Chapter V Resources Of Lesser Slave Lake Region Indian lunatics: The Weeghteko--Treatment of lunatics in old Upper Canada--Lesser Slave Lake fisheries--Stock-raising at the lake--Prairies of the region--The region once a buffalo country--Quality of the soil--Wheat and roots and vegetables--Unwise to settle in large numbers in the country at present--The "blind pig"--A native row. Chapter VI On The Trail To Peace River On the trail to Peace River--The South Heart River--Good farming lands--The Little Prairie--Peace River Crossing--The vast banks of the Peace a country in themselves--Wild fruits--Prospectors from the Selwyn Mountains--The Poker Flat Mining Camp--Buffalo paths and wallows--Magnificent prairies between Peace River Landing and Fort Dunvegan--Fort Dunvegan--Sir George Simpson and Colin Fraser--Some townships blocked here--The Roman Catholic Mission--Baffled miners returning--The natives of Dunvegan--Relics of the old régime--Large families the rule--The Church missions--Back to Peace River Crossing--Tepees, tents and trading stores--Mr. Alexander Mackenzie--The sites of old fur posts--Indian names of the Peace River--Description of the agricultural and other resources of the Upper Peace River--The Chinook winds--Grand Prairie--Rainfall scanty on prairies throughout the River--Lack of waggon roads and trail facilities. Chapter VII Down The Peace River The descent of the Peace River--Wolverine Point--A good farming country--Paddle River and Keg of Rum River prairies--Heavy spruce forests here--Vermilion settlement--The Lawrence family and farm--Extensive wheat fields--Cattle and hog raising--Locusts--Symptoms of volcanic action--Old Lizotte and old King Beaulieu--The Chutes of Peace River--The Red River; its rich soil and prairies--Peace Point--A wild goose chase--The Gargantuan feasts of Peace River--The Quatre Fourches--Athabasca Lake. Chapter VIII Fort Chipewyan To Fort McMurray Fort Chipewyan and Athabasca Lake--Colin Fraser's trading-post--The Barren Ground reindeer--Feathered land game--The Indians of Fond du Lac--Mineral resources--First companies formed to prospect the Great Slave Lake minerals--The Helpman party--The Yukon Valley Prospecting and Mining Company--Assays of copper ore--A great mineral country--A railway required from Chesterfield Inlet to develop it--Moss of the Banner Lands--Lake Athabasca the rallying place of the Déné race--Meaning of Indian generic names--"Mackenzie's country"--Its first traders--The North-West Company--The original Indians--The mastodon believed by the natives to exist--Return of Klondikers from Mackenzie River--Their bad conduct--By steamer _Grahame_ to Fort McMurray--Killing a moose--Fort McMurray. Chapter IX The Athabasca River Region