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The narrative follows a band of travelers who push into Arctic Alaska and up the Yukon, wintering at a mission, organizing sled-dog teams, and coping with illness, mutiny, and the hazards of ice, wolves, and mountain blizzards. Episodes alternate between river steamers and mining camps, the discovery of a curious relic, spelunking among prehistoric bones, and close encounters with local Indigenous communities and hunters. Recurrent themes include self-reliance, resourcefulness, and group loyalty as the characters undertake rescues, face legal and moral questions in the gold fields, and press onward toward the coastal settlements.

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Title: Snow-shoes and Sledges

Author: Kirk Munroe

Illustrator: W. A. Rogers

Release date: April 10, 2019 [eBook #59240]

Language: English

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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SNOW-SHOES AND SLEDGES ***

SNOW-SHOES AND SLEDGES

A SEQUEL TO

“THE FUR-SEAL’S TOOTH”

BY

KIRK MUNROE

AUTHOR OF THE “MATES” SERIES “DERRICK STERLING”
“THE FLAMINGO FEATHER” “WAKULLA” ETC.

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK AND LONDON

HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS

1903

By KIRK MUNROE

  • FORWARD, MARCH! A Tale of the Spanish:American War. Illustrated.
  • THE COPPER PRINCESS. A Story of the Great Lakes.
  • THE PAINTED DESERT. A Story of Northern Arizona.
  • THE FUR-SEAL’S TOOTH. A Story of Alaskan Adventure.
  • SNOW-SHOES AND SLEDGES. A Sequel to “The Fur-Seal’s Tooth.”
  • RICK DALE. A Story of the Northwest Coast.
  • CAMPMATES. A Story of the Plains.
  • CANOEMATES. A Story of the Florida Reefs and Everglades.
  • DORYMATES. A Tale of the Fishing Banks.
  • RAFTMATES. A Story of the Mississippi.
    Illustrated. Post 8vo, Cloth, $1 25 per volume.
    (The “Mates” Series, 4 vols., in a box, $5 00.)
  • WAKULLA. A Story of Adventure in Florida.
  • THE FLAMINGO FEATHER. A Story of Adventure.
  • DERRICK STERLING. A Story of the Mines.
  • CHRYSTAL, JACK & CO. and DELTA BIXBY. Two Stories.
    Illustrated. 16mo, Cloth, 60 cents per volume.

HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS
NEW YORK AND LONDON

Copyright, 1895, by Harper & Brothers.

All rights reserved.

ARCTIC ALASKA

Rivers of ice and a sea of snow,
 A wilderness frigid and white;
 Mystical skies with a tremulous glow,
 And days that are turned into night.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. ALLOWED TO SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES 1
II. A DANGEROUS BERTH OFF YUKON MOUTH 8
III. MEASLES AND MUTINY 14
IV. PHIL ASSUMES COMMAND AND ASSERTS HIS AUTHORITY 20
V. A PARSON AT THE WHEEL 27
VI. FLOATING ICE AND “CHY” 34
VII. THE “CHIMO” GOES INTO WINTER-QUARTERS 40
VIII. LIFE AT AN ARCTIC MISSION 46
IX. PHIL’S ESKIMO MILITIA 53
X. A SAD ROMANCE OF THE WILDERNESS 60
XI. THE BOYS CARRY THEIR POINT 67
XII. PHIL FEEDS HIS DOGS 74
XIII. MUSIC OF THE SLEDGE-BELLS 81
XIV. WINTER TRAVEL BENEATH THE ARCTIC AURORA 88
XV. PHIL HEARS FROM HIS FATHER 95
XVI. THE MATE’S STORY 102
XVII. JALAP COOMBS’S FOURTEEN PAIR OF FEET 109
XVIII. CHRISTMAS ON THE TANANA 116
XIX. A BATTLE WITH WOLVES 123
XX. CHITSAH’S NATURAL TELEPHONE 129
XXI. A YUKON MINING CAMP 136
XXII. THE NEW ARRIVAL AT FORTY MILE 143
XXIII. LAW IN THE GOLD DIGGINGS 150
XXIV. REAPPEARANCE OF THE FUR-SEAL’S TOOTH 157
XXV. SERGE DISCOVERS A CURIOUS CAVERN 164
XXVI. CAMPING ’MID PREHISTORIC BONES 171
XXVII. LOST IN THE FOREST 178
XXVIII. PHIL ASSUMES A RESPONSIBILITY 185
XXIX. A WILDERNESS ORPHAN 191
XXX. JALAP AND THE DOGS SING A LULLABY 198
XXXI. NEL-TE QUALIFIES AS A BRANCH PILOT 205
XXXII. THE FUR-SEAL’S TOOTH CREATES A SENSATION 211
XXXIII. LOST IN A MOUNTAIN BLIZZARD 217
XXXIV. COASTING FIVE MILES IN FIVE MINUTES 223
XXXV. HOW JALAP COOMBS MADE PORT 230
XXXVI. THE MOST FAMOUS ALASKAN GLACIER 237
XXXVII. BIG AMOOK AND THE CHILKAT HUNTERS 244
XXXVIII. THE TREACHEROUS SHAMAN OF KLUKWAN 251
XXXIX. INVADING A CAPTAIN’S CABIN 258
XL. IN SITKA TOWN 265

ILLUSTRATIONS

FOR A MOMENT THE SENSATION WAS SICKENING Frontispiece
ESKIMO HUT, MOUTH OF THE YUKON Facing page 8
THE NATIVE PILOT DESERTS HIS POST ”      ” 12
“HERE IS THE MAN WHO DID THAT THING” ”      ” 18
THE ARRIVAL OF THE UNKNOWN ”      ” 28
ARRIVAL OF THE DOCTOR ”      ” 42
INDIAN GIRLS, ALASKA ”      ” 58
“CAP’N PHIL’S FADDER GONE UP RIVER! YAAS, HE FADDER!” ”      ” 66
THE EXHIBITION DRILL AT ANVIK ”      ” 78
MAKING CAMP THE FIRST NIGHT OUT ”      ” 86
“YOU FADDER, YAAS” ”      ” 94
A FEW MOMENTS LATER HIS DOGS STARTED AFTER THEIR VANISHED COMPANIONS ”      ” 106
“KIKMUK” ”      ” 120
“NOW,” CRIED SERGE, “ALL MAKE A DASH TOGETHER!” ”      ” 126
“WHY, MATEY, DON’T YOU REMEMBER THE OLD BRIG ‘BETSY’?” ”      ” 140
“THAT’S A LIE!” SHOUTED THE PRISONER, HOARSELY ”      ” 152
FOR A SINGLE MINUTE THEY GAZED IN BREATHLESS AWE ”      ” 174
“COME, MAN. COME WIF NEL-TE. MAMMA SAY COME” ”      ” 186
“A FLYING-FISH-CATCHER FROM OLD HONG-KONG—YO HO! ROLL A MAN DOWN!” ”      ” 202
THE FUR-SEAL’S TOOTH CREATES A SENSATION ”      ” 214
SERGE’S METHOD OF LIGHTING A FIRE ”      ” 242
JUNEAU CITY, ALASKA ”      ” 248
THEY WERE WELCOMED BY THE ENTIRE POPULATION OF KLUKWAN ”      ” 254
A CHILKAT “PRINCESS” ”      ” 256
GOVERNOR’S MANSION, SITKA, ALASKA ”      ” 266
“AUNT RUTH, YOU’RE A BRICK! A PERFECT BRICK!” ”      ” 268