Author's Note

The story of Louis Riel and the Métis, barely touched upon in this book, is one of the most exciting in Canadian history. At the present time, I have a book in its development stages which will deal with this subject at greater length, and touch upon some other aspects of Western Canadian history.

Early travelers in Western Canada had much to say about the mosquitoes and these stories in this book are not exaggerated. David Thompson, Palliser, the Earl of Southesk, Butler, Traill, Kootenai Brown and many others told such stories as those repeated here.

— Louis L'Amour