CHAPTER XI 



THE KATZEHIN RIVER IN ALASKA 1905 



DURING the month of May, in the year 1905, I had 

 been hunting the big bears on Montague Island, which 

 stretches across the entrance to Prince William Sound in 

 Alaska. On my return I had reached Skagway June 3, 

 with the intention of leaving immediately for the Upper 

 Pelly River. By previous correspondence I had engaged 

 accommodations for myself, another man, and our equip- 

 ment, on the little river steamer Quick which, by the 

 terms of a contract made with the trading post Nahanni 

 House at the mouth of the Ross River, was scheduled 

 to leave Selkirk June 10, for the purpose of conveying 

 a year's supply of provisions and trading goods to the post. 



On my arrival in Skagway, I received a letter from 

 the captain, informing me that the date of leaving had 

 been deferred and was uncertain. This led to a corre- 

 spondence which kept me in uncertainty for more than a 

 month; and, finally, I was obliged to give up waiting for 

 the Quick and go to Dawson, to try and make other 

 arrangements for transportation up the Pelly. 



In the meanwhile, I remained in the vicinity of Skag- 

 way, quite uncertain, not only of the outcome of my con- 

 tinued efforts to get definite information from the captain 



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