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قراءة كتاب A Woman who went to Alaska
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Transcriber's Note
Obvious printer errors have been corrected. All other inconsistencies remain as printed.
A list of illustrations, though not present in the original, has been provided below:
- COVER
- MAY KELLOGG SULLIVAN IN ALASKA DRESS.
- DAWSON, Y. T.
- CITY HALL AT SKAGWAY.
- PORCUPINE CANYON, WHITE PASS.
- MILES CANYON.
- UPPER YUKON STEAMER.
- FIVE FINGER RAPIDS.
- GOING TO DAWSON IN WINTER.
- A KLONDYKE CLAIM.
- EAGLE CITY, ON THE YUKON, IN 1899.
- YUKON STEAMER "HANNAH."
- FELLOW TRAVELERS.
- ESKIMOS.
- UNALASKA.
- STEAMSHIP ST. PAUL.
- NOME.
- LIFE AT NOME.
- CLAIM NUMBER NINE, ANVIL CREEK.
- CLAIM NUMBER FOUR, ANVIL CREEK, NOME.
- MAP OF ALASKA.
- ESKIMO DOGS.
- WINTER PROSPECTING.
- AT CHINIK. THE MISSION.
- CLAIM ON BONANZA CREEK.
- ON BONANZA CREEK.
- SKAGWAY RIVER, FROM THE TRAIN.
PREFACE
This unpretentious little book is the outcome of my own experiences and adventures in Alaska. Two trips, covering a period of eighteen months and a distance of over twelve thousand miles were made practically alone.
In answer to the oft-repeated question of why I went to Alaska I can only give the same reply that so many others give: I wanted to go in search of my fortune which had been successfully eluding my grasp for a good many years. Neither home nor children claimed my attention. No good reason, I thought, stood in the way of my going to Alaska; for my husband, traveling constantly at his work had long ago allowed me carte blanche as to my inclinations and movements. To be sure, there was no money in the bank upon which to draw, and an account with certain friends whose kindness and generosity cannot be forgotten, was opened up to pay passage money; but so far neither they nor I have regretted making the venture.
I had first-class health and made up in endurance what I lacked in avoirdupois, along with a firm determination to take up the first honest work that presented itself, regardless of choice, and in the meantime to secure a few gold claims, the fame of which had for two years reached my ears.
In regard to the truthfulness of this record I have tried faithfully to relate my experiences as they took place. Not all, of course, have been included, for numerous and varied trials came to me, of which I have not written, else a far more thrilling story could have been told.
Enough has, however, been noted to give my readers a fair idea of a woman's life during a period of eighteen months in a few of the roughest mining camps in the world; and that many may be interested, and to some extent possibly instructed by the perusal of my little book, is the sincere wish of the author.
A WOMAN WHO WENT—TO ALASKA.
CHAPTER I.
UNDER WAY.
Y first trip from California to Alaska was made in the summer of 1899. I went alone to Dawson to my father and brother, surprising them greatly when I quietly walked up to shake hands with them at their work. The amazement of my father knew no bounds,—and yet I could see a lot of quiet amusement beneath all when he introduced me to his friends, which plainly said:
"Here is my venturesome daughter, who is really a 'chip off the old block,' so you must not be surprised at her coming to Alaska."
Father had gone to the Klondyke a year before at the age of sixty-four, climbing Chilkoot Pass in the primitive way and "running" Miles Canyon and White Horse Rapids in