The Barren Ground of Northern CanadaAn account of a journey in 1889 to the desert region of Canada between Hudson Bay and the Arctic Sea, in order to find and study the musk-ox and its Indian hunters. |
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... story of Sir John Franklin's first overland journey and the death of Hood are among the saddest episodes in the history of Arctic exploration . My best chance seemed to be to follow Hearne's example , and trust to the local knowledge of ...
... story of Sir John Franklin's first overland journey and the death of Hood are among the saddest episodes in the history of Arctic exploration . My best chance seemed to be to follow Hearne's example , and trust to the local knowledge of ...
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... story as short as possible . I hope that in return anyone who may be interested in these pages will spare his comments on faulty style , and the various errors into which a man who has spent much time among the big game is sure to fall ...
... story as short as possible . I hope that in return anyone who may be interested in these pages will spare his comments on faulty style , and the various errors into which a man who has spent much time among the big game is sure to fall ...
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... stories of his bravery and prowess are told by his sons and grandsons ; but his name only appears in the Company's records in con- nection with various deeds of violence not much to his credit . All King's family were hanging about the ...
... stories of his bravery and prowess are told by his sons and grandsons ; but his name only appears in the Company's records in con- nection with various deeds of violence not much to his credit . All King's family were hanging about the ...
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... story of Arctic exploration being par- ticularly abundant at this spot . The formation of the rocks is still red granite , with a good deal of mica showing in the boulders . Late in the evening we heard a gun , and , on our replying ...
... story of Arctic exploration being par- ticularly abundant at this spot . The formation of the rocks is still red granite , with a good deal of mica showing in the boulders . Late in the evening we heard a gun , and , on our replying ...
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... stories of crazy wolves that run into the lodges , kill the children , and play general havoc . I know that they do at times get bold under stress of hunger , as my own hauling dogs were set upon and eaten by them while harnessed to the ...
... stories of crazy wolves that run into the lodges , kill the children , and play general havoc . I know that they do at times get bold under stress of hunger , as my own hauling dogs were set upon and eaten by them while harnessed to the ...
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2nd Edition 3rd Edition 4th Edition A. W. VERRALL animals Arctic Athabasca band bank Barren Ground BEGINNERS blanket Book cache camp canoe caribou chance Chipeweyan course crossing Crown 8vo dogs Edited by Rev ELEMENTARY ENGLISH Esquimaux ESSAYS Extra fcp F. T. PALGRAVE fire fish flour Fond du Lac Fort Resolution Fort Smith Globe 8vo GREEK half-breeds HISTORY Hudson's Bay Company Hudson's Hope hunt Illustrated Indians Introduction island John journey killed Lac de Gras land LATIN LECTURES Lesser Slave Lake load lodge Mackay Mackenzie River MACMILLAN'S Maps meat Medium 8vo miles morning mountains musk-ox night passed Peace River pines plenty POEMS portage rapid reached revised rocks Saltatha SCHOOLS SERMONS sewed shore short Slave Lake sleighs snow snow-shoes STORIES stream tion tobacco tracks Translated TREATISE vols weather willows wind winter woods Yellow Knives
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