Photo by Mrs. Herbert Wadsworth 

 INDIAN WOMEN AT RAMPART HOUSE; WATCHING THE APPROACH OE THE STEAMER 



"VIDETTE" (see PAGE 690) 



Photo by Thomas Riggs, Jr 



THE SURVEY LAUNCH '^MIDNIGHT SUn'' 



Length, 50 feet ; beam, 8 feet ; draft, 18 inches ; 25 horse-power gas engines. Pushing a 



barge, this little craft can transport from 10 to 15 tons. She did great service during the 



summer freighting on the Porcupine and Old Crow rivers and later in bringing the lumber 



for the hospital to quarantine (see page 710). 



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