CHAPTER III 



"PUT FORTH THY HAND — REACH AT THE 

 GLORIOUS gold" 



SIXTY-NINE miles away from Skagway, 

 we reach the town of Caribou. Here is 

 a college or advanced school for Indian girls, 

 where the eldest daughter of our head guide- 

 to-be is a student. Although he is a white 

 man, born in Canada, yet the girl's mother is 

 an Indian woman. 



Here you may take the steamer Gleaner 

 for the Atlin Gold Fields. At Taku you 

 leave the steamer and ride on a train to Atlin 

 Lake, and for a few minutes we will talk 

 about the gold mines of this particular 

 vicinity. 



Like many another man, I have frequently 

 been induced to invest more or less money in 

 gold mines. I regret to say that my judgment 

 has been very bad in their selection, as I do 

 not recollect ever having received a single dol- 

 lar in return therefrom. 



Among these much-vaunted prospective 



