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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                                  168
 XVI.    THE GRIZZLY HUNT                                   181
 XVII.   THE YOUNG ALASKANS' "LOB-STICK"                    191
 XVIII.  BAD LUCK WITH THE "MARY ANN"                       200
 XIX.    NEW PLANS                                          207
 XX.     THE GORGE OF THE MOUNTAINS                         217
 XXI.    THE PORTAGE OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS                 226
 XXII.   EAST OF THE ROCKIES                                232
 XXIII.  THE LAND OF PLENTY                                 236
 XXIV.   THE WHITE MAN'S COUNTRY                            244
 XXV.    HOW THE ERMINE GOT HIS TAIL BLACK                  249
 XXVI.   TRAILING THE BEAR                                  254
 XVII.   THE END OF THE OLD WAR-TRAIL                       264
 XXVIII. STEAMBOATING IN THE FAR NORTH                      274
 XXIX.   A MOOSE HUNT                                       286
 XXX.    FARTHEST NORTH                                     294
 XXXI.   HOMEWARD BOUND                                     307
 XXXII.  LEAVING THE TRAIL                                  317




 ILLUSTRATIONS


 AROUND THE CAMP-FIRE                            _Frontispiece_

 THE BEAR BROKE COVER WITH A SAVAGE ROAR        _Facing p._ 186

 MOISE AT HOME                                      "       266

 THE PORTAGE, VERMILION CHUTES, PEACE RIVER         "       302




 THE YOUNG ALASKANS
 ON THE TRAIL




I

TAKING THE TRAIL


It was a wild and beautiful scene which lay about the little camp
in the far-off mountains of the Northwest. The sun had sunk beyond
the loftier ridges, although even now in the valley there remained
considerable light. One could have seen many miles over the
surrounding country had not, close at hand, where the little white
tent stood, the forest of spruce been very dense and green. At no
great distance beyond its edge was rough and broken country. Farther
on, to the southward, stood white-topped peaks many miles distant,
although from the camp these could not be seen.

It might have seemed a forbidding scene to any one not used to travel
among the mountains. One step aside into the bush, and one would have
fancied that no foot had ever trod here. There was no indication of
road or trail,