Chapter

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I

A Journey of Sentiment

II

The Fatal Error

III

DUTY FIRST

IV

A MAN’S GAME

V

A PERMANENT MEMORIAL

VI

WILL THE ICE TURN US BACK?

VII

STORMY VOYAGE

VIII

RETURN TO NORTHWEST RIVER

IX

A CHIEF VOYAGEUR

X

THE BEAVER IS A BAD RIVER

XI

SOUNDING THE BIG LAKE

XII

BREAD WITHOUT BAKING POWDER MAKES ME SICK

XIII

I NEVER TRAVELS ON SUNDAY

XIV

VIRGIN AS GOD MADE IT

XV

FIRST PORTAGE

XVI

TRAIL COMPANIONS

XVII

MURDOCK’S RAPID

XVIII

TRACKING THROUGH BOULDERS

XIX

MARCH TO YOUR FRONT LIKE A SOLDIER

XX

IT’S ALWAYS BAD LUCK TO TRAVEL ON SUNDAY

XXI

WORST COUNTRY FOR GAME I EVER SAW

XXII

BACK TO GET THE BAKING POWDER

XXIII

DISASTER IN THE RAPIDS

XXIV

TAKING STOCK

XXV

GRAPPLING

XXVI

INDIANS HAVE PLENTY OF HARD TIMES

XXVII

THIS RIVER IS LIKE A BAD WOMAN

XXVIII

NO RELIEF FROM WADING

XXIX

HELL AND TWENTY

XXX

BACKPACKING TO THE SUSAN

XXXI

VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH

XXXII

THE MIND WORKS CURIOUSLY

XXXIII

RELIVING THE PARTING

XXXIV

MARKING HUBBARD’S BOULDER

XXXV

A NEW DISASTER

XXXVI

THE HARDEST BIT OF TRAVELING I EVER DONE

XXXVII

SOMETHING WORTHWHILE UP THERE IN THE HILLS

ADDENDUM TO SECOND EDITION