The Project Gutenberg eBook of Snowflakes and Sunbeams; Or, The Young Fur-traders: A Tale of the Far North
Title: Snowflakes and Sunbeams; Or, The Young Fur-traders: A Tale of the Far North
Author: R. M. Ballantyne
Release date: August 1, 2004 [eBook #6357]
Most recently updated: August 17, 2021
Language: English
Credits: Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
The Young Fur-Traders
by R. M. Ballantyne
Contents
CHAPTER I
Plunges the reader into the middle of an arctic winter; conveys him into the
heart of the wildernesses of North America; and introduces him to some of the
principal personages of our tale
CHAPTER II
The old fur-trader endeavours to “fix” his son’s
“flint,” and finds the thing more difficult to do than he expected
CHAPTER III
The counting-room
CHAPTER IV.
A wolf-hunt in the prairies; Charley astonishes his father, and breaks in the
“noo’oss” effectually
CHAPTER V
Peter Mactavish becomes an amateur doctor; Charley promulgates his views of
things in general to Kate; and Kate waxes sagacious
CHAPTER VI
Spring and the voyageurs
CHAPTER VII
The store
CHAPTER VIII
Farewell to Kate; departure of the brigade; Charley becomes a voyageur
CHAPTER IX
The voyage; the encampment; a surprise
CHAPTER X
Varieties, vexations, and vicissitudes
CHAPTER XI
Charley and Harry begin their sporting career without much success; Whisky-John
catching
CHAPTER XII
The storm
CHAPTER XIII
The canoe; ascending the rapids; the portage; deer-shooting and life in the
woods
CHAPTER XIV
The Indian camp; the new outpost; Charley sent on a mission to the Indians
CHAPTER XV
The feast; Charley makes his first speech in public; meets with an old friend;
an evening in the grass
CHAPTER XVI
The return; narrow escape; a murderous attempt, which fails; and a discovery
CHAPTER XVII
The scene changes; Bachelors’ Hall; a practical joke and its
consequences; a snow-shoe walk at night in the forest
CHAPTER XVIII
The walk continued; frozen toes; an encampment in the snow
CHAPTER XIX
Shows how the accountant and Harry set their traps, and what came of it
CHAPTER XX
The accountant’s story
CHAPTER XXI
Ptarmigan-hunting; Hamilton’s shooting powers severely tested; a
snow-storm
CHAPTER XXII
The winter packet; Harry hears from old friends, and wishes that he was with
them
CHAPTER XXIII
Changes; Harry and Hamilton find that variety is indeed, charming; the latter
astonishes the former considerably
CHAPTER XXIV
Hopes and fears; an unexpected meeting; philosophical talk between the hunter
and the parson
CHAPTER XXV
Good news and romantic scenery; bear-hunting and its results
CHAPTER XXVI
An unexpected meeting, and an unexpected deer-hunt; arrival at the outpost;
disagreement with the natives; an enemy discovered, and a murder
CHAPTER XXVII
The chase; the fight; retribution; low spirits and good news
CHAPTER XXVIII
Old friends and scenes; coming events cast their shadows before
CHAPTER XXIX
The first day at home; a gallop in the prairie, and its consequences
CHAPTER XXX
Love; old Mr. Kennedy puts his foot in it
CHAPTER XXXI
The course of true love, curiously enough, runs smooth for once; and the
curtain falls