IN THE ALASKA- YUKON GAMELANDS 



During the winter of 1919-20 Jimmy Brown 

 (our indomitable little guide and glacier trail 

 blazer) and Dan Campbell experienced a dis- 

 tressful misfortune while dog-sledding in that 

 country. The first report that I received of it 

 came from Cap Hubrick, our outfitter, in the 

 following letter: 



"McCarthy, Alaska, Jan. 29, 1920 



"Joe McClelland and Bill Maher (Shushana 

 mail carriers) came in today with dog teams, 

 bringing in Jimmie Brown and Dan Campbell 

 in a badly frozen condition. Brownie and Camp- 

 bell left the head of the White River early this 

 month for McCarthy with a seven-dog team and 

 got along all right until they undertook to cross 

 the Nizina Glacier in a fierce blizzard (which was 

 very foolish of them). When they reached a 

 point about two miles from McLeod's (where we 

 camped when you were hunting with us), they 

 got into a deep ice ravine and followed this down 

 the glacier until it became so steep on either side 

 that they could not get out, and the dogs refused 

 to go back against the strong wind. It got dark 

 on them and the only thing they could do was to 

 get into their sleeping bags to keep from freezing. 



"During the night they began to realize that 

 they were slowly but surely freezing to death, so 

 they began to fight for life, and when it became 

 light enough to see to travel they made a start. 

 The dogs had all perished except one, and he 



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