OUR HOUSE AND CACHE AS I LEFT IT ON OCTOBER 15, 



CHAPTER X. 



THE SLEDGE TRIP FROM FLAXMAN ISLAND TO ICY CAPE. 



The start Good-bye to Mr. Leffingwell Gales Crossing Harrison's 

 Bay Lost on the Ice Arrive at a Native Village Reach Elson 

 Bay Arrive at Point Barrow The Whaling Industry The Natives 

 The Missionary The School Teachers Leave Point Barrow 

 Natives on the trail Wainwright Inlet Natives writing letters 

 Hard travelling alone Icy Cape. 



FOR days we had been working on the outfit which I was to 

 take on the long tramp along the coast of Alaska, while bound 

 for the outside world, and on the morning of October 15 the 

 sledge stood packed, ready for the start. We had two sledges, 

 but, as we only had few dogs, we lashed one on top of the other. 

 I took provisions for twenty days for three men, which would 

 little more than take us to Point Barrow, where I expected to 

 be able to get more from Mr. Brower, and later on from the 

 missionaries and school teachers along the coast. 



For Axel's return trip we also carried provisions, which were 



