the wind lulled we started again.
Much rain and dark weather. Water very fast, probably six to
seven miles an hour. We eat at least four times a day, so as
to keep strong as possible. Considerable wind now, and fall
seems coming. Whenever the sun comes out and we can lie down
in the sun, we do, so as to keep warm while we sleep. Don't
know how far it is to Yukon, but have been making good time.

"_Thursday, August 7th._--Head winds again, but sun bright
and warm. Spent considerable time ashore, resting, as we
were about played out, and we thought that we might now be
safe in a little delay. Got off late in the afternoon, and
did well. Uncle Dick says the Yukon can't be more than fifty
to seventy-five miles ahead. Camped late in a bunch of
spruce, and slept until 2 o'clock in the morning. When we
began to run we saw signs of a salmon fishery such as we
have in Alaska. There is a man here named Martin, and his
squaw and children all camped on the beach. He says it is
only thirty-five miles to the Yukon, and that we can do it
in six or seven hours. Hurrah!

"_Friday, August 8th._--We can still paddle, but are not
very strong, any of us. Uncle Dick is cheerful. He never has
been out of sorts. We boys have been pretty tired, and
sometimes Jesse has felt almost like crying, he was so
played out; but we have all done the best we could to keep a
stiff upper lip. Hope Uncle Dick will think we have done all
right. Just the same, we are glad we are coming out of the
worst of this trip. It has been worse than we thought.

"Passed two Indian camps in late evening. Then they said we
were within three hours of Yukon. Entered the mouth of a
white-stained slough which meant different waters from those
of the Porcupine. We feel that we are now in the Yukon
country--and that's _our_ country, because the Yukon and
Alaska are one!

"Ten P.M. Hurrah! Hurrah! At Fort Yukon! Here is the
American flag flying from the Anglican mission-house! We are
crazy with joy, all of us boys, and Uncle Dick smiles all
the time. We are safe now, because they say there'll be
several boats up-stream yet this fall. Uncle Dick says
there'll be no more danger, and he now begins to tell us
that we have been through worse dangers than maybe we
thought of. I supp