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 I^^^OR tinintless ;i},'t's all peoples lia\o lookcil upon llu' NitiIi as a iiilil ami iMrron laiiil, 
 
 IL=4 llie home of the iooberi; aiul ihe sliMni. In the past lewviai'- il his l>oen (^ivon li> a 
 
 J / i'.-v. favorcil tew to learn thai it is a laiul {)( be, inly, ol snimy il.iys and ele.ir skies, o( 
 
 ; ' V }■'.'.. fo, iniins,' waters ami j,'reen, ».loinesl'.,ipiil hills, ol \\\^\\ i litis ,iiul iii},'i;eil i,'ranile peaks, 
 
 .Cvi.^'^'"- snow-erowneil for all 'ime to eoine. lIUI, \el seeinini^ to e\er ehan^'e ami to be 
 
 ■IV :ilways new, it is a lanJ th.it eharins aiul hohls ihose who ^ onie ; sonielinies ihev i;o, but 
 
 onl\ to return ai^ain, lor those who have lookeJ upon the l.nul low it lot evermore. 
 
 This vast inhmJ empire is known to the people o\' the N'orlh ,is the \ nkon, and it is the 
 
 watershed of the river of that name. The hull, ins > ill il S'u-koii-ah me.inin^; iniLjhis water 
 
 ,ind it i-- that and more. Its leni,''th is nioie ih,in j.i ji i< p miles .iiui it di.iiiis an area of mi>rc than 
 
 half a million sipLire miles, ami diseharj,'e'~ nune waler intii the se.i lh,in the Mississippi or the 
 
 .\ma/on. It is sinent v-five mile-- wide .it ils moilh, .iiul ,it its souiie .it the summit ol the 
 
 Wliite r.is' a , hild ean sti.p aeross. I.iii,'e su-. oners n.i\i^.ite this lieer lor ei^'hleen lumilreil 
 
 miles, .■iiui if vv'U stand on the b,ink, oiit: luindied miles lioin the mouth, you cannot see the 
 other bank. 
 
 l!niopean countries ha\ in;,' s.uik l.iiuude ,is ihe N'ukon, with s>.i| Kss i ieh ami climate more 
 rigorous, produce aniuially for esport, cattle, slK'ejt and horses by the thousand, and ot i;raiii 
 ami ve^'etables million'- of busheU. 
 
 Ill the not l.ir dist,int I'lituie this Tinpire ol the N'oilii will i.\o all this .ami more, her ilome- 
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just passfJ llio N'nkon lias aJili'il to ihe wealth ol (lie workl one luindreil and filly millions of 
 ilollars in f,'okl. In ' Ik' >.|iiantity, quality and value of furs produced annually the N'ukon leads 
 the workl, aiul has no equal. The valley is rieh in wmid, ,,oal, petroleum and copper ; thousands 
 ot acres ol wild j^rasses ^row shoulder hi^h ; in the marshes are cranberries and huckleberries, 
 and on the slopes are wikl currants, jjfooseberries, strawberries and raspberries ; in the waters 
 ri-<h : in the forests };ame ; in the {^Tounil j^'okl ; a\ all countries we aie the newest of the new 
 and the richest of the rich. 0( those who iiccupieil the land in days <;one by — the Red Lords 
 of ttie North- but tew remain; the ways of their white brothers are not theirs and to them 
 meant extermination. Of those that are lett the ^tron^est are of the Pelly, Tananaw aiul 
 riilun^'et tribes; they have a siini-historical le,t,'end:iry history of their .\siatic orij,'^in that is very 
 lascin itini; tii the folk-loie lovers, ami their dot,'s, half wolf h.ilf bear, are not to be seen else- 
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 rile endianliiii; beauty ol the wide-spreailint^ N'ukon \ alley — its j.jlorioLis sunshine and its 
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 the first time, auil often causes the exclamation, "This cannot be the North." And it is not the 
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