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قراءة كتاب Bill Biddon, Trapper or Life in the Northwest
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Bill Biddon, Trapper or Life in the Northwest
Bill Biddon, Trapper
OR
LIFE IN THE NORTHWEST
NEW YORK
HURST & COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1916,
BY
HURST & COMPANY
CONTENTS.
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | Out Late at Night | 9 |
| II. | A New Friend | 32 |
| III. | The Trapper’s Story | 48 |
| IV. | The Trapping Grounds | 72 |
| V. | Conversations and Plans | 98 |
| VI. | Still in the Dark—The Canoe Again | 116 |
| VII. | Alone in the Wilderness | 134 |
| VIII. | Trapping Among the Indians | 153 |
| IX. | The Buffalo Hunt and its Consequences | 174 |
| X. | An Awful Awakening | 191 |
| XI. | The Brigade and an Old Friend | 210 |
| XII. | Found at Last | 237 |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
BILL BIDDON, TRAPPER;
OR,
LIFE IN THE NORTHWEST.
CHAPTER I.
OUT LATE AT NIGHT.
“How is it, Nat? Any light yet?”
“Not the least sign of one, and it’s my opinion it will be a long time before we see another.”
“What! you haven’t given up all hopes of reaching the camp? I hope not, as I don’t relish the idea of camping out to-night.”
“Nor I either; but I’m thinking it will come to that sooner or later.”
“Well, there are several hours yet, in which we must plod onward,” I added, trudging wearily behind my companion.
Before going further, I may as well introduce my friend and myself. My companion answered to the name of Nathan Todd, and was a native of Maine. He was a tall, lank individual, with long, attentuated limbs and an awkward appearance generally. He was very meager and muscular, and when roused to a heat of passion, as quick and powerful as the panther. His gait was an ungainly, straddling one,