The Countries of the World: Indians of North America ; Arctic regions ; Canada ; Pacific CoastCassell, 1876 |
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... district where the Company had long had a trading fort , I bought from the Indians a deer , caught in a pitfall , for one ball and a charge of powder , and another one for a few leaves of tobacco . Again , in districts where deer were ...
... district where the Company had long had a trading fort , I bought from the Indians a deer , caught in a pitfall , for one ball and a charge of powder , and another one for a few leaves of tobacco . Again , in districts where deer were ...
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... districts , but some of them also frequent the northern parts of British Columbia - especially since the Omineca and Peace River diggings have been discovered - and the United States territory of Alaska . The " limestone district " in ...
... districts , but some of them also frequent the northern parts of British Columbia - especially since the Omineca and Peace River diggings have been discovered - and the United States territory of Alaska . The " limestone district " in ...
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... districts richly cultivated , and containing many prosperous settlements . Below Quebec the soil is poorer , the ... district the backwoods settler may be probably seen to better advantage than in nost other parts of Canada . His ...
... districts richly cultivated , and containing many prosperous settlements . Below Quebec the soil is poorer , the ... district the backwoods settler may be probably seen to better advantage than in nost other parts of Canada . His ...
Contents
THE ARCTIC REGIONS IN GENERAL | 17 |
SEA ICE GLACIERS AND ICEBERGS | 48 |
LIFE IN POLAR LANDS | 71 |
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