THE aim will be to take the reader along on the journey of the pioneer woodsman, from comfortable hearthstone, from family, friends, books, magazines, and daily papers, and to disappear with him from all evidences of civilization and from all human companionship save, ordinarily, that of one helper who not infrequently is an Indian, and to live for weeks at a time in the unbroken forest, seldom sleeping more than a single night in one place. The woodsman and his one companion must carry cooking utensils, axes, raw provisions of flour, meat, beans, coffee, sugar, rice, pepper, and salt maps, plats, books for field notes the simplest and lightest possible equipment of surveying implements and, lastly, tent and blankets for shelter and covering at night to protect them from storm and cold. Incidents of the daily life of these two voluntary reclusionists, as they occurred to the au thor, and some of the results obtained, will be told to the reader in the pages which are to follow. Table of Contents. Chapter Page I. Sowing the Germ That I Knew Not. Preparations for the Wilds of Wisconsin. Entering the Wilds of Wisconsin. Surveying and Selecting Government Timber Lands. Gaining Experience-Getting Wet. A Birthday Supper. A New Contract-Obstacles. A Few Experiences in the New and More Prosperous Field. IX. Tracing Gentlemen Timber Thieves-Getting Wet-Fawn. X. Does It Pay to Rest on Sunday XI. Indian Traits-Dog Team. XII. Wolves-Log Riding. XIII. Entering Minnesota, the New Field. XIV. An Evening Guest-Not Mothers Bread. XV. A Hurried Round Trip to Minneapolis-Many Incidents The Entire Party Moves to Swan River. XVII. Methods of Acquiring Government Land-An Abandoned Squaw. XVIII. United States Land Sale at Duluth-Joe La-Garde. XIX. Six Hundred Miles in a Birch Canoe. XX. Effect of Discovery of Iron Ore on Timber Industry. XXI. Forest Fires. XXII. White Pine-What of Our Future Supply Retrospect-Meed of Praise. Illustrations. George H. Warren. Frontispiece Facing Page W. S. Patrick. 16 The V shaped baker is a valuable part of the cooks outfit. 22 The almost saucy,-yet sociable red squirrel. 28 I found several families of Indians camping at the end of the portage 34 In the Vermilion country, dog trains could sometimeo be advantageously used. 40 S. D. Patrick 44 There were many waterfalls. We succeeded in crossing Burnt Side Lake. We started out with two birch canoes. The party subsisted well, until it arrived at Ely. 70 My three companions and I . . . had gone to sur vey and estimate a tract of pine timber 74 The journey had to be made with the use of toboggans. 82 Our camp was established on the shores of Kekekabic Lake. 88 The memorable fire . . . which swept Hinckley. 94 The fire . . . destroyed millions of dollars worth of standing pine timber. 102 This illustration kindly loaned by Department of Forestry, State of Minnesota. One of the horses balked frequently. 106 Our camp was made in a fine grove of pig-iron Norway. 112 These little animals were numerous. 118 We saw racks in Minnesota made by the Indians. 122 The roots of the lilies are much relished as a food by the moose 130 Illustrations-Continued. Facing Page We have seen the moose standing out in the bays of the lakes. 136 White Pine-What of Our Future Supply 142 He motors over the fairly good roads of the northern frontier. 148 Friends whom he had known in the city who arc ready to welcome him 154 He camps by the roadside on the shore of a lake...