Klondike

by Pierre Berton

  Debates of the Senate of the Dominion of Canada, 1898.

  Dawson, George M. Report of an Exploration in the Yukon District of 1887, Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, 1898.

  United States

  Abercrombie, Captain W. R. (2nd U.S. Infantry) Senate Document 1023: 56th Congress, 1st session: Copper River Exploring Expedition, 1898,A Compilation of Narratives and Explorations in Alaska, and Copper River Exploring Expedition, 1899, Washington, D.C., 1900.

  Allen, Lieutenant Henry T. (2nd U.S. Cavalry) Senate Document 1023: Report of a Military Reconnaissance in Alaska Made in 1885, Washington, D.C., 1900.

  Beardslee, Commander L. A. Executive Documents of the Senate of the United States, 47th Congress, 1st session: “Report of the Operations of the U.S. Ship Jamestown,” in Affairs in Alaska, Washington, D.C., 1882.

  Dunham, Samuel C. Bulletin of the Department of Labor: The Alaskan Goldfields, Washington, D.C., 1898.

  Geological Survey Eighteenth Annual Report, Part 3, Washington, D.C., May 1898.

  Ray, Captain P. H., and Richardson, Lieutenant W. P. (8th U.S. Infantry) Senate Document 1023: Relief of the Destitute in the Goldfields of Alaska, 1897, and Relief of the Destitute in the Goldfields of Alaska, 1898, Washington, D.C., 1900.

  Raymond, Captain Charles W. Executive Document No. 12 of the Senate of the United States, 42nd Congress, 1st session, Report of a Reconnaissance of the Yukon River, July–September 1869, Washington, D.C., 1871.

  Richardson, Captain W. P. Senate Document 1023: Yukon River Exploring Expedition, Alaska, 1899, Washington, D.C., 1900.

  Schwatka, Lieutenant Frederick Senate Document 1023: Yukon River Exploring Exepdition, Alaska, 1899, Washington, D.C., 1900.

  Wells, E. Hazard Senate Document 1023: Up and Down the Yukon, Alaska, 1897, Washington, D.C., 1900.

  Newspapers

  Alaska Journal Juneau, Alaska, 1893

  Alaskan Skagway, Alaska, 1898–99 (scattered copies)

  Alaska Weekly Seattle, 1923–56

  Daily Province Vancouver, 1897–98

  Examiner San Francisco, 1898

  Globe Toronto, 1897–98

  Herald New York, 1897–98

  Journal New York, 1897–98

  Klondike News San Francisco, April 1, 1898

  Klondike Nugget Dawson, Yukon, 1898–1901

  News Dawson, Yukon, 1899–1953

  News, Dawson, Yukon, 1902

  Golden Cleanup Edition

  News Skagway, Alaska, 1898 (scattered copies)

  Post-Intelligencer Seattle, 1897–99

  Press Dyea, Alaska, 1898

  Times Seattle, 1897–99

  Trail Dyea, Alaska, 1898

  Yukon Midnight Sun Dawson, Yukon, 1898–1900 (incomplete files)

  Yukon Sun Anniversary Number Dawson, Yukon, September, 1900

  Published Sources

  Anon. All about the Klondike Mines, New York, 1897 (pamphlet).

  Pamphlet, British Columbia Board of Trade, n.p., 1899.

  Klondike Gold Fields in the Yukon, St. Louis, Mo., 1897 (pamphlet).

  A Medonte Pioneer and His Famous Son, Orillia, Ont., n.d. (pamphlet).

  “Seattle’s Menageries,” Harper’s Illustrated Weekly, April 16, 1898.

  “Seattle to Dawson, A Klondiker’s Diary,” Frank Leslie’s Popular Monthly, May, 1900.

  Adney, Edwin Tappan The Klondike Stampede of 1897–98, New York, 1900.

  Allan, A. A. “Scotty” Gold, Men and Dogs, New York, 1931.

  Andrews, C. L. “The Yukon River,” Alaska-Yukon Magazine, March, 1911.

  “Captain William Moore,” Washington Historical Quarterly, Vol. XXI (1930).

  Wrangell and the Gold of the Cassiar, Seattle, 1937.

