WOLVES RUNNING CABIBOU
BILLY BRASS TELLS ANOTHER STORY
A strange apparition was seen crossing the lake. It appeared to have wings … … Frontispiece
I surmised at once who he was, for one could see by the merest glance
[Illustration: Oo-koo-hoo's bill.]
[Illustration: Oo-koo-hoo's calendar.]
Going to the brink, we saw a "York Boat" in the act of shooting the cataract
Minutes passed while the rising moon cast golden ripples upon the water
The lynx is an expert swimmer and is dangerous to tackle in the water
Next morning we found that everything was covered with a heavy blanket of snow
The bear circled a little in order to descend. Presently it left the shadow
Going to the stage, he took down his five-foot snowshoes
As the wolf dashed away, the bounding clog sent the snow flying
"There's the York Factory packet from Hudson Bay to Winnipeg"
"It was on my father's hunting grounds, and late one afternoon"
Oo-koo-hoo could even hear the strange clicking sound
After half of May had passed away, and when the spring hunt was over
The departure of the Fur Brigade was the one great event of the year
INTRODUCTION
It was in childhood that the primitive spirit first came whispering to me. It was then that I had my first day-dreams of the Northland—of its forests, its rivers and lakes, its hunters and trappers and traders, its fur-runners and mounted police, its voyageurs and packeteers, its missionaries
