Category: Short Stories

Mooswa & Others of the Boundaries

Introduction The Dwellers of the Boundaries Choosing the King The Value of their Fur The Law of the Boundaries The Building of the Shack The Exploration of Carcajou The Setting Out of the Traps The Otter Slide The Trapping of Wolverine The Coming of the Train Dogs The Trapping...

Chapters

3. Part 3

"That's what saved Nichemous's life," answered Muskwa. "My fist was swollen up like a moss-bag, else the blow would have crushed his skull. But I knocked the fur all off the top...

2. Part 2

"Well," continued Wuchusk, "Beaver floats the Poplar down to his pond, to a little place just up stream from his lodge, with a nice, soft bottom. There he dives swiftly with eac...

4. Part 4

Said the Lieutenant, Carcajou: "I think you are right, Rof; but you can't hang a Comrade because he has weak eyes. No one has seen Pisew make the kill. We must have a new law, Y...

6. Part 6

"He-a-weep!" laughed Whisky-Jack, sneeringly; "they were hot enough last night, when you called on Francois through the chimney. Whose toes are sore to-day, Mister Carcajou? And...

12. Part 12

"I do not fear him the first day," continued Mooswa; "Man's speed is always the same and I can judge of it; it is the second day, when I am tired from the deep snow, that a litt...

10. Part 10

"That's so," replied Carcajou; "I'll leave enough Fish and Dry-eating to carry them out of the Boundaries; strange, though, that _you_ should have thought of The Boy--hast forgo...

11. Part 11

"Well, I'll tell you where you can get rare good picking--it's a good joke on Carcajou, too, though it was so badly covered up that I thought it more like a Man's cache."

5. Part 5

The Breed stepped over to a Birch tree, peeled from its side a handful of silver, ribbon-like bark, and lighted it with a match; it blazed and crackled like oil-soaked shavings....

8. Part 8

"Ride with Muskwa, Jack," commanded the King, "and show Mooswa the old Sleeper's house. Branch out, the rest of you, and make the Many-trail; for many trails make few catches."...

9. Part 9

Just as Blue Wolf disappeared on his Pack-gathering errand, the Half-breed came out of his Shack. On his feet were snow-shoes; over his shoulder a bag, and in his hand a .45-75...

7. Part 7

"Stop wrangling, you Subjects!" commanded Black King; and the silvered fur on his back stood straight up in anger. "I'll order Rof to thrash you soundly, if you don't stop this."

1. Part 1

Introduction The Dwellers of the Boundaries Choosing the King The Value of their Fur The Law of the Boundaries The Building of the Shack The Exploration of Carcajou The Setting...

13. Part 13

"No," said Blue Wolf, decidedly; "each takes his own hurt to his Burrow--that is the way of the Pack; each to himself in the fight--one down is all on top. Besides, Comrade, you...

14. Part 14

CONTENTS: GENERA AND SPECIES; ILLUSTRATIONS; GUIDE TO THE TREES; DESCRIPTIONS OF THE TREES; FORM AND STRUCTURE OF ROOTS, STEMS, LEAVES, FLOWERS AND FRUITS; THE TREE-STEM OR TRUN...