  The Story of Alaska, Caldwell, Idaho, 1938.

  “Some Notes on the Yukon by Stewart Menzies,” Pacific North West Quarterly, Vol. XXXII (1941).

  “Facts and Fiction in Alaskan History,” Alaska Life, April, 1942.

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  “The Real Soapy Smith,” Alaska Sportsman, November, 1947.

  Archer, F. A. A Heroine of the North: The Memoirs of Charlotte

  Selina Bompas, London, 1929.

  Arestad, Sverre “Reindeer in Alaska,” Pacific North West Quarterly, April, 1951.

  Armstrong, Major Nevill A.D. Yukon Yesterdays – Thirty Years of Adventure on the Klondyke, London, 1936.

  Atwell, Monty “Marc Hanna, Champion of the Chilkoot Trail,” Alaska Sportsman, October, 1963.

  Atwood, Frederick N. “Dawson Night Life Wasn’t So Tough,” Alaska Life, December, 1941.

  Baird, Andrew Article, Dawson News, January 15, 1953. Article, Dawson News, September 5, 1953.

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  Bankson, Russell A. The Klondike Nugget, Caldwell, Idaho, 1935.

  Banon, Edward Magawly The Diary of Edward Magawly Banon, Newport, R.I., 1948.

  Barbeau, Marius Article, Vancouver Province, June 24, 1944.

  “The Poor Man’s Trail,” Canadian Geographical Journal, July, 1934.

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  Beattie, Kim Brother, Here’s a Man! The Saga of Klondike Boyle, Toronto, 1940.

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  Bramble, Charles S. Klondike: A Manual for Goldseekers, New York, 1897.

  Bride, W. W., and Crisp, W. G. “Telegraph Creek,” Beaver, March, 1942.

  Brooks, Alfred Hülse Blazing Alaska’s Trails, Washington, D.C., 1953.

  “The History of Mining in Alaska,” Alaska-Yukon Magazine, May, 1907.

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  Bruce, Miner Alaska, Its History and Resources, Gold Fields and Scenery, New York, 1899.

  Burns, Walter Noble Tombstone, Garden City, N.Y., 1929.

  Bush, Sam Stone “The Rush to the Klondike Goldfields,” Review of Reviews, August, 1897; March, 1898.

  Butler, S. P. “The Drama of Development,” Harper’s Illustrated Weekly, August 28, 1897.

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  Cole, E. L. “The Deadly Edmont
on Trail,” Alaska Sportsman, March, April, May, 1955.

  Collier, William R. and Westrate, Edwin V. The Reign of Soapy Smith, Monarch of Misrule, Garden City, N.Y., 1937.

  Coolidge, L. A. Klondike and the Yukon Country, Philadelphia, 1897.

  Craig, Lulu Alice Glimpses of Sunshine and Shade in the Far North, Cincinnati, 1906.

  Crisp, W. G. see Bride, W. W.

  Cunynghame, Francis Lost Trail, London, 1953.

  Curtin, Walter Russell Yukon Voyage: Unofficial Log of the Steamer Yukoner, Caldwell, Idaho, 1938.

  Dafoe, John W. Clifford Sifton in Relation to His Times, Toronto, 1931.

  Dalby, Milton A. The Sea Saga of Dynamite Johnny O’Brien, Toronto, 1933.

  Dale, Edward Everett see Canton, Frank M.

  Davis, Mary Lee Sourdough Gold: The Log of a Yukon Adventure, Boston, 1933.

  Uncle Sam’s Attic, Boston, 1930.

  Davis, Phyllis Article, Vancouver Province, January 5, 1946.

  Dawson, George M. “Historical Note on the Events in the Yukon District,” Review of Historical Publications Relating to Canada, Vol. II, edited by George M. Wrong, Toronto, 1897.

  Day, Louella The Tragedy of the Klondike, New York, 1906.

  De Armond, R. N., ed. ‘Stroller’ White: Tales of a Klondike Newsman, Vancouver, 1969.

  Denison, Merrill Klondike Mike, An Alaskan Odyssey, New York, 1943.

  De Windt, Harry Through the Gold Fields of Alaska to Bering Strait, London, 1898.

