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Wild Yukon voyage letter from the Klondike era
A detailed hand written update from a Klondike expedition member dated from Best uv Lake Lingerman describing river maneuvers at the mouth of Siv Stewart river on the Yukon. He recounts rapids White Horse and Miles cany, encounters with caribou and moose, a dangerous voyage led by Rube and Gardner, and forecasts for October weather plus reports of Klondike riches and local population shifts.
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Wood County Reporter
Frank Fiston
Siv Stewart River
Youkon
Ang
Bargo
Avith
White Horse
Marsh Lake
Klondyke
Juneau
Colorado
Klondike
Tarburvon Lodge
Scotland
Rube
Japan
Ryriot
Wilsid
Ory
Iiles
Pabkuns River
Taube
Punter
Wisconsin
Miles ¢Uton
Rube and
Gardner
Gurdner
Tubeayy
Dussvens
Dusavens
Babe
Canoy
Miles Canoy
Baswicic
Tingal
Treland
Lipa
Stewart River
Tava Mua
Dominion
Gray