CHAPTER XXII 



THREE NOTABLE WOMEN 



"This is the law of the Yukon 



That only the strong shall thrive, 

 That surely the weak shall perish 

 And only the fit survive." 



IT was intensely interesting to listen to the 

 life histories of the men of the Yukon, to 

 stories of their ups and downs, and of their 

 fierce struggles to succeed against the unex- 

 pected obstructions that are so often met with 

 in this far-off Canadian territory. I empha- 

 size the "Canadian territory" because the ma- 

 jority of the people of the United States think 

 the Yukon Territory is a part of Alaska. It 

 is in reality a great wilderness in northwest 

 Canada through which flows the mighty Yu- 

 kon River. Roughly speaking, the upper half 

 of the river flows through Yukon and the 

 lower half Alaska. The boundary line is 

 quite close to the mouth of the White River, 

 which flows into the Yukon several hundred 

 miles below Dawson. 



With the coming in of November each year, 