  My Restless Life, London, 1909.

  Dietz, Arthur Arnold Mad Rush for Gold in Frozen North, Los Angeles, 1914.

  Dill, W. S. The Long Day, Ottawa, 1926.

  Dow, Peter Alaska: America’s Northern Wonderland, n.p., 1927.

  “The Arctic Trail,” Alaska Sportsman, February–June, 1941.

  Dunn, Robert World Alive, New York, 1956.

  Dyer, E. Jerome The Routes and Mineral Resources of Northwestern Canada, London, 1897.

  Edgar, Major J. H., and Thompson, Norman Canadian Railway Development, Toronto, 1933.

  Edwards, William Seymour Into the Yukon, Cincinnati, 1905.

  Elliott, Gordon, ed. Klondike Cattle Drive: The Journal of Norman Lee, Vancouver, 1960.

  Fetherstonhaugh, R. C. The Royal Canadian Regiment, 1833–1933, Montreal, 1936.

  The Royal Canadian Mounted Police, New York, 1938.

  Fitch, George Hamlyn “The Klondike Mining Camp,” Harper’s Illustrated Weekly, August 7, 1897.

  “Frozen in on the Yukon,” Harper’s Illustrated Weekly, November 20, 1897.

  Fraser, J. E. The Gold Fever, British Columbia, 1923.

  Funston, Frederick “Over the Chilkoot Pass to the Yukon,” Scribner’s Magazine, November, 1896.

  Garland, Hamlin Trail of the Goldseekers, New York, 1899.

  Garst, Shannon Jack London, Magnet for Adventure, New York, 1944.

  Gates, Charles M. “Human Interest Notes on Seattle and the Alaskan Gold Rush,” Pacific North West Quarterly, 1943.

  Gosnell, R. E. The Year Book of Birtish Columbia, and Manual of Provincial Information to Which is Added a Chapter Containing Much Special Information Respecting the Canadian Yukon and Northern Territory Generally, Victoria, B.C., 1897.

  Graham, Angus The Golden Grindstone – The Adventures of George M. Mitchell, Toronto, 1935.

  Graves, S. H. On the White Pass Payroll, Chicago, 1908.

  Green, Kenneth J. “First Christmas in Skagway,” Alaska Sportsman, December, 1967.

  Griffith, D. E. “Birth of the Klondike Gold Rush,” Seattle Times Magazine Section, July 13-September 7, 1947.

  Grinnell, Joseph Gold Hunting in Alaska, Chicago, 1901.

  Hamilton, Walter R. The Yukon Story, Vancouver, 1964.

  Hamlin, C. H. Old Times in the Yukon, Los Angeles, 1928.

  Hansen, Einar “The Pioneer’s Life at Sitka,” Alaska Lije, February, 1940.

  Harris, A.C. Alaska and the Klondike Goldfields, Chicago, 1897.

  Haskell, William B. Two Years in the Klondike and Alaska Goldfields, Hartford, Conn., 1898.

  Haverly, Charles The Klondyke and Fortune by One Who Has Struck It, London, 1897.

  Hayne, M. H. E., and Taylor, H. West Pioneers of the Klondyke, London, 1897.

  Heilprin, Angelo Alaska and the Klondike, London, 1899.

  Henderson, Alice P. The Rainbow’s End: Alaska, New York, 1898.

  Hitchcock, Mary E. Two Women in the Klondike, New York, 1899.

  Ingersoll, Ernest Gold Fields of the Klondike and the Wonders of Alaska, New York, 1897.

  Innis, Harold A. Problems of Staple Production in Canada, Toronto, 1933.

  Settlement and the Mining Frontier, Vol. IX, Canadian Frontiers of Settlement, Toronto, 1936.

  Ivan, Jan “The Great Glacial Mystery,” Alaska-Yukon Magazine, December, 1906.

  Jarvis, W. H. P. The Great Gold Rush, A Tale of the Klondike, Toronto, 1913.

  Johnston, Alva The Legendary Mizners, New York, 1953.

  Jones, Roberto. “A Municipal Farmer,” Alaska-Yukon Magazine, August, 1907.

  “The Correspondence of a Crook,” Alaska-Yukon Magazine, December, 1907.

