The gold fields of the Klondike; fortune seekers' guide to the Yukon region of Alaska and British America; . couple reached Juneau on theirunique wedding trip. They had little capital, but two bravehearts. They went by boat to Dyea, the head of naviga-tion, and from there over the mountains by dog team. Atnight they slept under a tent on a bed of boughs. garments resembled her husbands. They weremade of seal fur with the fur inside, and came over her feetlike old-fashioned sandals. Over them were pulled a pairof gum boots. Over her shoulders was a fur robe and heihood was of bearski
The gold fields of the Klondike; fortune seekers' guide to the Yukon region of Alaska and British America; . couple reached Juneau on theirunique wedding trip. They had little capital, but two bravehearts. They went by boat to Dyea, the head of naviga-tion, and from there over the mountains by dog team. Atnight they slept under a tent on a bed of boughs. garments resembled her husbands. They weremade of seal fur with the fur inside, and came over her feetlike old-fashioned sandals. Over them were pulled a pairof gum boots. Over her shoulders was a fur robe and heihood was of bearskin. This all made a great weight of THE GOLD FIELDS OF THE KLONDIKE 37 clothing, but she trudged by her husbands side, and inJune, three months after they were married, they reachedthe camp at Forty-Mile Creek. There Berry worked untilin September, 1896, he was told of McCormacks find up theKlondike. There was much excitement at Forty-Mileover the news, though the experienced miners for the mostpart ridiculed the idea that anything good would be foundover there on the Klondike. Berry, however, was one of.
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