THE ICE TRAIL ON THE YUKON 



left without asking for more or saying a word of thanks 

 for what they had taken. The men had black spots on 

 their cheeks, where the flesh was frozen into the bone and 

 would never grow again. 





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THE LOVE OF ADVENTURE " 



Other men froze their feet; it was always both feet. Of 

 the eight men in this condition whom I saw on the journey 

 out, there was no exception. Willie Birne, who was only 

 sixteen and small for his age, walked for five days over 

 the ice with his feet frozen at right angles with his legs, 

 and though he suffered, he did not know the worst until 

 a hole was worn in his moccasin and one of his great toes 

 broke off. He had never been in a warm place during this 

 time. 



At the very end of the journey a poor fellow with frozen 

 feet lay beside the trail waiting for a dog team to carry 

 him to the lower levels of Chilcoot. A packer who hap- 

 pened along asked him the circumstances of the accident, 

 remarking that he could not understand why the sufferer 



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