Some day, perhaps, these roads will be made, and the horse, not the dog, will be the draught animal upon them. Yet it would be a rash conclusion that even then the time will be at hand when there will be no longer use for the work dog in Alaska. Away from these main arteries of travel he will still be employed. So long as great part of the land remains a noble arctic wilderness; so long as the prospector strikes farther and farther into the rugged mountains; so long as quick travel over great stretches of country is necessary or desirable; so long as the salmon swarm up the rivers to furnish food for the catching; so long as the Indian moves from fishing camp to village and from village to hunting camp--so long will the dog be hitched to the sled in Alaska; so long will his joyful yelp and his plaintive whine be heard in the land; so long will his warm tongue seek his master's hand, even the hand that strikes him, and his eloquent eyes speak his utter allegiance. INDEX INDEX Agriculture, 228, 229, 230, 231, 367 Alarm-clocks, 304 Alatna River, 70 Albert the pilot, 60 Allakaket, 190-195 Alphabet, 69 Amundsen, 292, 392 Animals, wild, 257, 276, 277, 298, 405 Anthropologists, 270 Arctic Ocean, 97, 98 Army posts: economic value, 151 discipline and life, 217 frequent changes, 217 surgeons, 218 Arthur, 158, 163 Athabascan language, 349 Atler, 170, 171 Auroras, 46, 380-391 Baker Creek Springs, 155 Bathing, 85 Beaver City, 345 Bering Sea, 129 Betticher, C. E., 254 Bettles, 54, 56, 63 Black fox, 258, 362 Blizzard, 40 Blossom Cape, 103, 106 Blow-holes, 13 Bluff, 126 Bompas, Bishop, 283 Brook, Alfred, 309 Burke, Dr., 158, 167, 169, 187 Caching, 17, 20, 70, 335 Camp: making details, 41, 42, 43 night made, 91 devices, 243 in wet snow, 302 Camp-Robbers, 335, 299, 300 Candle, 102 Candles, 108, 109 Caribou, 107, 409 Carter, Miss, 184 Chandalar: River, 26, 27, 35 village, 27, 28, 29, 34 Gap, 36, 37 Chatanika River, 4, 6, 8 Chena, 156, 249, 250 Chief Isaac, 263 Chinnik, 127 Choris Peninsula, 106 Circle City, 11, 20, 290 Clearwater Creek, 256 Clothes: drying, 42, 53 moose hide, 202, 203 tuberculosis, 306, 362 missions, 363 Coal, 92, 93 Coldfoot, 47, 48, 49 Cook, Dr., 405 Cooking: camp dishes, 43 cleanliness, 85 bear meat, 168 by relays, 209 for dog, 397 Council, 116 Creepers, 111 Cribbage, 124 Death Valley, 112, 113 Denali (Mt. McKinley), 225, 305 Deputy marshals, 365 Development schemes, 410, 411 Diphtheria, 28, 29, 32, 287, 313 Disease: epidemic, 6; _cf._ diphtheria, measles, tuberculosis Dishkaket, 332 Disinfectants, 32