  Judge, Rev. Charles J. An American Missionary: A Record of the Work of the Rev. William A. Judge, S. J., Ossining, N.Y., 1907.

  Kane, Waldo Article, Vancouver Sun, August 14, 1898.

  Keim, DeB. Randolph Our Alaskan Wonderland and Klondike Neighbour, Washington, D.C., 1898.

  Kelly, Emma L. “A Woman’s Trip to the Klondike,” Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine, October, 1901.

  Kelly, Nora The Men of the Mounted, Toronto, 1949.

  Kirk, Robert C. Twelve Months in the Klondike, London, 1899.

  Kitchener, L. D. Flag over the North, Seattle, 1954.

  Kneass, Amelia “The Flogging at Sheep Camp,” Alaska Sportsman, October, 1946.

  Ladue, Joseph Klondyke Nuggets, Montreal, 1897 (pamphlet).

  Lokke, CarlL. “From Minneapolis to the Klondike in 1898,” Minnesota History, Vol. XXIX, 1948.

  Klondike Saga: Chronicle of Minnesota Gold Mining Company, Minneapolis, 1965.

  La Roche, Frank En Route to the Klondike: A Series of Photographic Views, Chicago, 1897.

  Leinwever, Martin “The Cussedest Law,” Alaska Sportsman, April, 1944.

  Leonard, John W. The Gold Fields of the Klondike, Chicago, 1897 [?].

  Little, James R. “Squaw Kate Discovered the Klondike,” Magazine Alaska, May, 1938.

  “Nigger Jim’s Gold Stampede,” Alaska Life, October, 1940.

  “The Big Dawson Fire,” Alaska Frontier, May–June, 1941.

  “Dawson’s Biggest Fire,” Alaska Life, July, 1942.

  Lloyd-Owen, Frances Gold Nugget Charlie: A Narrative Compiled from Notes of Charlie E. Masson, London, 1939.

  London, Jack The God of His Fathers: Tales of the Klondike and the Yukon, London, 1902.

  Smoke Bellew, New York, 1912.

  London, Joan Jack London and His Times, New York, 1939.

  Longstreth, T. Morris The Silence Force, New York, 1934.

  Loudon, W. J. A Canadian Geologist, Toronto, 1930.

  Lowden, Mrs. William Campbell “The Real Discovery of Gold in the Klondike,” Alaska-Yukon Magazine, September, 1908.

  Lung, Edward Burchall “Nothing Marks This Spot,” Alaska Sportsman, July, 1951.

  “Glittering Fortunes and Empty Pokes,” Alaska Sportsman, February, 1952.

  “Ten Thousand Frenzied Men,” Alaska Sportsman, August, 1952.

  “Perilous Pass and Secret Hopes,” Alaska Sportsman, February, 1954.

  Black Sand and Gold (as told to Ella Lung Martinsen), New York, 1956.

  Lynch, Jeremiah Three Years in the Klondike, London, 1904.

  Macdonald, Alexander “Pioneering in the Klondike,” Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, May, 1898.

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  McNab, Rev. John They Went Forth, Toronto, 1933.

  Martin, Itjen The Story of the Tour on the Skagway, Alaska, Streetcar, n.p., n.d. (pamphlet).

  Martinsen, Ella Lung see Lung, Edward Bürchau.

  Mayberry, Genevieve “The Hero of Skagway,” Alaska Sportsman, August, 1941.

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  Morgan, Edward E. P., with Woods, Henry F. God’s Loaded Dice – Alaska, 1897–1930, Caldwell, Idaho, 1948.

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  North American Trading and Transportation Company The Goldfields of Alaska, Chicago, 1898.

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  Page, Elizabeth Wild Horses and Gold: From Wyoming to the Yukon, New York, 1932.

  Palmer, Frederick “A Winter Journey to the Klondike,” Scribner’s Magazine, 1898.

  “The Pilgrimage to the Klondike and Its Outcome,” Forum, September, 1898.

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  In the Klondyke, New York, 1899.

  Paxton, William A. “Klondike Fever,” Alaska Sportsman, May, June, July, 1955.

  Phillips, Alan The Living Legend, Toronto, 1957.