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Title: Young Alaskans in the Far North

Author: Emerson Hough

Release Date: May 5, 2009 [EBook #28694]

Language: English

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YOUNG ALASKANS
IN THE
FAR NORTH

BY
EMERSON HOUGH
_Author of_ "YOUNG ALASKANS
IN THE ROCKIES" ETC.

ILLUSTRATED

HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS

NEW YORK AND LONDON

YOUNG ALASKANS IN THE FAR NORTH

Copyright, 1918, by Harper & Brothers
Printed in the United States of America

[Illustration: THE FIRST PORTAGE--SLAVE RIVER. "THE SCOWS WERE HAULED
UP THE STEEP BANK BY MEANS OF BLOCK AND TACKLE"]

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE

I. THE START FOR THE MIDNIGHT SUN 1
II. THE SCOWS 12
III. THE GREAT BRIGADE 32
IV. THE GRAND RAPIDS 51
V. WHITE-WATER DAYS 64
VI. ON THE STEAMBOAT 79
VII. THE WILD PORTAGE 89
VIII. ON THE MACKENZIE 112
IX. UNDER THE ARCTIC CIRCLE 132
X. FARTHEST NORTH 149
XI. THE MIDNIGHT SUN 164
XII. THE RAT PORTAGE 176
XIII. DOWN THE PORCUPINE 192
XIV. AT FORT YUKON 212
XV. THE FUR TRADE 222
XVI. DAWSON, THE GOLDEN CITY 231
XVII.