAN (QUARTER-BREED)
THE COUREUR DU BOIS AND THE SAVAGE
VII
"TALKING MUSQUASH"
Concluding the sketch of the history and work of the Hudson Bay Company
TALKING MUSQUASH
INDIAN HUNTERS MOVING CAMP
SETTING A MINK-TRAP
WOOD INDIANS COME TO TRADE
A VOYAGEUR OR CANOE-MAN OF GREAT SLAVE LAKE
IN A STIFF CURRENT
VOYAGEUR WITH TUMPLINE
VOYAGEURS IN CAMP FOR THE NIGHT
"HUSKIE" DOGS ON THE FROZEN HIGHWAY
THE FACTOR'S FANCY TOBOGGAN
HALT OF A YORK BOAT BRIGADE FOR THE NIGHT
Concluding the sketch of the history and work of the Hudson Bay Company
TALKING MUSQUASH
INDIAN HUNTERS MOVING CAMP
SETTING A MINK-TRAP
WOOD INDIANS COME TO TRADE
A VOYAGEUR OR CANOE-MAN OF GREAT SLAVE LAKE
IN A STIFF CURRENT
VOYAGEUR WITH TUMPLINE
VOYAGEURS IN CAMP FOR THE NIGHT
"HUSKIE" DOGS ON THE FROZEN HIGHWAY
THE FACTOR'S FANCY TOBOGGAN
HALT OF A YORK BOAT BRIGADE FOR THE NIGHT
VIII
CANADA'S EL DORADO
AN IMPRESSION OF SHUSWAP LAKE, BRITISH COLOMBIA
THE TSCHUMMUM, OR TOOL USED IN MAKING CANOES
THE FIRST OF THE SALMON RUN, FRASER RIVER
INDIAN SALMON-FISHING IN THE THRASHER
GOING TO THE POTLATCH—BIG CANOE, NORTH-WEST COAST
THE SALMON CACHE
AN IDEAL OF THE COAST
THE POTLATCH
AN IMPRESSION OF SHUSWAP LAKE, BRITISH COLOMBIA
THE TSCHUMMUM, OR TOOL USED IN MAKING CANOES
THE FIRST OF THE SALMON RUN, FRASER RIVER
INDIAN SALMON-FISHING IN THE THRASHER
GOING TO THE POTLATCH—BIG CANOE, NORTH-WEST COAST
THE SALMON CACHE
AN IDEAL OF THE COAST
THE POTLATCH
IX
DAN DUNN'S OUTFIT
AN INDIAN CANOE ON THE COLUMBIA
"YOU'RE SETTING YOUR NERVES TO STAND IT"
JACK KIRKUP, THE MOUNTAIN SHERIFF
ENGINEER ON THE PRELIMINARY SURVEY
FALLING MONARCHS
DAN DUNN ON HIS WORKS
THE SUPPLY TRAIN OVER THE MOUNTAIN
A SKETCH ON THE WORK
THE MESS TENT AT NIGHT
"THEY GAINED ERECTNESS BY SLOW JOLTS"
AN INDIAN CANOE ON THE COLUMBIA
"YOU'RE SETTING YOUR NERVES TO STAND IT"
JACK KIRKUP, THE MOUNTAIN SHERIFF
ENGINEER ON THE PRELIMINARY SURVEY
FALLING MONARCHS
DAN DUNN ON HIS WORKS
THE SUPPLY TRAIN OVER THE MOUNTAIN
A SKETCH ON THE WORK
THE MESS TENT AT NIGHT
"THEY GAINED ERECTNESS BY SLOW JOLTS"
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