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companied by his young wife, who seemed to 

 be getting weary of "globe trotting." She 

 was longing for some place where they could 

 settle down and live a quiet life with their two 

 little children. 



Next came a self-made and confident man 

 from Victoria, B. C. He was going to Dease 

 Lake, up the Stikine River, and would carry 

 a pack of eighty pounds overland besides his 

 6-50 caliber Mannlicher rifle. This man 

 knows the "how" of hunting by himself, doing 

 his own cooking and going into an unknown 

 section of country with confidence in his abil- 

 ity to "make good" and get out again in safety. 



We soon became acquainted with all, and 

 as they were to be with us until we reached 

 Fort Wrangell, in Alaska, the time passed 

 quickly and we mutually enjoyed each other's 

 society. 



From Fort Wrangell they were to take a 

 small power boat called the Black Fox, which 

 we afterwards saw. She is about forty feet 

 long, covered over with canvas, and very 

 narrow. She was to take the whole party up 

 the swift Stikine River a journey of nearly 

 five days to Telegraph Creek, where they 

 were to outfit. On the return trip she can 

 run down in about ten or twelve hours. 



