item: #1 of 9 id: 11426 author: White, Stewart Edward title: The Call of the North date: None words: 34271 flesch: 86 summary: You knew many men of many lands. He would be forced first of all to seek out and kill the men detailed to shadow him--a toy revolver against rifles; white man against trained savages. keywords: albret; canoe; company; country; day; door; eyes; face; factor; father; galen; girl; good; half; hand; head; house; know; long; man; men; moment; ned; right; room; stranger; things; time; trader; trent; virginia; voice; way; white cache: 11426.txt plain text: 11426.txt item: #2 of 9 id: 18182 author: Laut, Agnes C. title: Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade date: None words: 72800 flesch: 88 summary: Then I'll show you what I'll give the Most Christian of Kings! La Chesnaye rushed up with rash threat; but M. de Radisson pushed the merchant aside and stood very still, looking at Ben. Young man, he began, as quietly as if he were wishing Ben the season's compliments, I brought you to this fort for the purpose of keeping you in this fort, and it is for me to say when you may leave this fort! Ben rumbled out a string of oaths, and M. Radisson motioned the soldiers to encircle him. M. de Radisson Comes to his Own IX. keywords: air; battle; bay; ben; blood; borgne; captain; chesnaye; company; court; dark; day; door; english; eyes; face; father; feet; fellow; fire; fort; french; furs; gillam; godefroy; good; governor; half; hand; head; hortense; indian; jack; jean; king; kirke; life; look; m. picot; m. radisson; man; men; new; night; north; pierre radisson; ramsay; rebecca; river; sea; set; ship; shot; sir; sword; thought; time; tis; twas; way; white; wind; words; world; young cache: 18182.txt plain text: 18182.txt item: #3 of 9 id: 20418 author: Laut, Agnes C. title: Lords of the North date: None words: 105216 flesch: 86 summary: Get you gone to the squaws at the tents, old men, The cart-lines safely encircle the camp! Now, old men and squaws, come you out with the carts! keywords: air; arms; bay; blood; boy; camp; chapter; child; come; coming; company; dark; day; diable; door; douglas; eric; eyes; face; father; feet; fellow; fire; forest; fort; frances; good; governor; grant; ground; half; hamilton; hand; head; heart; holland; horse; hudson; indian; know; lad; laplante; left; life; look; lord; louis; man; men; miriam; night; nor'-westers; north; past; place; priest; red; river; room; rufus; saw; set; sioux; sir; snow; squaw; sutherland; tent; thing; thought; till; time; uncle; voice; way; white; wild; window; woman; words; y'r cache: 20418.txt plain text: 20418.txt item: #4 of 9 id: 21478 author: Kingston, William Henry Giles title: Snow Shoes and Canoes Or, The Early Days of a Fur-Trader in the Hudson Bay Territory date: None words: 98099 flesch: 80 summary: We were more successful even than we expected, for we killed a small deer and three squirrels, and on our return saw several other animals--another deer, a raccoon lodged comfortably high up between the branches of a tree, a black fox, and a wolverine; which showed us that, should we have to remain on the spot, we were not likely to run short of provisions. In a short time we discovered that the trail had been joined by that of several other animals coming from the right hand and the left, which we at once knew to be wolves. keywords: alick; bear; bouncer; buffalo; camp; canoe; course; day; deer; distance; feet; fire; food; fort; friends; good; horses; indians; martin; meat; men; night; pat; river; robin; round; sandy; set; shot; snow; thought; time; trees; water; way; wood cache: 21478.txt plain text: 21478.txt item: #5 of 9 id: 21707 author: Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael) title: Ungava date: None words: 115078 flesch: 74 summary: Three days after the events narrated in the last chapter the fort of the fur-traders became a place of weeping; for on the morning of that day Maximus arrived with the prostrate form of Frank Morton, whom he had discovered alone in the igloo on the lake, and with the dreadful news that little Edith Stanley was nowhere to be found! But whatever be _our_ opinion in regard to this, the point that we have to deal with at present is, the opinion of Edith Stanley, who, on rising hastily one morning, and looking forth from her little window, evinced the rejoicing of her heart most emphatically, by her loud exclamation of delight and the sparkling of her bright blue eyes. keywords: