Ernest Thompson Seton

The name Peace River itself is the monument of a successful effort on the part of the Company to bring about a better understanding between the Crees and the Beavers. ”

Fort Smith, being the place of my longest stay, was the scene of my largest medical practice. ”

At each of these northern posts there were interesting experiences in store for me, as one who had read all the books of northern travel and dreamed for half a lifetime of the north; and that was - almost daily meeting with famous men. ”

At this camp I had the unique experience of showing all these seasoned Westerners that it was possible to make a fire by the friction of two sticks. This has long been a specialty of mine; I use a thong and a bow as the simplest way. ”

The Hudson's Bay Company has always been the guardian angel of the north. ”

Though so trifling, the success of our first Buffalo hunt gave us quite a social lift. ”

There are no Rabbits in the north-west. This statement, far from final, is practically true today, but I saw plenty of Lynxes, and one cannot write of ducks without mentioning water. ”

I believe that natural history has lost much by the vague general treatment that is so common. ”

I have only one prejudice in horseflesh - I do not like a white one. ”

We were now back at Smith Landing, and fired with a desire to make another Buffalo expedition on which we should have ampler time and cover more than a mere corner of the range. ”