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Territorial Government, together with the 

 location of this mountain, asking that the 

 mountain be registered on the map as "Mount 

 Martindale." 



As but a small fraction of the mountains and 

 streams are named, the department is more 

 than pleased to comply with such a request. 

 In this way we already have Potter Moun- 

 tain, called after Mr. Wilson Potter, who 

 killed a goat on that mountain under pe- 

 culiar difficulties. There are also Havermyer 

 Mountain and Disston Mountain, named for 

 similar reasons. 



Some days after this, my companion also 

 shot a ram up a precipitous mountain, the 

 dead animal rolling down quite a piece until it 

 bounced over a rock a distance of fifty feet 

 into a swiftly running stream, necessita- 

 ting a trip of nearly a mile to secure it. 

 This mountain is to be called Lewis Moun- 

 tain. 



The Ashiack tribe of Indians, inhabiting 

 and hunting in this section of the Yukon Ter- 

 ritory, have a superstition against either going 

 close to, or climbing over, a glacier. They 

 tell a story of an Indian brave and an Indian 

 maiden, who, against the admonitions of the 

 medicine man, attempted to defy this super- 



