Photos by M. W. Pope 



DAILY INSPECTION FOR SMALLPOX : VACCINATING 



INDIANS (Stt PAGES 699, 70O, AND 703) 



The adult Indians submitted to the inspection without any 

 complaint, but the little ones had to be bribed with candy, a 

 sackful of which was taken out every day. Soon they hailed 

 the inspection as a great event. 



lation, came my turn. 

 Reaburn, one of our sur- 

 ve3^ors, commonly known 

 as the "Old Sleuth," and 

 five others of the party 

 volunteered to stay in 

 during the winter for the 

 purpose of storing and 

 forwarding supplies for 

 the next season and for 

 looking after the Indians. 



In response to a tele- 

 gram, the Canadian au- 

 thorities at Dawson had 

 sent lumber for a hospital 

 and carpenters, but, owing 

 to low water, the steamer 

 Delta was unable to bring 

 it nearer than 60 miles of 

 the camp. At this point 

 the Delta dumped it on 

 the beach and took on the 

 parties and their outfits. 

 The lumber was brought 

 up by the Frontiersman 

 and the Midnight Sun. 



Late in September, when 

 it had become dangerous 

 to stay longer. Pope and 

 I left Rampart House on 

 the Frontiersman. At the 

 "Aurora's Goat" rapids 

 we met the little Midnight 

 Sun wdth the last of the 

 lumber, struggling bravely 

 against the current. The 

 thousand feet of lining 

 wire was covered with a 

 glaze of ice, one drive- 

 chain was lost, two wheel- 

 buckets were broken and 

 patched, her house and 

 wheel casings were en- 

 crusted with ice, but the 

 undaunted crew drove her 

 to quarantine (page 709). 



The erection of the hos- 

 pital undoubtedly saved 

 the lives of many of the 

 92 afflicted Indians. 



At the time of my leav- 

 ing there had been but one 

 death. Amos Njootli, an 

 ordained priest of the 

 Church of England, al- 

 though himself smitten 

 with smallpox, read the 



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