Away in the Wilderness, Or, Life Among the Red Indians and Fur-traders of North America (1870) [Illustrated]

Robert Michael Ballantyne (1825 – 1894) was a famous best-selling 19th Century author, writing notable books such as: The Coral Island (1857), The World of Ice (1859), Ungava: a Tale of Eskimo Land (1857), The Dog Crusoe (1860), The Lighthouse (1865), Fighting the Whales (1866), Deep Down (1868), The Pirate City (1874), Erling the Bold (1869), The Settler and the Savage (1877).

This book relates the account of Jasper Derry "known to his friends as the best hunter, the most successful trapper, and the boldest man in the backwoods."

Contents

1. Chapter 1. The Hunter
2. Chapter 2 The Three Friends
3. Chapter 3. The Encampment
4. Chapter 4. Mosquitoes--Camp-Fire Talk
5. Chapter 5. Journeying In The Wilderness
6. Chapter 6. The Outpost
7. Chapter 7. A Savage Family, And A Fight With A Bear
8. Chapter 8. Running The Falls--Wild Scenes And Men
9. Chapter 9. The Fort, And An Unexpected Meeting
10. Chapter 10. Buffalo-Hunting On The Prairies
11. Chapter 11. Winter--Sleeping In The Snow--A Night Alarm
12. Chapter 12. The Wedding, An Arrival, A Feast, And A Ball

This book originally published in 1870 has been reformatted for the Kindle and may contain an occasional defect from the original publication or from the reformatting.