Chapter II Lesser Slave River and Lesser Slave Lake
Lesser Slave River—Its proper name—Migration of the great Algic race—Bishop Grouard’s service in the wilderness—Returning Klondikers—The rapids; poling—Accident to Peokus—Celebration of Père Lacombe’s fiftieth year of missionary labors—Arrival of half-breed trackers from Lesser Slave Lake—Great hay meadows on the Lesser Slave River—The island in Lesser Slave Lake—Trackers’ gambling games—Swan River—A dangerous squall—Chief Factor Shaw—A free-traders’ village.