[Illustration: To Doctor & Mrs. M. G. Slutter with cordial greetings of the author, Geo. H. Warren Minneapolis, Aug. 19, 1919] [Illustration: Geo. H. Warren] THE PIONEER WOODSMAN AS HE IS RELATED TO LUMBERING IN THE NORTHWEST _By_ GEORGE HENRY WARREN MINNEAPOLIS PRESS OF HAHN & HARMON COMPANY 1914 Copyright 1914 By George Henry Warren I DEDICATE THIS BOOK TO THE MEMORY OF WILLIAM S. PATRICK, GUIDING FRIEND AND HELPFUL COUNSELOR OF MY EARLIER MANHOOD YEARS. Foreword. The aim will be to take the reader along on the journey of the pioneer woodsman, from comfortable hearthstone, from family, friends, books, magazines, and daily papers, and to disappear with him from all evidences of civilization and from all human companionship save, ordinarily, that of one helper who not infrequently is an Indian, and to live for weeks at a time in the unbroken forest, seldom sleeping more than a single night in one place. The woodsman and his one companion must carry cooking utensils, axes, raw provisions of flour, meat, beans, coffee, sugar, rice, pepper, and salt; maps, plats, books for field notes; the simplest and lightest possible equipment of surveying implements; and, lastly, tent and blankets for shelter and covering at night to protect them from storm and cold. Incidents of the daily life of these two voluntary reclusionists, as they occurred to the author, and some of the results obtained, will be told to the reader in the pages which are to follow. Table of Contents. Chapter Page