Produced by D Alexander and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) THE YOUNG ALASKANS ON THE MISSOURI By EMERSON HOUGH _Author of_ "YOUNG ALASKANS IN THE ROCKIES" "YOUNG ALASKANS IN THE FAR NORTH" ETC. HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON YOUNG ALASKANS ON THE MISSOURI Copyright, 1922 By Harper & Brothers Printed in the U. S. A. _First Edition_ BOOKS BY EMERSON HOUGH THE YOUNG ALASKANS YOUNG ALASKANS ON THE TRAIL YOUNG ALASKANS IN THE ROCKIES YOUNG ALASKANS IN THE FAR NORTH YOUNG ALASKANS ON THE MISSOURI Harper & Brothers Publishers CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE I. FOLLOWING LEWIS AND CLARK 1 II. READY FOR THE RIVER 9 III. "ADVENTURER, OF AMERICA" 17 IV. THE EARLY ADVENTURERS 23 V. OFF UP THE RIVER 36 VI. THE LOG OF THE "ADVENTURER" 41 VII. THE GATE OF THE WEST 49 VIII. HO! FOR THE PLATTE! 59 IX. SHIPWRECK 67 X. AT THE PLATTE 73 XI. AMONG THE SIOUX 83 XII. THE LOST HUNTER 89 XIII. GETTING NORTH 100 XIV. IN DAYS OF OLD 115 XV. AMONG THE MANDANS 128 XVI. OLD DAYS ON THE RIVER 144 XVII. AT THE YELLOWSTONE 155 XVIII. WHERE THE ROAD FORKED 168 XIX. AT THE GREAT FALLS 187 XX. READY FOR THE RIVER HEAD 201 XXI. THE PACK TRAIN 210 XXII. AT THE THREE FORKS 226 XXIII. SUNSET ON THE OLD RANGE 235 XXIV. NEARING THE SOURCE 246 XXV. BEAVERHEAD CAMP 262 XXVI. THE JUMP-OFF CAMP 276 XXVII. THE UTMOST SOURCE 294 XXVIII. SPORT WITH ROD AND REEL 302 XXIX. THE HEAD OF THE GREAT RIVER 310 XXX. SPORTING PLANS 327 XXXI. AMONG THE GRAYLING 340 XXXII. AT BILLY'S RANCH 349 XXXIII. HOMEWARD BOUND 371 ILLUSTRATIONS