bryan; camp; canoe; child; chimo; day; deep; deer; dog; dogs; eda; edith; esquimau; eyes; face; feet; fire; fish; fort; frank; good; half; hand; head; heart; ice; indians; left; long; look; man; massan; maximus; men; minutes; moment; mountains; night; order; party; place; point; poor; prince; river; roche; round; scene; sea; shore; shot; snow; spot; stanley; stood; thought; time; ungava; water; way; white; wife; young cache: 21707.txt plain text: 21707.txt item: #6 of 9 id: 21712 author: Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael) title: The Young Fur Traders date: None words: 123864 flesch: 73 summary: He did not, perhaps, love his wife with more fervour than he would have done had he remained with his tribe; but Redfeather had associated a great deal with the traders, and he had imbibed much of that spirit which prompts _white men_ to treat their females with deference and respect--a feeling which is very foreign to an Indian's bosom. Giving Charley another squeeze of the hand and Harry a pat on the shoulder, the old gentleman put on his cap (with the peak behind), and led the way to his glass divan in the garden. keywords: accountant; canoe; charley; country; day; dear; deep; doctor; eyes; face; fact; father; fire; fort; friend; good; grant; great; half; hamilton; hand; harry; head; heart; house; indian; jacques; kate; kennedy; know; lake; lay; left; life; look; man; men; mind; minutes; moment; mr kennedy; pipe; place; point; poor; redfeather; right; river; round; shot; sir; small; snow; somerville; tell; thought; time; water; way; white; wild; woods; work; young cache: 21712.txt plain text: 21712.txt item: #7 of 9 id: 21753 author: Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael) title: The Norsemen in the West date: None words: 90063 flesch: 79 summary: They are good men and true, and well able to guide and advise you. There was great bustle on board, and there were many men, besides some women, who could be seen looking over the bulwarks with keen interest, while Leif's men brought planks with which to make a gangway from the ship to the shore. keywords: bertha; biarne; brother; course; day; eyes; father; freydissa; good; great; greenland; gudrid; hake; hand; head; heika; home; karlsefin; krake; land; leif; little; man; men; moment; night; norsemen; olaf; party; river; round; savages; sea; set; ship; snorro; tell; think; thorward; thought; time; tyrker; vinland; water; way; women cache: 21753.txt plain text: 21753.txt item: #8 of 9 id: 30925 author: Sullivan, Francis William title: The Wilderness Trail date: None words: 72176 flesch: 86 summary: Donald McTavish glared down into the heavy, ugly face of his superior--a face that concealed behind its mask of dignity emotions as potent and lasting as the northland that bred them. Add to such conditions snow, ice, and eighty degrees of frost, and you have the situation that Donald McTavish faced the day he left Fort Severn. keywords: away; bay; breed; cabin; camp; captain; charley; company; day; death; dogs; donald; donald mctavish; eyes; face; factor; father; fire; fitzpatrick; fort; girl; good; half; hand; head; indian; jean; lake; left; life; man; maria; mctavish; men; mind; moment; morning; night; peter; rainy; seguis; set; snow; things; thought; time; trail; white cache: 30925.txt plain text: 30925.txt item: #9 of 9 id: 6357 author: Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael) title: Snowflakes and Sunbeams; Or, The Young Fur-traders: A Tale of the Far North date: None words: 124312 flesch: 73 summary: He did not, perhaps, love his wife with more fervour than he would have done had he remained with his tribe; but Redfeather had associated a great deal with the traders, and he had imbibed much of that spirit which prompts _white_ men to treat their females with deference and respect--a feeling which is very foreign to an Indian's bosom. It's a wonder to me, Mr. Harry, how ye held on to that big thief so long, muttered Jacques, as he drew out the splinter and bandaged up the shoulder. keywords: accountant; canoe; chapter; charley; country; day; dear; deep; doctor; eyes; face; fact; father; fire; fort; friend; good; great; half; hamilton; hand; harry; head; heart; home; house; indian; jacques; kate; kennedy; know; lake; lay; left; life; look; man; men; mind; minutes; moment; pipe; place; point; poor; redfeather; right; river; round; set; shot; sir; small; snow; somerville; tell; thought; time; water; way; white; wild; woods; work; young cache: 6357.txt plain text: 6357.txt