SNOW-SHOES AND SLEDGES

A SEQUEL TO

“THE FUR-SEAL’S TOOTH”

KIRK MUNROE

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

ILLUSTRATED

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NEW YORK AND LONDON

HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS

1903

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.

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

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