The solid forests of Glengarry have vanished, and with the forests the men who conquered them.

The manner of life and the type of character to be seen in those early days have gone too, and forever.

It is part of the purpose of this book to so picture these men and their times that they may not drop quite out of mind.

The men are worth remembering.
They carried the marks of their blood in their fierce passions, their courage, their loyalty; and of the forest in their patience, their resourcefulness, their self-reliance.

But deeper than all, the mark that reached down to their hearts' core was that of their faith, for in them dwelt the fear of God.