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Ice and honor at Forty Mile duel ends in a mercy plan
Bettles and Lon McFane face off over a water-hole challenge in Forty Mile. Malemute Kid proposes a single nonlethal twist, binding both men with a promise and a public rope penalty to prevent bloodshed. Yellow Fang the dog adds chaos as the crowd disperses after the staged showdown.
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Jim Belden
Lon MacFane
Bettiles
Bettles
David
Ateerin
Lon McFane
Sitka
Fort Reliance
Ivery
Niver
Sitka Charley
Len
Nulato
Yukon
Bottles
Big Jim Belden
Svruff Mackenzie
Father Roubeau
Mclane
Malemute
Scruff
Yellow Fang
Mackenzie
Zarinska
Malemute Kid
Manila
Orty Mile
Forty Mile
Lon
Bettleb
Pilate
Chance
Malemute Isid
Sphinx
McFane
Scruff Mackenzie