On to White-fish Lake--Beautiful country--Indian camp--Strike northward into forest land CHAPTER XXIV. The new Mission--Mr. Steinhauer--Benjamin Sinclair CHAPTER XXV. Measurement of time--Start for Smoking Lake--Ka-Kake--Wonderful hunting feat--Lose horse--Tough meat CHAPTER XXVI. Mr. Woolsey--Another new mission CHAPTER XXVII. Strike south for buffalo and Indians--Strange mode of crossing "Big River"--Old Besho and his eccentricities--Five men dine on two small ducks CHAPTER XXVIII. Bear hunt--Big grizzlies--Surfeit of fat meat CHAPTER XXIX. The first buffalo--Father excited--Mr. Woolsey lost--Strike trail of big camp--Indians dash at us--Meet Maskepetoon CHAPTER XXX. Large camp--Meet Mr. Steinhauer--Witness process of making provisions--Strange life CHAPTER XXXI. Great meeting--Conjurers and medicine-men look on under protest--Father prophesies--Peter waxes eloquent as interpreter--I find a friend CHAPTER XXXII. The big hunt--Buffalo by the thousand--I kill my first buffalo--Wonderful scene CHAPTER XXXIII. Another big meeting--Move camp--Sunday service all day CHAPTER XXXIV. Great horse-race--"Blackfoot," "Moose Hair," and others--No gambling--How "Blackfoot" was captured CHAPTER XXXV. Formed friendships--Make a start--Fat wolves--Run one--Reach the Saskatchewan at Edmonton CHAPTER XXXVI. Swim horses--Cross in small boat--Dine at officers' table on pounded meat without anything else--Sup on ducks--No carving CHAPTER XXXVII. Start for new home--Miss seeing father--Am very lonely--Join Mr. Woolsey CHAPTER XXXVIII. William goes to the plains--I begin work at Victoria--Make hay--Plough--Hunt--Storm CHAPTER XXXIX. Establish a fishery--Build a boat--Neils becomes morbid--I watch him CHAPTER XL. Lake freezes--I go for rope--Have a narrow escape from wolf and drowning--We finish our fishing--Make sleds--Go home--Camp of starving Indians en route CHAPTER XLI. Mr. O. B.--The murderer--The liquor keg CHAPTER XLII. William comes back--Another refuge seeker comes to us--Haul our fish home--Hard work CHAPTER XLIII. Flying trip to Edmonton--No snow--Bare ice--Hard travel--A Blackfoot's prayer CHAPTER XLIV. Midnight mass--Little Mary--Foot-races--Dog-races, etc.--Reach my twentieth birthday--End of this book LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. Ka-Kake and the buffalo ... _Frontispiece_ Isaiah and the bear The _Traveller_ in distress How I cured my chum My delight was to drive the four-in-hand I had a big time keeping them out of our boat My first winter trip The upset I lose my balance--and some conceit Fort Carlton An expert hunter A new kind of boat I kill my first bear Buffalo and hunters disappeared in the hills from our view (missing from book) We were surprised by a troop of Indian cavalry Maskepetoon's camp The buffalo hunt When the camp moved, parallel columns were formed The horse-race "Gun-shock"--"Goose-comfort" The start to the fishery A big haul A close call