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Title: The Fiery Totem
A Tale of Adventure in the Canadian North-West

Author: Argyll Saxby

Release Date: August 14, 2009 [EBook #29686]

Language: English

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[Illustration: THEN HE GRIPPED HIS WEAPON BY THE MUZZLE, AND SPRANG
STRAIGHT FOR THE PACK.

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THE FIERY TOTEM

A TALE OF ADVENTURE IN THE
CANADIAN NORTH-WEST

BY
ARGYLL SAXBY, M.A., F.R.G.S.

AUTHOR OF
"BRAVES, WHITE AND RED" "COMRADES THREE!"
"TANGLED TRAILS" ETC. ETC.

_SECOND IMPRESSION_

LONDON
THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY
4 BOUVERIE STREET AND 65 ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. A PERILOUS PASSAGE 5

II. DEER-STALKING 14

III. THE LONELY CAMP 22

IV. FRIENDS OR FOES? 33

V. LOST IN THE FOREST 41

VI. THE MEDICINE MAN 53

VII. THE FRIEND IN NEED 67

VIII. NIGHT IN THE WIGWAM 83

IX. THE TEMPTATION 96

X. A DEATH-TRAP 104

XI. TO THE RESCUE! 115

XII. CRAFTY TACTICS 130

XIII. THE PRICE OF A ROBE 142

XIV. THE BATTLE OF WITS 151

XV. OFF! 165

XVI. A NIGHT'S TERROR 172

XVII. THE FATE OF RED FOX 181

XVIII. HOT ON THE TRAIL 191

XIX. THUNDER-MAKER'S DOWNFALL 205

XX. THE FIERY TOTEM 217

THE FIERY TOTEM

CHAPTER I

A PERILOUS PASSAGE

"Well, good-bye, boys! You won't go far from camp before we return, will
you?" The speaker was one of two men seated in an Indian canoe. He
gripped the forward paddle, while his companion at th