Gentlemen of the North (Illustrated)

the time is when the fur trade wars between the North West Company and the X. Y. Company was at its peak, and no trick was too dirty for them. The protagonists—a young lad and lady in the opposing camps—have problems aplenty; including drunken Chippewas and Creed (drunk on the rum exchanged for the fur). But these are the "peaceful" Indians; out there are marauding gangs of the utterly savage Sioux and Cheyennes, just waiting...(Wikisource)