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Title: The Young Alaskans on the Trail

Author: Emerson Hough

Release Date: May 9, 2009 [EBook #28741]

Language: English

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THE
YOUNG ALASKANS
ON THE TRAIL

BY

EMERSON HOUGH

AUTHOR OF
"THE YOUNG ALASKANS"
"THE STORY OF THE COWBOY"

ILLUSTRATED

HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
MCMXI

BOOKS BY

EMERSON HOUGH

THE YOUNG ALASKANS. Ill'd. Post 8vo $1.25

YOUNG ALASKANS ON THE TRAIL. Ill'd. Post 8vo 1.25

HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK

COPYRIGHT, 1911, BY HARPER & BROTHERS

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

[Illustration: See page 75
AROUND THE CAMP-FIRE]

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE

I. TAKING THE TRAIL 1
II. THE GATE OF THE MOUNTAINS 10
III. STUDYING OUT THE TRAIL 23
IV. THE GREAT DIVIDE 37
V. CROSSING THE HEIGHT OF LAND 43
VI. FOLLOWING MACKENZIE 53
VII. AROUND THE CAMP-FIRE 69
VIII. A HUNT FOR BIGHORN 83
IX. A NIGHT IN THE MOUNTAINS 102
X. HOW THE SPLIT-STONE LAKE WAS NAMED 112
XI. LESSONS IN WILD LIFE 119
XII. WILD COUNTRY AND WILDERNESS WAYS 134
XIII. THE CARIBOU HUNT 143
XIV. EXPLORING THE WILDERNESS 158
XV. IN THE BIG WATERS