Chapter I: Preface: xi

I. THE LABRADOR 1

II. LONDON TO LABRADOR 9

III. ON THE EVE OF INLAND 25

IV. NUNAINGOAK BAY AND THE FRASER RIVER 36

V. BEAR RAVINE 55

VI. OVER THE GREAT PLATEAU 64

VII. THE KINGDOM OF BEELZEBUB 75

VIII. THE HEART OF THE WILDERNESS 86

IX. AT INDIAN HOUSE LAKE 101

X. THE EASTWARD MARCH 112

XI. THE HEROES OF THE LABRADOR 129

XII. THE ESKIMO 146

XIII. THE WINTER MASTERS OF THE LABRADOR 165

XIV. THE SETTLERS OR LIVEYERES 182

XV. THE INDIANS OF THE LABRADOR 192

XVI. THE CARIBOU OF THE LABRADOR 204

XVII. A CHAPTER ON FISHING 221

XVIII. NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR _v._ NORWAY 232

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

WHEN THE CARIBOU COME TOO LATE _Frontispiece_

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SPRING 2

SUMMER 2

AUTUMN 4

WINTER 4

A NASCAUPEE INDIAN OF THE BARREN GROUNDS 6

THE _HARMONY_ 16

THE _HARMONY_ IN THE ICE 16

THE HUNTER’S GRAVE 20

THE BREAK-UP OF THE ICE AT NAIN 20

THE ARRIVAL OF THE _HARMONY_ 22

ESKIMO _KAYAKS_ IN NAIN BAY 22

A CURIOUS ICEBERG 26

OKAK 26

BISHOP MARTIN 28

BROTHER SCHMITT 28

CAPT. J. C. JACKSON 34

FILIPUS 34

DESERTED TEPEES 36

THE MORNING OF THE START 36

AT THE HEAD OF THE LONG LAKE 38

THE FIRST LUNCH 38

BOAZ IS INTERESTED 40

TRACKING 40

A NASTY PLACE 42

THE CLIFFS OF THE FRASER 42

THE VALLEY OF THE FRASER 44

WHERE THE FRASER BEGINS TO GROW SHALLOW 44

HARDY CROSSING THE UPPER FRASER 46

DOWN THE FRASER 48

WE _CACHE_ THE FIRST CANOE 50

THE BEGINNING OF THE LAST NAVIGABLE STAGE 52

DRYING OUT 52

BLACK BEAR, SHOT AUGUST 5TH 56

THE BEAR’S CAVE 56

THE CANOE 1,000 FEET UP 58

HARDY AND PORTER NEARING MOSQUITO GLEN 58

CARIBOU CROSSING-PLACE 60

TAKING A “SPELL” 60

“HARD LIES THE PATH” 62

BEAR RAVINE 62

ROBERT PORTER 62

BEAR RAVINE BROOK 62

“TIRED AND IRRITABLE” 64

HARDY PREPARED AGAINST THE MOSQUITOES 68

OVER THE PLATEAU 68

CANOE CAMP 70

SANDY CAMP 70

LOOKING WESTWARD 76

COOKING OUR MID-DAY MEAL BESIDE SOME UPLAND WATER 76

WE THREW OURSELVES ON OUR FACES TO AVOID THE
MOSQUITOES 76

SANDY CAMP RIVER 82

CROSSING THE LAKE 88

THE FIRST CARIBOU 94

THE GEORGE RIVER 96

THE GEORGE AT LAST 96

WHERE THE NASCAUPEES CLEAN DEERSKINS 102

INDIAN HOUSE LAKE 102

SLIPPERY BROOK 104

CAMP BESIDE SLIPPERY BROOK 104

HUNGRY DAYS AT SLIPPERY BROOK 106

TRACKS OF MIGRATING CARIBOU 106

THE LAST SPRUCE 114

A “RAISED BEACH” IN THE GEORGE VALLEY 114

RATION FOR THREE 120

OUR CHEF 120

REV. W. W. PERRETT, HOUSE-FATHER OF NAIN 130

REV. B. LENZ, HOUSE-FATHER OF HOPEDALE 130

ESKIMO BAND AT NAIN 134

NEW CHURCH BUILT BY MISSIONARIES AND ESKIMO
AT NAIN 134

SNOW-HUT CAMP OF MORAVIAN MISSIONARIES ON
A JOURNEY 138

A SUCCESSFUL WHITE WHALE HUNT 148

BREAKFAST AT A SUMMER CAMP 148

CHRISTIAN ESKIMO WOMAN 154

HEATHEN ESKIMO WOMAN 154

AN ESKIMO MOTHER 156

ESKIMO WOMAN IN WINTER COSTUME 156

ENTRANCE TO ESKIMO HOUSE IN WINTER 162

THE LABRADOR “SINBAD” 166

BY _KOMATIK_ ON LAND 184

BY _KOMATIK_ OVER THE SEA-ICE 184

CHRISTMAS AT NAIN 188

SETTLER BOYS AT PLAY 188

THE HOME OF THE NASCAUPEES 194

THE CHILDREN OF THE BARRENS 194

A MIXED MARRIAGE—NASCAUPEE AND MONTAGNAIS 198

MONTAGNAIS INDIANS 200

THE NASCAUPEE BELLE AND TWO MONTAGNAIS WOMEN 200

TYPICAL BARREN GROUND HORNS 206

LABRADOR BARREN GROUND HORNS 206

CARIBOU HEAD FROM NORTHERN QUEBEC 206

TYPICAL CARIBOU HORNS FROM NORTHERN QUEBEC 206

INTERMEDIATE TYPE BETWEEN LABRADOR BARREN GROUND
AND WOODLAND 210

ROADS CUT BY MIGRATING CARIBOU 214

A BEAR-PATH OVER THE REINDEER MOSS 216

ANTLERS OF CARIBOU KILLED BY NASCAUPEE INDIANS
AT A CROSSING-PLACE ON INDIAN HOUSE LAKE 216

PLAYING A SEA TROUT 226

A _NAMAYCUSH_ 226

CUT OFF FROM THE WORLD 234