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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1898 Excerpt: ... INDEX Aerial tramway to Chilcoot, 60, 61, 77, 82, 85, 112 Alaska Commercial Co., 179, 262; steamers of, on the Yukon River, 232, 248 Aleutian Islands, 270, 271 Andreafski, place called. 254 Anvik, station of, 251 Arctic mosquitoes, 144 Arrowhead, 7, 53 Arrow Lakes, 7, 8, 45; Hal-C3Ton springs on the, 32-35 Athenian, s.s., 61 Bakkh Creek, 160 Hank of British North America, hranch of, at Dawson City, 176-179 Barbers' shops at Dawson City, 171 Bark canoes of the Indians, 245, 251, 252 Barr, s.s., 255, 256 Bear, U.S. revenue cruiser, 264 Bears in British Columbia, 46; a bear seen at Bennett, 151 Beaver, a, 151 Belcher, Inspector, 89, 90 Bdla, s.s., 248-250, 255 Beluga (white whale), 266 Bench claims, 203; Bennett, Lake, 60, 113-116., town of, 113-116, 12(1 bear seen at, 151 "Bidarra" (boat), 265 Big Bend, mining camp, 7 Bird-life in the Yukon terri-tory, 152 "Boarding-house," in a mining camp, 27, 28 Boat-building; at 1-ake Lin-' derman, 56,107-111; at St, Michaels, 263 Bonanza Creek, 189,191,192; gold-fields of, 194,208; work-ing claims on the, 197-202; the water question, 201; the discoverer of gold on, 204; second trip to the, 216-218 Bonanza Hotel, near Dawson City, 193, 194 Bonnington Falls and rapids, 42 British America Corporation, i 20, 221 British Columbia, mining camps in, 15-17, 21-30; horses in, 23, 24; boarding-houses in, 27, 28; hot springs in, 33, 34; bears in, 46 "caches" (store-houses), 265 Campania, s.s., 2 "Camps" (mining) in British Columbia, 15-17, 38. Canadian Government, royalty due to, on gross returns of every claim, 182-184, 283, 284; and the maintenance of peace and order in the Yukon gold-fields, 207-210; claims reserved for the, 280, 281 Pacific Railway, 3-6; steamers of, on the Arrow Lakes, 8, 9; a branch of, from Nelson, 42-44; fr...
