CONTENTS:

INTRODUCTION.

The Country and Its Aborigines.—Boundaries—Flora—Lakes and
streams—Fish and game—Various native tribes—Manners and
customs of the same—Their probable origin—Original seat of the
Babines - - - - - - - - - :

CHAPTER I.

Earliest Historical Times.—Na’kweel and his iron axe—Lost and found
—Quick with his bow—His son killed by his wives—Prompt retri-
bution—A great patriarch—Chinlac and its sad fate—Spitted
through the ribs—A raid on the Chilcotins—Battling with spear
and armor—Why Khalhpan could not dance - - - -

CHAPTER II.

Still Pre-European Times.—A new chieftain—A dishonorable adven-
ture—Stuart River massacre—K’wah tries to avenge it—A success-
ful attack—Between ‘‘ two fires ””—Hostile reception of the victors—
K’wah becomes a gambler—Blood pays for an insult—Firearms first
heard of—The Beavers oppress the Sekanais—The latter retaliate -

CHAPTER III.

Discovery by Alexander Mackenzstie.—The fur-trade in the east—Alex-
ander Mackenzie—He crosses the Rockies—Liquor in great demand
—He ascends the Parsnip River— First intercourse with the Carriers
—Dread on both sides—An exciting episode—Panic and discourage-
ment—A blind man opens the eyes of the adventurers—AlII’s well
that ends well - . - - - - - - ince

CHAPTER IV.

First Foundations. —Mackenzie turns litterateur—Simon Fraser—First
view of Stuart Lake—Fraser prepares his great expedition—Difh-
culties from nature and from men—A well named river—The
Fraser—Ready, ye warriors !—Surprise and consternation—First
trading—Lake Stuart—Its aborigines—Errors of Bancroft and
others - - - - - - - - . -

Vil.