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At this writing the Chilkoot is the favorite, because it is better known than the others, but the facilities for passing through this entrance or doorway to the new El Dorado are certain to be greatly increased at an early day.
Klondike Nuggets and How Two Boys Secured Them Edward Sylvester Ellis 1878
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Neil Bonner might be frozen in anywhere between Chilkoot Pass and St. Michael's, for the last travellers of the year are always caught by the ice, when they exchange boat for sled and dash on through the long hours behind the flying dogs.
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Pass Trail and was now making a last desperate drive at the country by way of Chilkoot.
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Men were being frozen in the blizzard, which swept Chilkoot, and Rasmunsen frosted his toes ere he was aware.
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His first interview with the Chilkoot packers straightened him up and stiffened his backbone.
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Chilkoot and left two of his toes with the surgeon at Sheep Camp.
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Not only was she the cause of it all, but she possessed the finest sled-dog from Chilkoot to Bering Sea.
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Two weeks later he went over Chilkoot with three dog sleds of five dogs each.
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We have primary source material from the members of the chevra, just like from these fellows that had crossed at Chilkoot Pass [in the Alaska Gold Rush].
Meta R. Buttnick: Weaving Women's Words: Seattle Stories 2010
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He goes back over the Chilkoot and fights frostbite and a trail that breaks his heart.
“And must I. . .who am weary, travel always your trail until I die?” 2008
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