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 YOUNG ALASKANS
 IN THE
 FAR NORTH

 BY
 EMERSON HOUGH
 _Author of_ "YOUNG ALASKANS
 IN THE ROCKIES" ETC.

 ILLUSTRATED

 HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS

 NEW YORK AND LONDON




 YOUNG ALASKANS IN THE FAR NORTH

 Copyright, 1918, by Harper & Brothers
 Printed in the United States of America




[Illustration: THE FIRST PORTAGE--SLAVE RIVER. "THE SCOWS WERE HAULED
UP THE STEEP BANK BY MEANS OF BLOCK AND TACKLE"]




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
 XVII.   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._ 55