SCOWING ON THE YUKON. 



HARRY L. SUYDAM. 



On the 4th of July Doc and I and our 

 dog, Sharkey, parted from our friends at 

 Camp Peacock and pushed off from shore 

 on a 6 log raft. We soon struck the swift 

 current of the Yukon and wer on our way 

 to Dawson, 60 miles below. The wind was 

 blowing smartly and we had to do consider- 

 able sweeping to keep our craft from run- 

 ning on the rocky shores. Early in the 



" Drop the rifle and take the sweep, for 

 we will have to get out of this current and 

 into the one where the moose is." 



This led around an island half a mile down 

 the river. We had no easy task, for the raft 

 was water logged, the sweeps were long and 

 clumsy and we had no room to work. The 

 man who had been shooting had jumped in- 

 to the boat and was shooting from the bow, 



PHOTO BY CURTIS, SEATTLE, WASH. 



LAPLAND REINDEER IN ALASKA. 



evening I heard the splash of oars behind us. 

 ^Looking around I saw a boat with 3 men 

 in it pulling swiftly for the shore. When the 

 boat touched shore the man in the bow 

 jumped out and dropping on one knee be- 

 gan shooting in our direction. I was not a 

 little _ surprised. While taking my rifle 

 from its case Doc discovered a moose's head 

 sticking out of the water about 500 yards 

 behind us and on a line with the boat. Rest- 

 ing my rifle barrel on my war sack I tried to 

 steady myself, but the raft was dancing on 

 the waves. I fired, and the moose's head 

 dropped over on one side. Doc said, 



every shot striking 5 to 10 feet from the 

 moose. The other 2 men were rowing. 

 The moose had just enough life in him to 

 keep afloat and the men were gaining fast. 

 Doc said, 



" No use; we are running on a bar and 

 will have to sweep back." 



Taking up my rifle I took another shot. 

 This dropped the moose's head so only his 

 horns could be seen and I thought he would 

 sink. The boat was but 50 feet behind the 

 moose and the man in the bow shot twice at 

 it, which I understood to be a bluff. As the 

 boat came alongside the moose the man 



