V. ESKIMO LIFE 52 VI. OUT OF THE NORTH 62 VII. BACK TO THE WILDERNESS 70 VIII. A TERRIBLE JOURNEY IN WINTER 78 IX. THE LITTLE ONES OF THE FLOCK 89 X. A RACE WITH WINTER 97 XI. TIMES OF FAMINE 105 XII. MID DRIFTING ICE 114 XIII. INDIAN WAYS 121 XIV. STIRRING DAYS AT FORTY MILE 140 XV. FLOODED OUT 148 XVI. HOW THE BISHOP GOT HIS MAIL 153 XVII. THE GOLDEN KLONDYKE 163 XVIII. THE MOUNTED POLICE 174 XIX. “FAINT, YET PURSUING” 185 XX. LIGHT AT EVENTIDE 194 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS THE BISHOP AND AN INDIAN ON A RAFT _Frontispiece_ CANOE-TRAVELLING IN NORTH-WEST CANADA _page_ 20 A SNOW-HOUSE MADE ON THE MARCH ” 56 WINTER TRAVELLING. A MISSIONARY’S INDIAN HELPER ” 68 AN INDIAN ENCAMPMENT ” 74 DOG-SLED IN NORTH-WEST CANADA ” 80 FEEDING THE DOGS ” 84 THE MISSION SCHOOL AT CARCROSS ” 90 AN INDIAN BOY SLIDING DOWNHILL ” 94 THE DOGS RESTING AFTER A HARD DAY’S WORK ” 94 TROUT-SPEARERS BRINGING SUPPLIES FOR A MISSION STATION ” 108 AN INDIAN SUMMER CAMP AT PEEL RIVER ” 122 AN OLD INDIAN DESERTED BY HIS PEOPLE ” 126 TAKING THE MAIL INTO DAWSON IN SPRING ” 154 PACK-HORSE SUPPLIES IN 1898 ” 158 GOAT-TEAM WITH SLED ON THE TRAIL, 1896 ” 164 A MINER’S GOLD-PAN ” 168 PROSPECTORS AND MINERS ON THE TRAIL ” 170 THE RUSH TO THE KLONDYKE. ONE OF MANY STRANGE CRAFT ” 172 BREAKING TRAIL ” 174 THE ROYAL NORTH-WEST MOUNTED POLICE ” 176 THE MOUNTED POLICE COOKING A MEAL ” 178 THE DAWSON—FORT MACPHERSON MAIL ROUTE ” 182 INDIAN BOYS AT WORK AND PLAY ” 190 ON THE TRAIL ” 194 THE BODY OF BISHOP BOMPAS TAKEN IN A BOAT FROM THE CHURCH TO THE GRAVEYARD ” 198 AN APOSTLE OF THE NORTH (_Written by the author of this book, when he first saw Bishop Bompas arrive at Whitehorse, in June, 1904._)