CHAPTER VIII. Fond Du Lac to Fort Smith

FOND DU LAC TO FORT SMITH

World's records beaten on the Athabasca--Down the Slave to Smith's Landing--Priests sink in the Rapid of the Drowned--The Mosquito Portage--Fort Smith, the new headquarters--Lady-slippers and night-hawks--Steamer built in the wilderness--Last stand of the wood bison--The grey wolf persists--Fur-trade and the silver-fox--Breeding pelicans.