. Klondike : the Chicago record's book for gold seekers. They are not to be considered in the same instant withthe tenacity with which a Siwash dog hangs to life. With-out exaggeration, I have seen an Indian start out with ateam of dogs and travel eighty miles in three days, andthere was not a dog but had to lean against a buildingto howl, so thin and weak were they. With all their filth-iness and meanness they are, as a rule, hard workers andfaithful. When they once understand that the driver isgoing to do the driving they get over long distances andhaul big loads. In ordinary weather, when i
. Klondike : the Chicago record's book for gold seekers. They are not to be considered in the same instant withthe tenacity with which a Siwash dog hangs to life. With-out exaggeration, I have seen an Indian start out with ateam of dogs and travel eighty miles in three days, andthere was not a dog but had to lean against a buildingto howl, so thin and weak were they. With all their filth-iness and meanness they are, as a rule, hard workers andfaithful. When they once understand that the driver isgoing to do the driving they get over long distances andhaul big loads. In ordinary weather, when it is notcolder than 25 degrees below zero, they can go for ten(lays without eating anything but snow, and still keeppretty strong and fat. Having made the morning start with much yelling,some urging and just a little profanity, the processionwas soon under way, and with the good trail which wehad a three miles an hour gait was not hard to keep few miles we would pass small piles or a cache offlour, bacon and canned goods which some husky miner. o c BOOK FOR GOLD-SEEKERS. 317 was slowly moving up the river. The failure of the lastboats to get farther up the river had left quite a shortageof flour and bacon above, and the thrifty ones were pull-ing their freight from Circle City to the Klondike, a dis-tance of 300 miles. Most of them had only three or fourdogs, and in consequence were compelled to double andtriple trip it. One loads his sled to the limit of the dogsendurance in the morning and travels until about 2oclock in the afternoon, when he unloads and piles hisstuff near the trail and returns for the rest of the load,staying for the night at the place where he started in themorning. The next morning he takes the rest of hisload, or as much as he can haul, and goes ahead to thepoint where the first of the load was left. The next dayhe pushes on in the same way, until eventually his des-tination is reached. One can imagine how much patience and hard workthis entails
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