Verses chronicling the Klondike gold rush and immortalizing the colorful characters of the Yukon Territory, chosen from the author's earlier collections "The spell of the Yukon" and "Ballads of a Cheechako".

Verses chronicling the Klondike gold rush and immortalizing the colorful characters of the Yukon Territory, originally published in the author's earlier collections "The spell of the Yukon" and "Ballads of a Cheechako".

Constantly suffering from the cold, Sam makes his companion on the Arctic trail promise to cremate him when he dies, which the companion does--to his great surprise.