Category: Adventure
The love of travel was a family instinct, and was born with me. My maternal grandfather went to Central Africa--at least, he left us intending to do so, but never came back again. I had a great uncle who voyaged three times round the world, and one sailor uncle who, half a cen...
VOYAGE TO SAN FRANCISCO--THE CITY AND DIGGINGS--WE BOOK OUR PASSAGE FOR HONOLULU--MARCUS WARNS ME OF DANGER, AND THE IDEA IS ABANDONED--WE RETURN TO ENGLAND VIA NEW YORK--MARCUS...
18. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN.We found that although the weather was still very warm in the day-time, that the comparatively short summer of those regions was already too far advanced to allow of our pushing...
17. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN.HIGH STATE OF CULTIVATION OF SETTLEMENTS--RUPERT'S LAND--THE RAPIDS-- LAKE WINNIPEG--OUR BIVOUAC--PETER NEARLY "DROWNED AND DEAD"--HOW WE CAUGHT FISH--THE SWAMPIES, AND THEIR MO...
1. CHAPTER ONE.The love of travel was a family instinct, and was born with me. My maternal grandfather went to Central Africa--at least, he left us intending to do so, but never came back agai...
14. CHAPTER FOURTEEN.FROM TORONTO TO THE PACIFIC--JACK TREVOR, AN OLD CHUM, FOR FELLOW-TRAVELLER--FROM COLLINGWOOD BY STEAMER--BIRCH-BARK CANOES--LAKE SUPERIOR AND THUNDER BAY--FORT WILLIAM TO LAKE...
9. CHAPTER NINE.I had seen enough of life in the outskirts of Texas to satisfy me for the present, and as I had gone there, not from choice, but because it was the country I could most easily r...
10. CHAPTER TEN.I CLING TO A PART OF THE WRECK, AND AM TOSSED IN THE SEA--PETER AND READY ARE ALSO SAVED--I IMPROVISE A RAFT, AND GET PETER AND READY ABOARD--WE REACH AN UNINHABITED ISLAND--SAM...
13. CHAPTER THIRTEEN.After we had lost sight of Cuba I could scarcely help expecting to see some rakish-looking craft hearing down on us, and I must own that it was with inward satisfaction that I r...
4. CHAPTER FOUR.ARRIVE AT NEW ORLEANS, AND OFF TO GALVESTON IN TEXAS--A HURRICANE AND WORSE--THE PIRATE--A FIGHT FOR IT--WE ARE LOST--AN UNEXPECTED FRIEND-- THE BLACK FINS--MARCUS HAS CHARGE OF...
12. CHAPTER TWELVE.THE PIRATE AND THE MAN-OF-WAR--THE CHASE--A CALM--FATAL SECURITY--THE PIRATE BLOWN UP--WE ARE CAPTURED--IN LIEUTENANT TREVOR OF THE SPITFIRE I FIND A DEAR OLD FRIEND, AND A WAY...
21. CHAPTER TWENTY ONE.We had reached the banks of the Thompson, and were contemplating the possibility of descending it on a raft, when Stalker arrived and informed us that he had met an Indian who t...
3. CHAPTER THREE.Happily, I was well accustomed to the use of a paddle; Peter was not. I therefore told him to lay his down, while I steered the canoe with as little noise as possible, inclining...
20. CHAPTER TWENTY.We were seated round the fire discussing a hearty supper, of which bears' flesh formed a substantial part, and Habakkuk Gaby, a Yankee, half trapper and half gold-digger, one of...
2. CHAPTER TWO.We sat up in the tree, wishing that the alligator would betake himself to the waters of the Mississippi; but he seemed resolved to make his supper off one of us, and in this nei...
23. CHAPTER TWENTY THREE.The city of Richfield has been built, and furnished, and supplied with provisions and liquors at the expense of a large amount of animal life; for the sides of the road were lit...
8. CHAPTER EIGHT."Forward!" was the word, and our whole troop galloped on, eager for the information the scouts could give us. We pulled up as they drew near. At first all we could make out were...
6. CHAPTER SIX.The two skulls were still in view, as the shrieks of the Comanches grew louder and louder, and the sight of these mouldering relics determined our party to conquer or to perish...
19. CHAPTER NINETEEN.The winter at length came to an end. The snow began rapidly to disappear, and we commenced preparations for our journey across the Rocky Mountains and British Columbia to Vancou...
11. CHAPTER ELEVEN.The grey dawn had just broken. It was the hour when even vigilant watchers are apt to doze, and deepen to sleep most soundly. I sprang out of our hut, in front of which I found...
7. CHAPTER SEVEN.OUR DELIVERERS PURSUE THE COMANCHES, BUT FAIL TO RETURN--I AM CONVALESCENT AND HEAD A PARTY IN SEARCH--THERE IS A LADY IN THE CASE-- STORES FOR CAMP--TONY FLACK'S TALE OF THE "I...
15. CHAPTER FIFTEEN.WE GET UP A BUFFALO HUNT--WE ENGAGE STALKER AND GAROUPE, TWO HALF-CASTE HUNTERS--PEMMICAN--THE HUNT--I GET FLOORED BY A HUGE BISON, BUT AM CARRIED TO CAMP IN HIS SKIN--HOSTILE S...
5. CHAPTER FIVE.The founders of Galveston must have been very fond of sand. It stands on sand, is surrounded by sand, and in high winds almost covered with sand. We could scarcely get along: We...
22. CHAPTER TWENTY TWO.The next morning, Swiftfoot and Quick-ear went out as scouts to ascertain if any enemies were in the neighbourhood; and soon they returned with the report that they could find n...
16. CHAPTER SIXTEEN.We remained here a couple of days to rest our cattle and put our carts in order, and then pushed on by the back trail due west across the prairie towards Fort Ellis. We encounte...