The first edition of this book is dated 1850. The edition used is dated 1901. The publisher was Thomas Nelson & Sons: London Edinburgh Dublin N.Y. The number of pages is 202.

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Contents

Chapter I.
Appointment to the service of the Hudson Bay Company—The “Prince Rupert”—The annual dinner of the “HBC”—Fellow-voyagers—Threatening weather—A squall—Island of Lewis.

Chapter II.
Stornoway—The ball—At sea—Go out to tea on the Atlantic—Among the ice—Sighting land—A sleepy sight—York Factory and Bachelors’ Hall.

Chapter III.
Description of the Hudson Bay Company—Their forts and establishments—Food—Articles of trade and manner of trading.

Chapter IV.
North Americas Indians—Their manners and customs—Costume, dwellings, Implements, etc.

Chapter V.
Voyage from York Factory to Red River—Voyage begun—Our manner of travelling—Encamping in the woods—Portaging and shooting wildfowl—Whisky-jacks—A storm—Lake Winnipeg—Arrival at Red River Settlement.

Chapter VI.
Red River Settlement—Origin of the colony—Opposition times and anecdotes—The flood of 1826—Climate—Being broken-in—Mr. Simpson, the Arctic discoverer—The Mackenzie River brigade.

Chapter VII.
Norway House—Adventure with a bear—Indian feast—The portage brigade—The clerks’ house—Catching a buffalo—Goldeye fishing—Rasping a rock.

Chapter VIII.
York Factory—Winter amusements—Intense cold—The seasons—“Skylarking”—Sporting in the woods and marshes—Trading with Indians—Christmas doings—Breaking-up of the ice in spring.

Chapter IX.
Voyage from York Factory to Norway House in a small Indian canoe—Departure—Life in the woods—Difficulties of canoe navigation—Outwit the mosquitoes—“Lève! lève! lève!”—Music in the pot and on the organ.

Chapter X.
Voyage to Canada by the great lakes of the Interior—A black bear—Harassing detentions—Another bear—Meet Dr. Rae, the Arctic discoverer—The guide’s story—Meet Indians—Running the rapid—Lake Superior—A squall—The Ottawa—Civilised life again—Sleighing in Canada.

Chapter XI.
Winter-travelling in Canada—Departure from Lachine—Scenery along the road—“Incidents” by the way—Arrival at Tadousac—Mr. Stone’s adventure with Indians—Clubbing seals.

Chapter XII.
A journey on snow-shoes—Evils of snow-shoe travelling in spring—Value of tea to a tired man—Encamp in the snow—Isle Jérémie—Canoeing and boating on the gulf of St.

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