. Klondike : the Chicago record's book for gold seekers. ALL WATER ROUTE VIA. ST. MICHAEL AND YUKON RIVERS. 24 THE CHICAGO RECORDS head of the inlet is called Dyea, and has a trading post,where the things that one inevitably has overlooked inthe first outfitting may be purchased. There is also atDyea a village of 200 or 300 Chilkoot Indians, who maketheir living by packing miners outfits over Chilkoot pass,a portage of from twenty to thirty-two miles, accordingto which one of the chain of small lakes one chooses tobegin fresh-water navigation. The Indians have competition for a part of the dis
. Klondike : the Chicago record's book for gold seekers. ALL WATER ROUTE VIA. ST. MICHAEL AND YUKON RIVERS. 24 THE CHICAGO RECORDS head of the inlet is called Dyea, and has a trading post,where the things that one inevitably has overlooked inthe first outfitting may be purchased. There is also atDyea a village of 200 or 300 Chilkoot Indians, who maketheir living by packing miners outfits over Chilkoot pass,a portage of from twenty to thirty-two miles, accordingto which one of the chain of small lakes one chooses tobegin fresh-water navigation. The Indians have competition for a part of the dis-tance, at least in packing goods over this portage. Somewhite contractors have trains of pack-horses that areused on the first twelve miles of the distance. Duringthe last two seasons prices for transporting supplies fromDyea to Lake Bennett, which latter place is usuallymade the beginning of Yukon navigation, have variedfrom 5 cents a pound to 16 cents. In the event of therebeing 1,000 or 2,000 men at the pass at one time, thepresent service would be inadequate, and pric
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