Chapter 4 The Call of the Wild Vocabulary

Review of Chapter 3 Chapter III "The Law of Club and Fang" Buck learned to live by his instincts in the Northland. Spitz became his rival. One day while Buck went to get his food, he found that Spitz had taken his sleeping hole. Buck and Spitz prepared to fight. Just then a pack of wild hungry dogs ran into the camp. They were mad with their hunger and attacked the team dogs. They ate everything they could find including moccasins. Each of the team dogs fought back. They received four to five cuts each during this battle.

Review of Chapter 3 The team had to cover four hundred miles of trail to reach the next stop. This was the hardest part of the trail. The dogs even broke through the ice on several occasions. One of the dogs Dolly went mad and began to chase Buck. Francois killed the mad dog with his ax. Spitz decided to attack Buck after this exhaustive chase with Dolly. Francois whipped Spitz harder than he had whipped any of the other dogs for trying to fight Buck when he was tired. After this incidence, the rivalry between the dogs strengthened.

Review of Chapter 3 One night the dogs saw a rabbit. This lead to a great chase. Fifty dogs from the Northwest Police camp joined in the rabbit hunt. Spitz got to the rabbit first by taking a short cut. Buck fought Spitz when he saw this. Buck soon realized this was a fight to the death. During the fight he acted as if he was headed for Spitz's shoulder, but turned at the last minute and bit his leg. Buck broke Spitz's leg. Once Spitz was down Buck moved in for the kill.

Triumphantly (adv) “Buck trotted in, laughing triumphantly, and swung around into position at the head of the team.”

Victoriously

Toil (n) “Their business was to toil, and toil mightily, in the traces.”

Laborious effort

Friction (n) “This meant a soft trail, greater friction on the runners, and heavier pulling for the dogs.”

The resistance of one force against another

Review of Chapter 4 Chapter IV "Who Has Won to Mastership" The morning after the fight between Buck and Spitz, Perrault found that Buck was covered with cuts and Spitz was missing. As Perrault harnessed the dogs, Buck stood in Spitz's lead position. Francois tried to harness Sol-leks in the lead. Buck pushed Sol-leks out of the way and moved back into the position. Francois came back with his club. Buck retreated from the club, but did not give up.

Review of Chapter 4 Finally Perrault told Francois to throw down the club. Buck moved into the lead position. Buck became the new lead dog. He did a wonderful job. Two new huskies were added to the team. Buck taught them how to work. The team averaged forty miles a day. They reached Skaguay in record time. Perrault and Francois received orders to move on. The dogs were too tired to continue. Perrault and Francois moved on with a new set of dogs. The team traveled back to Dawson under the leadership of a Scotsman. They carried a load of mail to the gold-miners in the North. Once the dogs reached Dawson they were treated well.

Review of Chapter 4 Dave was suffering from a strange illness. No one could find the problem. The men decided he was too weak to work and unharnessed him from the team. Dave fought for his place. The men realized he must die working, so they harnessed him back in place. The next day Dave was too weak to travel. After he collapsed the Scotsman moved the