Winter Adventures of Three Boys in the Great Lone Land

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Winter Adventures of Three Boys in the Great Lone Land

by Egerton Ryerson Young

EN·~9 hours·25 chapters

Chapters

25 total
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Chapter One. - Sagasta-weekee—A Happy Home in the Great Lone Land—Three Boys There Welcomed—The Sudden Coming of Winter—Various Sports Discussed—Hurrah for the Dogs—Useful Animals—Dog-whips—Kinesasis, the Dog-keeper.

16:04
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Chapter Two. - Bringing Home the Dogs—The Thin Ice—Method of Crossing Dangerous Places—The Dogs’ Summer Home—The Return Trip—The Unexpected Goose Hunt—The Saucy Fox—Kinesasis’s Question, “Why Do the Geese Go to the South Land?”

20:12
3

Chapter Three. - Selecting their Dogs—Various Methods of breaking them in—Frank’s Success by Kindness with Monarch—Sam’s Troubles with Spitfire—Conquered at Last—Training and capturing Dogs with Dogs—Alec’s Train of part Staghounds.

22:57
4

Chapter Four. - Numerous Dogs—Useful Animals—Food Supply—Frozen Fish—Bringing them Home—Vigorous Work for Boys and Dogs—Frank’s Tumble—Sam’s Ducking—Skating Parties—Alec’s Thrilling Adventure—The Race for Life—Northern Grey Wolves—Their Cunning—Their various Stratagems—Mr Ross’s Fears—The Search Party—Alec Rescued—The Wolves shot.

30:19
5

Chapter Five. - The Invitation to the Indian School Examination and Sports—Trapping Experiences—The Cunning Cross-fox—Frank seeking Aid from Memotas—Method of Successful Trap-setting—Joyous Trip to the Mission—An Abiding Christian Civilisation for the Indians—Sam’s and a Young Indian’s Novel Hunting Methods—Wild Cats captured—The Queer Battle between a Fox and a Wild Cat.

25:46
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Chapter Six. - The Winter Birds of the Great Lone Land—The Whisky Jack—The Ptarmigan—Their Beds in the Snow—Mission Visits—Cupid’s Darts—The Wood Supply—Primitive Way of Capturing Partridges—Great Snowy Owls—Methods of Capture—Sam’s Experience—The Fearful Grip of the Owl’s Claw.

20:09
7

Chapter Seven. - Wounds from Claws versus Teeth discussed—Mr Ross’s Story of the Battle with the Eagles—Their Mountain Aerie—Their Hunting Skill—Their Voracity—The Eaglets—The Conflict—The Result—The Painful Wounds.

14:24
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Chapter Eight. - Sundays in the Great Lone Land—Services at the Mission—By Skiff or Canoe in Summer—By Dog-train in Winter—Napoleon, the Tame Bear, and his Load—Services at Sagasta-weekee—Missionary Journeys—Native Ministers—The Queer Sermon—Happy Christmas Times—New Year’s, the Great Day—Oo-che-me-ke-se-gou—The Kissing Day—Varied Experiences—The Great Feast—Happy Indians—Thanksgiving.

26:45
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Chapter Nine. - The Indian School Examinations—The Prizes—Noble Indian Boys—The Skates to Kepastick—The Various Sports—Foot Races—The Skating Race—Tricky Clerk outwitted—Frank and Kepastick tie as Winners—Football—Hockey.

17:12
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Chapter Ten. - The Great Race with the Dog-trains—Careful Preparations by Alec—The Different Breathing Places—The Treacherous Half-breeds—Their Signal Failure—Alec’s Triumph.

15:03

Description

Three spirited lads—an English banker’s son, a Scottish youth, and an Irish boy—have traded the bustle of London for the quiet grandeur of the far‑north. Invited by the retired Hudson Bay trader Mr. Ross and his educated Indigenous wife, they settle into Sagasta‑weekee, a hearty log house warmed by friendship and the soft chatter of the household’s two bright Indian girls. Their first summer was a cascade of canoe trips, wildlife encounters and lively evenings around the fire, each day stitching them tighter into the rhythm of the land.

Now the sky darkens and a sudden winter storm sweeps across the plain, frosting the lake and rattling the shutters. The boys watch in awe as the world transforms overnight—ice forming on the water, snow draping the pines, and the dogs yipping with restless energy. Together with the Ross family, they begin to plan games, dog‑whip contests and other winter pastimes, eager to discover how much joy the frozen wilderness can hold.

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Language

en

Duration

~9 hours (547K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England

Release date

2007-04-27

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Egerton Ryerson Young

Egerton Ryerson Young

1840–1909

A Canadian Methodist missionary, teacher, and writer, he is best remembered for vivid books drawn from his years in the Canadian Northwest. His work introduced many readers to life around Norway House and made him a popular lecturer as well as an author.

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