Category: Historical Novels
"Hugh, my lad! Hugh, run and tell Madge we have come back," cried Uncle Donald, as he and I entered the house on our return, one summer's evening, from a hunting excursion in search of deer or any other game we could come across, accompanied by three of our dogs, Whiskey, Pilo...
THE HORSE PARTY ARRIVES AT LAST, BUT WITH HALF THE HORSES STOLEN--THE START ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS--MORE BLACKFEET IN THE WAY OBLIGE THE PARTY TO TAKE A STRANGE PASS--IT BECOMES C...
6. CHAPTER SIX.THE FIRST CAMP--RAPIDS--A PORTAGE--INDIANS ATTACK THE CANOES--A RACE FOR LIFE--HE'S WON JUST IN TIME--MORE RAPIDS IN AN AWKWARD PLACE--THE CANOES POLED UP STREAM--AN UPSET--THE...
3. CHAPTER THREE.UNCLE DONALD AND THE BLACKFEET--THE CHIEF'S SPEECH--A FORTUNATE RECOGNITION--PONOKO GIVES UP A LITTLE GIRL TO UNCLE DONALD--IMPOSSIBLE TO DO ANY MORE--PONOKO URGES DEPARTURE--RO...
5. CHAPTER FIVE.Summer was advancing, and we had for some time been expecting the return of Red Squirrel and Kondiarak, another Indian, who had been sent in the spring to Fort Edmonton with let...
12. CHAPTER TWELVE.AT THE STATION--AFTER BUFFALO--RETURN OF RED SQUIRREL FROM A SCOUT WITH NEWS OF THE BLACKFEET--A PARTY RETURN--A PARTY SENT OUT TO BRING BACK THE HUNTERS TO THE FORT--A STRANGE...
4. CHAPTER FOUR.The moment we had finished our hurried meal we set out. Sandy, in case we should be benighted, had procured a number of pine torches, which he strapped on his back; and Uncle Do...
9. CHAPTER NINE."The first part of our difficulties are approaching an end," said Uncle Donald the next morning, as we were starting. "It is possible that we may reach the dividing ridge by nig...
15. CHAPTER FIFTEEN.PONOKO RECOVERS--TIME PASSES WITHOUT FURTHER ATTACK--AND MEAT HAS TO BE PROCURED--RED SQUIRREL AGAIN SENT ON SCOUT--RETURNS PURSUED BY SIX BLACKFEET--TIMELY RESCUE--POOR RED SQU...
14. CHAPTER FOURTEEN.We obeyed with right good will, and must have greatly astonished the savages, who, not aware of the increased number of our garrison, had probably expected to gain quite an easy...
7. CHAPTER SEVEN.HUGH'S CANOE ARRESTED BY RED SQUIRREL JUST IN TIME--THE CANOE SAVED--ALL GOT UP THE RAPIDS AT LAST--CAMP AT THE TOP--THE BLACKFEET REACH THE CAMP TO FIND THE PARTY GONE--THE IND...
2. CHAPTER TWO.Take a map of the world, run your eye over the broad Atlantic, up the mighty St. Lawrence, across the great lakes of Canada, then along well-nigh a thousand miles of prairie, un...
10. CHAPTER TEN.I took off mine also, and using them as spades, we energetically set to work to shovel up the snow until we had got down to the ground, building up a wall with what we had throw...
13. CHAPTER THIRTEEN.We felt very uneasy at the strangely prolonged absence of Red Squirrel. He could have anticipated no danger, or he would have advised us what course to pursue should he not retu...
11. CHAPTER ELEVEN.THE ANIMAL PROVES TO BE ONE OF THE DOGS--WHO GOES OFF FOR RESCUE--HELP COMES AT LAST--HOW THE DOG HAD FOUND THE PARTY--EFFECTS OF THE ADVENTURE--THE PARTY REACH THE BLOCK-HOUSE...
1. CHAPTER ONE."Hugh, my lad! Hugh, run and tell Madge we have come back," cried Uncle Donald, as he and I entered the house on our return, one summer's evening, from a hunting excursion in se...