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For about half an hour the train picked its way slowly along the western edge ofthe valley, allowing the passengers to see one marvel 'With a caution born of long experience in the arctic, one of the ship owners asked:'Is such an operation practical?' and Loeffler replied: 'I ca He took them to Ross & Raglan, the store that had outfitted him years before whenhe first went into the arctic and which now was crowded with goods required by goldseekers. Rostkowsky, aloftin his Cessna, spotted them leaving town and signaled the direction they should take,and after nearly two hours, for they traveled

go upriver thirty miles, dispensing medicinesand news, and when he heard about life along the great river he said: 'I'd like togo up it about a thousand miles. The big question is: Why them and not somebody else? The federal government is handingthem all kinds But it was not until the new officers authorized by the Organic Act of 1884 arrivedin Sitka to take control of Alaska th why do so many meet their deathon that damned mountain?Hewas in this frame of mind on the third of January when he was schedul