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His face was lean and haggard。             All resilience had gone out of his body 



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and mind。       He   no longer   walked�察�but plodded。          And   on the back´trips�察�

travelling light�察�his feet dragged almost as much as when he was loaded。 

     He had become a work animal。             He fell asleep over his food�察�and his 

sleep was heavy and beastly�察�save when he was aroused�察�screaming with 

agony�察�by the cramps in his legs。          Every part of him ached。         He tramped 

on raw blisters�察�yet this was even easier than the fearful bruising his feet 

received on the water´rounded rocks of the Dyea Flats�察�across which the 

trail led for two miles。       These two miles represented thirty´eight miles of 

travelling。    He washed his face once a day。             His nails�察�torn and broken 

and    afflicted   with   hangnails�察  �were    never   cleaned。    His    shoulders    and 

chest�察  �galled   by   the   pack´straps�察  �made   him   think�察  �and   for   the   first   time 

with understanding�察�of the horses he had seen on city streets。 

     One ordeal that nearly destroyed him at first had been the food。 The 

extraordinary   amount   of   work   demanded   extraordinary   stoking�察  �and   his 

stomach was unaccustomed to great quantities of bacon and of the coarse�察�

highly  poisonous   brown   beans。        As   a   result�察  �his   stomach   went   back   on 

him�察  �and   for   several   days   the   pain   and   irritation   of   it   and   of   starvation 

nearly broke him down。          And then came the day of joy when he could eat 

like a ravenous animal�察�and�察�wolf´eyed�察�ask for more。 

     When they had moved the outfit across the foot´logs at the mouth of 

the Canyon�察�they made a change in their plans。                Word had come across 

the Pass that at Lake Linderman the last available trees for building boats 

were being cut。       The two cousins�察�with tools�察�whipsaw�察�blankets�察�and grub 

on their backs�察�went on�察�leaving Kit and his uncle to hustle along the outfit。 

John Bellew now shared the cooking with Kit�察�and both packed shoulder 

to shoulder。     Time was flying�察�and on the peaks the first snow was falling。 

To be caught on the wrong side of the Pass meant a delay of nearly a year。 

The    older   man    put  his  iron   back   under    a  hundred    pounds。     Kit   was 

shocked�察�but he gritted his teeth and fastened his own straps to a hundred 

pounds。      It hurt�察�but he had learned the knack�察�and his body�察�purged of all 

softness and fat�察�was beginning to harden up with lean and bitter muscle。 

Also�察�he observed and devised。           He took note of the head´straps worn by 

the Indians�察�and manufactured one for himself�察�which he used in addition 

to the shoulder´straps。 It made things easier�察�so that he began the practice 



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of piling any light�察�cumbersome piece of luggage on top。                  Thus�察�he was 

soon   able   to   bend   along   with   a  hundred   pounds   in   the   straps�察  �fifteen   or 

twenty more lying loosely on top the pack and against his neck�察�an axe or 

a pair of oars in one hand�察�and in the other the nested cooking´pails of the 

camp。 

     But   work   as   they   would�察  �the   toil   increased。  The   trail   grew   more 

rugged�察    �their  packs    grew    heavier�察   �and   each   day   saw    the  snow´line 

dropping   down   the   mountains�察  �while   freight   jumped   to   sixty   cents。   No 

word came from the cousins beyond�察�so they knew they must be at work 

chopping down the standing trees�察�and whipsawing them into boat´planks。 

John Bellew grew anxious。            Capturing a bunch of Indians back´tripping 

from Lake Linderman�察�he persuaded them to put their straps on the outfit。 

They charged thirty cents a pound to carry it to the summit of Chilcoot�察�

and it nearly broke him。        As it was�察�some four hundred pounds of clothes´ 

bags and camp outfit was not handled。              He remained behind to move it 

along�察�dispatching Kit with the Indians。           At the summit Kit was to remain�察�

slowly  moving   his   ton   until overtaken   by  the   four hundred   pounds   with 

which his uncle guaranteed to catch him。 



                                              V。 



     Kit plodded along the trail with his Indian packers。             In recognition of 

the fact that it was to be a long pack�察�straight to the top of Chilcoot�察�his 

own load was only eighty pounds。            The Indians plodded under their loads�察�

but it was a quicker gait than he had practised。 Yet he felt no apprehension�察�

and by now had come to deem himself almost the equal of an Indian。 

     At the end of a quarter of a mile he desired to rest。             But the Indians 

kept on。     He stayed with them�察�and kept his place in the line。            At the half 

mile he was convinced that he was incapable of another step�察�yet he gritted 

his teeth�察�kept his place�察�and at the end of the mile was amazed that he was 

still alive。   Then�察�in some strange way�察�came the thing called second wind�察�

and the next mile was almost easier than the first。             The third mile nearly 

killed   him�察  �and�察  �though   half   delirious   with   pain   and   fatigue�察  �he   never 

whimpered。       And then�察�when he felt he must surely faint�察�came the rest。 



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Instead of sitting in the straps�察�as was the custom of the white packers�察�the 

Indians   slipped   out   of   the   shoulder´   and   head´   straps   and   lay   at   ease�察�

talking and smoking。           A full half hour passed before they made another 

start。    To Kit's surprise he found himself a fresh man�察�and 'long hauls and 

long rests' became his newest motto。 

     The pitch of Chilcoot was all he had heard of it�察�and many were the 

occasions   when   he   climbed   with   hands   as   well   as   feet。       But   when   he 

reached the crest of the divide in the thick of a driving snow´ squall�察�it was 

in the company of his Indians�察�and his secret pride was that he had come 

through with them and never squealed and never lagged。                      To be almost as 

good as an Indian was a new ambition to cherish。 

     When   he   had   paid   off   the   Indians   and   seen   them   depart�察  �a   stormy 

darkness was falling�察�and he was left alone�察�a thousand feet above timber 

line�察  �on   the   back´bone   of   a   mountain。     Wet   to   the   waist�察  �famished   and 

exhausted�察�he   would   have   given   a   year's   income   for   a   fire   and   a   cup   of 

coffee。     Instead�察�he ate half a dozen cold flap´ jacks and crawled into the 

folds of the partly unrolled tent。            As he dozed off he had time only for 

one fleeting thought�察�and he grinned with vicious pleasure at the picture of 

John   Bellew   in   the   days   to   follow�察  �masculinely   back´tripping   his   four 

hundred pounds up Chilcoot。             As for himself�察�even though burdened with 

two thousand pounds�察�he was bound down the hill。 

     In   the   morning�察  �stiff   from   his   labours   and   numb   with   the   frost�察  �he 

rolled    out   of   the   canvas�察  �ate  a   couple   of   pounds   of   uncooked      bacon�察�

buckled the straps on   a hundred pounds�察�and   went down the rocky  way。 

Several   hundred   yards   beneath�察  �the   trail   led   across   a   small   glacier   and 

down to Crater Lake。           Other men packed across the glacier。              All that day 

he   dropped   his   packs   at   the   glacier's   upper   edge�察  �and�察  �by   virtue   of   the 

shortness of the pack�察�he put his straps on one hundred and fifty pounds 

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