Item #005232 THE BARREN GROUNDS OF NORTHERN CANADA. Pike W.

THE BARREN GROUNDS OF NORTHERN CANADA

Macmillan and Co. 1892 London, 1st edn, ix, [3], 300 pages, errata slip, 2 folding maps in color. A very good copy, period book plate and a signature of previous owner. Item #005232

From the Yukon river to the Bering sea in 1887. Moose, bear caribou. "To see the muskox and the Indians who hunt them, Pike made a hard journey to Great Slave Lake and Lake Vermillion, Calgary and Edmonton, and into the barren lands. Pike is told that the muskox 'understands every word of the Yellow Knife language.' He finds it 'strange that they do not make use of the information they receive to avoid danger.' He returns to the warp of civilization: 'the shiny black boots into which we squeeze our feet when we throw away the moccasin of freedom'." Waterston, The Travelers - Canada to 1900.

Price: $325.00

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