CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I.[ALLOWED TO SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES]1
II.[A DANGEROUS BERTH OFF YUKON MOUTH]8
III.[MEASLES AND MUTINY]14
IV.[PHIL ASSUMES COMMAND AND ASSERTS HIS AUTHORITY]20
V.[A PARSON AT THE WHEEL]27
VI.[FLOATING ICE AND “CHY”]34
VII.[THE “CHIMO” GOES INTO WINTER-QUARTERS]40
VIII.[LIFE AT AN ARCTIC MISSION]46
IX.[PHIL’S ESKIMO MILITIA]53
X.[A SAD ROMANCE OF THE WILDERNESS]60
XI.[THE BOYS CARRY THEIR POINT]67
XII.[PHIL FEEDS HIS DOGS]74
XIII.[MUSIC OF THE SLEDGE-BELLS]81
XIV.[WINTER TRAVEL BENEATH THE ARCTIC AURORA]88
XV.[PHIL HEARS FROM HIS FATHER]95
XVI.[THE MATE’S STORY]102
XVII.[JALAP COOMBS’S FOURTEEN PAIR OF FEET]109
XVIII.[CHRISTMAS ON THE TANANA]116
XIX.[A BATTLE WITH WOLVES]123
XX.[CHITSAH’S NATURAL TELEPHONE]129
XXI.[A YUKON MINING CAMP]136
XXII.[THE NEW ARRIVAL AT FORTY MILE]143
XXIII.[LAW IN THE GOLD DIGGINGS]150
XXIV.[REAPPEARANCE OF THE FUR-SEAL’S TOOTH]157
XXV.[SERGE DISCOVERS A CURIOUS CAVERN]164
XXVI.[CAMPING ’MID PREHISTORIC BONES]171
XXVII.[LOST IN THE FOREST]178
XXVIII.[PHIL ASSUMES A RESPONSIBILITY]185
XXIX.[A WILDERNESS ORPHAN]191
XXX.[JALAP AND THE DOGS SING A LULLABY]198
XXXI.[NEL-TE QUALIFIES AS A BRANCH PILOT]205
XXXII.[THE FUR-SEAL’S TOOTH CREATES A SENSATION]211
XXXIII.[LOST IN A MOUNTAIN BLIZZARD]217
XXXIV.[COASTING FIVE MILES IN FIVE MINUTES]223
XXXV.[HOW JALAP COOMBS MADE PORT]230
XXXVI.[THE MOST FAMOUS ALASKAN GLACIER]237
XXXVII.[BIG AMOOK AND THE CHILKAT HUNTERS]244
XXXVIII.[THE TREACHEROUS SHAMAN OF KLUKWAN]251
XXXIX.[INVADING A CAPTAIN’S CABIN]258
XL.[IN SITKA TOWN]265