The Dalton trail, last year but little known, may soon become a much travelled highway. With a United States garrison at Pyramid, and the village of Klukwan a bone of contention between the governments of this country and Canada, the region which it traverses is coming more and more into notice. I would only add that natural features, scenery, and people, have been described faithfully, however inadequately, and the story throughout is based upon real happenings. Should any of my young readers pass over the trail to-day in the footsteps of David and Roly, they would find, save for possible vandalism of Indians or whites, the cabins on the North Alsek and in the Kah Sha gorge just as they are pictured, and they could be sure of a welcome from Lucky, Long Peter, and Coffee Jack.

CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I.A Letter from Alaska[1]
II.Buying an Outfit[7]
III.From Seattle to Pyramid Harbor[18]
IV.The First Camp[28]
V.The Great Nugget, and how Uncle Will heard of it[38]
VI.Roly is Hurt[47]
VII.Camp at the Cave[54]
VIII.Sledding[60]
IX.Klukwan and the Fords[69]
X.A Porcupine-Hunt at Pleasant Camp[77]
XI.The Mysterious Thirty-six[88]
XII.The Summit of Chilkat Pass[101]
XIII.Dalton's Post[112]
XIV.From the Stik Village to Lake Dasar-Dee-Ash[120]
XV.Staking Claims[127]
XVI.A Conflagration[135]
XVII.Through the Ice[142]
XVIII.Building the Cabin[149]
XIX.The First Prospect-Hole[157]
XX.Roly goes Duck-Hunting[166]
XXI.Last Days at Pennock's Post[175]
XXII.A Hard Journey[182]
XXIII.The Lake affords Two Meals and a Perilous Crossing[192]
XXIV.David gets his Bear-Skin[201]
XXV.Moran's Camp[210]
XXVI.How the Great Nugget nearly Cost the Bradfords dear[216]
XXVII.An Indian Cremation[223]
XXVIII.The Plague of Mosquitoes[231]
XXIX.Lost in the Mountains[238]
XXX.Washing Out the Gold[248]
XXXI.David makes a Boat-Journey[256]
XXXII.Champlain's Landing[264]
XXXIII.Alone in the Wilderness[272]
XXXIV.Raided by a Wolf[279]
XXXV.A Long March, with a Surprise at the End of it[289]
XXXVI.How David met the Offender and was Prevented from Speaking his Mind[297]
XXXVII.Homeward Bound[306]
XXXVIII.A Caribou, and How it was Killed[314]
XXXIX.Dangers of the Summer Fords[321]
XL.Sunday in Klukwan[331]
XLI.The Robbers at Last[339]
XLII.Pyramid, Skagway, and Dyea.—Conclusion[348]

ILLUSTRATIONS

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Sledding up the Chilkat Valley[Frontispiece]
Pyramid Harbor, Pyramid Mountain in the Distance[26]
Map of the Dalton Trail[28]
A Curious Phenomenon beside the Trail[89]
The Camp of the Mysterious Thirty-Six[93]
"Presently some Little Yellow Specks were uncovered"[131]
Children of the Wilderness[192]
Rafting down the North Alsek[265]
A Herd of Cattle.—Yukon Divide in the Distance[267]
Fording the Klaheena[325]
"Salmon by the Thousand"[349]