Hunting adventures in the northern wilds, or, A tramp in the Chateaugay woods, over hills, lakes, and forest streams Author: Hammond, S. H. Description: Hunting adventures in the northern wilds, or, A tramp in the Chateaugay woods, over hills, lakes, and forest streams. New York: Derby & Jackson, 1859. View this book online Subject(s): Hunting -- New York (State) -- Adirondack Mountains Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.) -- Description and travel New York (State) -- Franklin County Table of Contents: Title page Front matter Contents Chapter I. Ho : For the wildwoods!--The lakes and the mountain streams Chapter II. The prison in the woods.--The chazy trout fishing.--Hunting by torchlight Chapter III. Ragged Lake.--A fishpond on the mountain.--The bark canoe.--A deer chase on the water Chapter IV. Indian Lake--The ground cedar and the fawn--The lake trout--The catamaran--The owls Chapter V. A trout-stream--Partridges--The fisher.--Naming a lake.--A thunderstorm in the forest--Meachams Lake Chapter VI. Morning in the woods.--My guide.--A first visit to the city.--A mistake and its consequences Chapter VII. The deserted hut.--Hunting on the crust.--Forest justice administered by a hunter.--A captive and it release Chapter VIII. Going round the Hudson.--The panther and its cubs.--Forest cookery Chapter IX. The lost child--Shack Chapter X. Dreams.--The prairies on fire.--A wood-demons torch Chapter XI. St. Regis Lake.--The bald eagle.--His habits.--A prize Chapter XII. The law of the woods.--Big clear pond.--A chase after a deer.--A moose path Chapter XIII. The Upper Saranac.--A song on the water--A woodmans notion of the past, the present, and the future, of America Chapter XIV. A sporting excursion.--A forest chase.--The music of the hounds.--The man who killed the panther and the big buck Chapter XV. Tough yarns--A shelter in a storm.--An astonished bear.--An uninvited guest, and his unceremonious expulsion Chapter XVI. Signs of rain.--The tree frog.--A rainy day in the forest Chapter XVII. A rainy morning.--Clearing up a new country.--A half-breed and his family Chapter XVIII. Stony brook.--Ampersand Creek.--Trout.--Racket River.--A flying shot at a buck Chapter XIX. A woodmans sermon.--His religion of nature.--His argument against infidelity Chapter XX. The silent energy of nature.--Her workshops.--Her journeymen Chapter XXI. The eagle and his prey.--The loon.--His habits.--The partridge.--The squirrel and the forest mice Chapter XXII. The Gray Owl.--The wild birds.--The dumb animal wiser in his instincts, than man in his reason.--The folly of crime Chapter XXIII. The jesuits journal.--Wild bulls and cows, with antlers like the stag.--The "taming" of the Indians Chapter XXIV. A wild cat.--Long Neak.--Round Lake.--The Lower Saranac--A fight between a panther and a bear Chapter XXV. The growth of America.--Its past, present, and future.--A woodmans idea of expansion Chapter XXVI. Manifest destiny.--Young America on the move Chapter XXVII. The Lower Saranac.--The bald eagle.--Umbrella Island.--Ball-Face Mountain.--Mount Marcy Chapter XXVIII. The story of old Pete Meigs.--The massacre, and the retribution that followed Chapter XXIX. A deerlick.--The Vermonter and his licklog--Shooting the wrong animal Chapter XXX. Old Shadrach and the water rattlesnake.--Tuckers notion of slavery.--The end of that institution at last Chapter XXXI. Moonlight on the water.--A village wiped out.--The Au Sable.--Keesville.--The gorge.--An ore pit

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