Chapter I: Front Matter

_BOOKS BY_

=Walter P. Eaton=

THE BOY SCOUTS OF BERKSHIRE. A story of how the Chipmunk Patrol was started, what they did and how they did it.

BOY SCOUTS IN THE DISMAL SWAMP. A story of Boy Scouting in the Dismal Swamp.

BOY SCOUTS IN THE WHITE MOUNTAINS. A story of a hike over the Franconia and Presidential Ranges.

BOY SCOUTS OF THE WILDCAT PATROL. A story of Boy Scouting.

PEANUT--CUB REPORTER. A Boy Scout’s life and adventures on a newspaper.

BOY SCOUTS IN GLACIER PARK. The adventures of two young Easterners in the heart of the High Rockies.

BOY SCOUTS AT CRATER LAKE. A Story of the High Cascades.

BOY SCOUTS ON KATAHDIN. A story of the Maine Woods.

HAWKEYE’S ROOMMATE. A story of the very life of a truly American prep school--how the boys studied, played and found lasting friendships and learned the lessons of life.

Boy Scouts in the White Mountains

_THE STORY OF A LONG HIKE_

By WALTER PRICHARD EATON

_ILLUSTRATED BY_

FRANK T. MERRILL

W. A. WILDE COMPANY

BOSTON CHICAGO

_Copyrighted, 1914_

By W. A. Wilde Company

_All rights reserved_

BOY SCOUTS IN THE WHITE MOUNTAINS

NOTE

The author and publishers desire to express their appreciation of the courtesy extended by Small Maynard & Co. for the use of the black and white plates used in this volume, which are taken from their “White Mountain Trails” and also to “The Northward-Ho” for the use of the reproduction of the Presidential Range used on the cover.

_To
Sydney Bruce Snow_

_In memory of a cheerful fire
and a doleful
broken egg
beside the
Lakes of the Clouds_

Contents

I. PEANUT CALLS TO ARMS 13
II. GETTING READY FOR THE HIKE 23
III. FOURTH OF JULY ON KINSMAN 34
IV. MOOSILAUKE 60
V. LOST RIVER AND THE LADIES 82
VI. A STRANGE ADVENTURE IN THE NIGHT 105
VII. OVER THE LAFAYETTE RIDGE, WITH A DINNER PARTY AT THE END 123
VIII. ON THE FOREHEAD OF THE OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN 154
IX. THE CRAWFORD NOTCH 163
X. A FIGHT WITH THE STORM ON THE CRAWFORD BRIDLE PATH 177
XI. TO THE SUMMIT, SAFE AT LAST 194
XII. DOWN TUCKERMAN’S RAVINE 223
XIII. UP THE HUNTINGTON HEAD WALL 243
XIV. THE GIANT’S BEDCLOTHES 257
XV. WITH ROB, ART AND PEANUT INTO THE GREAT GULF 266
XVI. FIRST AID IN THE CLOUDS! 272
XVII. PEANUT LEARNS WHERE THE SIX HUSBANDS’ TRAIL GOT ITS NAME 282
XVIII. THROUGH KING’S RAVINE AND HOME AGAIN 290

Boy Scouts in the White Mountains