| CHAPTER | PAGE | | I. | --Gamesters of the wilderness | 1 | | II. | --Three companies in conflict | 8 | | III. | --The Nor' Westers' coup | 22 | | IV. | --The ancient Hudson's Bay Company wakens up | 28 | | V. | --Mr. Astor's company encounters new opponents | 38 | | VI. | --The French trapper | 50 | | VII. | --The buffalo-runners | 65 | | VIII. | --The mountaineers | 81 | | IX. | --The taking of the beaver | 102 | | X. | --The making of the moccasins | 117 | | XI. | --The Indian trapper | 128 | | XII. | --Ba'tiste, the bear hunter | 144 | | XIII. | --John Colter--Free trapper | 160 | | XIV. | --The greatest fur company of the world | 181 | | XV. | --Koot and the bob-cat | 206 | | XVI. | --Other little animals besides Wahboos the Rabbit | 222 | | XVII. | --The rare furs--How the trapper takes them | 240 | | XVIII. | --Under the North Star--Where fox and ermine run | 258 | | XIX. | --What the trapper stands for | 275 | | Appendix | 281 |
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