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Brief about Ernest Thompson Seton: By info that we know Ernest Thompson Seton was born at 1970-01-01. And also Ernest Thompson Seton is American Leader.

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The ancient feud between cat and dog is not forgotten in the north, for the Lynx is the deadly foe of the Fox and habitually kills it when there is soft snow and scarcity of easier prey.

Tags: Between, Dog, Snow

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

Tags: Medical, Place, Stay

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

Tags: Common, History, Lost

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

Tags: Prejudice, White

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

Tags: Angel, Company, Guardian

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

Tags: Social, Success, Though

All travellers who had preceded me into the Barren Grounds had relied on the abundant game, and in consequence suffered dreadful hardships; in some cases even starved to death.

Tags: Death, Game, Hardships

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.

Tags: Famous, Men, Travel

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.

Tags: Experience, Fire, Unique

On the 27th we came to the Cascade Rapids. The first or Little Cascade has about two feet fall, the second or Grand Cascade, a mile farther, is about a six foot sheer drop.

Tags: Fall, Feet, Second

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.

Tags: Between, Peace, Successful

The white spruce forest along the banks is most inspiring, magnificent here. Down the terraced slopes and right to the water's edge on the alluvial soil it stands in ranks.

Tags: Along, Here, Water

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.

Tags: Cannot, Today, True

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.

Tags: Another, Desire, Time
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