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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

ILLUSTRATIONS

[FOR A MOMENT THE SENSATION WAS SICKENING]Frontispiece
[ESKIMO HUT, MOUTH OF THE YUKON]Facing page8
[THE NATIVE PILOT DESERTS HIS POST]” ”12
[“HERE IS THE MAN WHO DID THAT THING”]” ”18
[THE ARRIVAL OF THE UNKNOWN]” ”28
[ARRIVAL OF THE DOCTOR]” ”42
[INDIAN GIRLS, ALASKA]” ”58
[“CAP’N PHIL’S FADDER GONE UP RIVER! YAAS,HE FADDER!”]” ”66
[THE EXHIBITION DRILL AT ANVIK]” ”78
[MAKING CAMP THE FIRST NIGHT OUT]” ”86
[“YOU FADDER, YAAS”]” ”94
[A FEW MOMENTS LATER HIS DOGS STARTED AFTERTHEIR VANISHED COMPANIONS]” ”106
[“KIKMUK”]” ”120
[“NOW,” CRIED SERGE, “ALL MAKE A DASH TOGETHER!”]” ”126
[“WHY, MATEY, DON’T YOU REMEMBER THE OLD BRIG‘BETSY’?”]” ”140
[“THAT’S A LIE!” SHOUTED THE PRISONER, HOARSELY]” ”152
[FOR A SINGLE MINUTE THEY GAZED IN BREATHLESS AWE]” ”174
[“COME, MAN. COME WIF NEL-TE. MAMMA SAY COME”]” ”186
[“A FLYING-FISH-CATCHER FROM OLD HONG-KONG—YO HO!ROLL A MAN DOWN!”]” ”202
[THE FUR-SEAL’S TOOTH CREATES A SENSATION]” ”214
[SERGE’S METHOD OF LIGHTING AFIRE]” ”242
[JUNEAU CITY, ALASKA]” ”248
[THEY WERE WELCOMED BY THE ENTIRE POPULATION OF KLUKWAN]” ”254
[A CHILKAT “PRINCESS”]” ”256
[GOVERNOR’S MANSION, SITKA, ALASKA]” ”266
[“AUNT RUTH, YOU’RE A BRICK! A PERFECT BRICK!”]” ”268

SNOW-SHOES AND SLEDGES

[CHAPTER I]
ALLOWED TO SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES