. Klondike : the Chicago record's book for gold seekers. fthe same faith, who were established at Point Barrow,which is the very northernmost point of land in Alaska, 366 THE CHICAGO RECORDS jutting away out into the Arctic ocean, and almost withinsignaHng distance of the north pole. At the beginningof winter, when the nearest other white men were 500miles away, they fell out with each other, and both gotso mad that they wouldnt speak; and it was for keeps,too. During the long winter they lived in the samehouse, but neither ever said a word or paid any attentionto the other any more than if he
. Klondike : the Chicago record's book for gold seekers. fthe same faith, who were established at Point Barrow,which is the very northernmost point of land in Alaska, 366 THE CHICAGO RECORDS jutting away out into the Arctic ocean, and almost withinsignaHng distance of the north pole. At the beginningof winter, when the nearest other white men were 500miles away, they fell out with each other, and both gotso mad that they wouldnt speak; and it was for keeps,too. During the long winter they lived in the samehouse, but neither ever said a word or paid any attentionto the other any more than if he was not there. Theyread a good deal and stared at the wall right straightpast each other, and when they got very lonesome theywent out and talked to the Eskimos. When they cameback and met again they didnt even recognize eachothers presence so far as to look disgusted. Time passedvery slowly with them. In fact, the missionary that cameaway in the boat when summer came admitted that it wasthe longest winter he ever experienced. BOOK FOR GOLD-SEEKERS. m. CHAPTER IN THE KLONDIKE COUNTRY. AJNIE is not so plentiful in the knowngold placer area of Alaska as an en-thusiastic Nimrod might wish. Still itis not necessary for everybody to feedon dog meat on the Upper Yukon riverand in the vicinity of the Klondike goldfield in winter, as a member of a partywhich was up there said several of the members did. Herefused the dish, but at the same time he acknowledgedthat more than once after food had been thrown to thedogs, literally speaking, he had snatched it away fromthem before they could eat it. Fish which small wormshad appropriated to themselves he did not hesitate to eat,he said, and was glad to get it. That is one of the great troubles which will be encoun-tered by persons visiting the gold field. The farther upthe Yukon one travels the scarcer becomies the food sup-ply, until in the Klondike region and thereabouts it ceasesalmost entirely. There is practically no large ga
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