trailsman

Here was a typical Alaskan, a sturdy trailsman, touched by the tender, pitiful things of life, just like a little boy that hasn't had time to become hardened.

Baldy of Nome Esther Birdsall Darling

He could pick up an uncertain trail when concealed by three feet of soft, freshly fallen snow; he could tell if ice was thick enough to carry the weight of a loaded sled, when the most seasoned trailsman was deceived, and he could scent a camp for four or five miles with the wind in the right direction.

Baldy of Nome Esther Birdsall Darling

He saw the farmers arise, and railways begin, and little villages dot the skyline, and here and there an elevator, when a box car was looked at by a trailsman as a small boy gapes at a circus parade.

The Masques of Ottawa Domino

Just as The Eena predicted, Con proved an able fisherman and excellent "trailsman."

The Shagganappi 1913

Long experience in the woods had made him a good trailsman.

The Unspeakable Perk Samuel Hopkins Adams 1914

Glen knew that he was the finest trailsman in the north, and she felt more satisfied as she watched him, rifle in hand, disappear amid the trees.

Glen of the High North 1910