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.
More Quotes by Ernest Thompson Seton
Fort Smith, being the place of my longest stay, was the scene of my largest medical practice.
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.
I believe that natural history has lost much by the vague general treatment that is so common.
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.
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.