Alaska and the Klondike gold fields : containing a full account of the discovery of gold; enormous deposits of the precious metal; routes traversed by miners; ... . lkoot Pass. If the outfit is all right, the prospector engages Indians atDyea to pack his goods in a dugout and tow them to the headof canoe navigation on the Dyea River which is about six possible the Indians should be hired to pack the goods overthe Chilkoot Pass to Lake Linderman, about twenty-two ortwenty-three miles. The old rate for this work was from five tosixteen cents a pound, but the great stampede of prospector
Alaska and the Klondike gold fields : containing a full account of the discovery of gold; enormous deposits of the precious metal; routes traversed by miners; ... . lkoot Pass. If the outfit is all right, the prospector engages Indians atDyea to pack his goods in a dugout and tow them to the headof canoe navigation on the Dyea River which is about six possible the Indians should be hired to pack the goods overthe Chilkoot Pass to Lake Linderman, about twenty-two ortwenty-three miles. The old rate for this work was from five tosixteen cents a pound, but the great stampede of prospectors hascaused the price to rise to twenty-one and even twenty-two cents,and even at that almost prohibitive figure it is often impossiblefor prospectors to hire native carriers, and as a result they haveto pack their outfits over themselves. A Chilkoot Indian willcarry from 250 to 300 pounds over the pass, but even thestrongest white man can tote little more than 100 pounds,and consequently when the Indians fail him, has to make doubletrips, that is, take a pack a mile or two, cache it and return foranother one, and keep this tedious and heart burning labor up.
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