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Why & Wherefore
DURING
the two summers of the herein described
little journeys among the Canadian
Rocky Mountains, there had never been a thought
that the daily happenings of our ordinary camplife
would ever be heard of beyond the diary, the
family, the few partial friends.
However, when the cold breath of the mountaintops
blew down upon us, and warned us that the
early winters were not far away, that the camping
days were almost done for the year, when we
reluctantly turned our backs upon the sweet
mountain air, the camp-fire, the freedom, discarded
the much loved buckskins and hob-nailed
shoes for the trappings dictated by the Delineator,
we emerged into the world the better known
world sure of the envy of all listeners.
Did they listen? No, scarce one. With all
the pigments we might use, the numbers were
few who "enthused." Those who needed "enthusing,"
they with aches and pains, with sorrows
and troubles, listened the least, or looked upon
our mountain world as but a place of privation
and petty annoyances.
For them I have written the following pages,
tried to bring to them the fresh air and sunshine,
the snowy mountains, the softly flowing rivers,
the healers for every ill. Will they close their
eyes and shake their heads? Not all, I trust.
To you who are weary both in body and soul,
I write the message: "Go! I hand you the key
to one of the fairest of all God's many gardens.
Go! Peace and health are there, and happiness
for him who will search."
Table of Contents EXPEDITION OF 1907 CHAPTER I. AN EXPLANATION CHAPTER II. TROUBLE AT THE START Bow VALLEY CHAPTER III. TRAILING THE NORTH FORK CHAPTER IV. THROUGH UNMAPPED COUNTRY CHAPTER V. ON THE SEARCH OF FORTRESS LAKE CHAPTER VI. To THE BASE OF MOUNT COLUMBIA CHAPTER VII. BACK ON THE OLD FAMILIAR TRAIL CHAPTER VIII. NASHAN VALLEY, THOMPSON PASS, THE ICE-FIELDS OF MOUNT COLUMBIA CHAPTER IX. OFF TO THE BRAZEAU COUNTRY CHAPTER X. JONAS PASS AND A PAIR OF SNOW-BLIND EYES CHAPTER XI. ON THE GOLDEN PLAINS OF THE SASKATCHEWAN CHAPTER XII. THE VALLEY OF THE LAKES, THEN BACK TO CIVILISATION EXPEDITION OF 1908 CHAPTER I. THE START CHAPTER II. BACK ON OUR OLD PLAYGROUND THE CHAPTER NORTH FORK CHAPTER III. THE SEARCH FOR THE UNMAPPED LAKE CHAPTER IV. A MAIDEN VOYAGE ON THE "NEW" LAKE CHAPTER V. THE TRIBULATIONS OF THE INVESTIGATOR CHAPTER VI. THE JOYS OF POBOKTON VALLEY AND THE SUN WAPTA CHAPTER VII. ROCK-BLUFFS, GORGES, AND RESIDENTS OF THE ATHABASKA CHAPTER VIII. BOUND FOR MOUNT ROBSON CHAPTER IX. THE TETE JAUNE CACHE CHAPTER X. GOING HOME INDEX.
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