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The intrepid George Holt was afterwards 

 murdered by Indians at Cook's Inlet, Alaska, 

 in 1885, seven years after his successful jour- 

 ney from ocean to river. 



To quote from Dawson: "In 1880 a pros- 

 pecting party of nineteen men under one Ed- 

 win Bean was organized in Sitka. Amicable 

 relations were established with the Chilkat 

 and the Chilcoot Indians who controlled the 

 Chilkoot Pass. This pass was crossed and 

 then they packed their stuff to Lake Linde- 

 man the fountain head of the Yukon. On 

 July 4th the party, now increased to twenty- 

 five men and having built boats, started down 

 the then mysterious stream, the Yukon. They 

 went as far as Teslin Lake and then they 

 turned back after having found but a little 

 gold on the river bars, equal to a yield of $2.50 

 per day. 



"Dr. Arthur Krause, a German scientist 

 from Berlin, made an exploration of the Chil- 

 kat and Chilkoot passes in 1881, reaching 

 Lake Lindeman and the sources of the To- 

 hi-ni River respectively. 



"In 1883 Lieut. Schatka of the U. S. 

 Surveying Corps crossed the Chilkoot Pass, 

 and descended the Lewis- Yukon River to the 

 sea, a distance of about two thousand miles. 



