YULE 



G406 



YUMA 



transported in summer on flat boats which 

 ascended the Yukon River, but now large 

 quantities come by way of the Lynn Canal, 

 Skagway and the White Pa>> it Yukon Rail- 

 way as far as White Horse; from thorn steamers 

 run down thr rivers to Dawson. W.F.Z. 



Related Subjects. The reader is referred to 

 the following nrtir-los in thesr volumes: 

 Alaska Klondike 



Yukon River 



YULE, yool, an old name for Christmas. 

 The term comes from an English word iisr.l to 

 ite the two months of December and 

 January, one of which was called the "former 

 Yule," the other the "after Yule." In pre- 

 Christian days in Scandinavian countries festi- 

 ere held at this turning point of the 

 year, and these later became associated with 



the Christmas celebrations. Provincially, the 

 word is still in good use in some places, but in 

 general it is used only in such combinations as 

 "yule log" or "yule cake," or to give a pic- 

 turesque, old-time flavor to the Christmas idea. 

 YUMA, yoo'ma, a tribe of Indians belonging 

 to the same family as the Mohave. When the 

 early explorers entered their territory, on the 

 Colorado River, below the mouth of the Gila, 

 the Yuma was a large and progressive tribe. 

 Its members were unusually fine looking and 

 brave, but not inclined to be continually on 

 the warpath, and they derived most of their 

 living from their fields of corn and beans, 

 pumpkins and melons. To-day there are about 

 800 of the tribe on the reservation of Fort 

 Yuma, in the extreme southwestern part of 

 California. 



