This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents and linked FootnotesCONTENTS I. --Gamesters of the wilderness II. --Three companies in conflict III. --The Nor' Westers' coup IV. --The ancient Hudson's Bay Company wakens up V. --Mr. Astor's company encounters new opponents VI. --The French trapper VII. --The buffalo-runners VIII. --The mountaineers IX. --The taking of the beaver X. --The making of the moccasins XI. --The Indian trapper XII. --Ba'tiste, the bear hunter XIII. --John Colter--Free trapper XIV. --The greatest fur company of the world XV. --Koot and the bob-cat XVI. --Other little animals besides Wahboos the Rabbit XVII. --The rare furs--How the trapper takes them XVIII. --Under the North Star--Where fox and ermine run XIX. --What the trapper stands for Appendix