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THE BED MOUNTAIN OF ALASKA. 
at which point the rude representation of a wigwam, with 
smoke ascending, stood for Fort Yukon, the party took 
the east bank of a little stream for a mile or two, then 
struck off to the right, where a natural ravine, probably 
the path of an ancient glacier, plainly corresponded to 
the route traced on the chart. Peescliee indicated to the 
lieutenant as well as he could that, from what his father 
had told him, the whole distance marked out was not far 
from three hundred and fifty miles. Of this there was 
one section where over a hundred miles could be made in 
