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GHOSTS

So they jumped on a steamship in Seattle and ended up in Skagway?

NANCY HUSTON

That’s correct, and he climbed over the Chilkoot (Pass).

GHOSTS

Did he spend time in Skagway and run into Soapy Smith and his army

of thugs and gangsters?

TOM FIRTH

I doubt it. He was already in the Klondike when Soapy Smith met his

end.

GHOSTS

Is there any information about his Chilkoot hike?

TOM FIRTH

He was in partnership with three Americans from Seattle. They

assisted each other getting their supplies over the pass, and they

apparently rafted down and came through (into Dawson City) about

May of ‘98, when there was a whole flotilla of people leaving Bennett

and floating down the lake and coming through the river system.

GHOSTS

They built their own boat at Lake Bennett?

TOM FIRTH

That’s right. They made it out of whipsaw lumber as everybody did,

and when the lake ice went out, everybody launched their boat and

headed off down the lake.

GHOSTS

Did your grandfather experience any trouble on the river system?

TOM FIRTH

My brother told me it was his understanding that they had to check

through the police post in Tagish and that they had contracted with