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dollars in my ragged trousers, a gun, a smile, and a 

 one-eyed dog," came to Kluane River, where he be- 

 gun to hunt and trap. The trapping was profitable, 

 and now he has a comfortable cabin that shelters his 

 native wife and several children to whom he is de- 

 voted and of whom he speaks with a fine spirit of 

 tender and genuine affection. 



The last member of our party is an Indian named 

 Albert, whom Dixon is taking along as a handy man, 

 to be used as guide, or horse wrangler, or helper to 

 the cook as occasion demands. It is difficult to re- 

 member that Albert is an Indian as his short stature, 

 his slant eyes, and facial contour are almost identical 

 with the Japanese. He is the son of a chieftain, and 

 a full blood, and unquestionably of Asiatic descent. 



August 14. This has been a busy day : the horses 

 have been rounded up and shod, the pack saddles, 

 riding saddles, blankets, cinch ropes, and hobbles 

 alotted to each, and preparations of all sorts made 

 for the start to-morrow morning. It has taken 

 much time to unpack our boxes and bags of provi- 

 sions and distribute them in canvas panniers for side 

 packs, so that each pannier shall balance the other 

 in weight and bulk, but at last it is finished. Fisher 

 is busy baking many loaves of bread and making 

 sandwiches, which each man will take for his noon- 

 day meal to-morrow, as we shall be crossing the 

 mountains and there will be no time to stop and no 

 fuel with which to cook, if we should stop. While 



