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]
X.What Uncle Dick Thought[246]

ILLUSTRATIONS

The First Portage—Slave River. “The Scows
Were Hauled Up the Steep Bank by Means
of Block and Tackle”		 [Frontispiece]
An Encampment of Eskimos on the Beach at
Fort McPherson		Facing p.[54]
Husky Fleet—Fort McPherson“[172]
Husky Dog—Rampart House“[206]

YOUNG ALASKANS IN THE FAR NORTH

I

THE START FOR THE MIDNIGHT SUN