Judging from his suit and hood of fur and his team of dogs, we might mistake the boy in this picture for an Esquimau.

In 1898, at the time of the great rush for gold, he was the only white boy on the Allenkaket River in Alaska. He is delighted with his team of six young dogs and no doubt enjoys many a long ride with them over the snow.

For practical use, a team usually consists of ten or twenty dogs and is a mixture of Esquimaux dogs and dogs from the coast. The team is guided by call, a line is never used. The dogs are easily taken care of and are especially suited to the needs of the miners of that region. After a hard days's work they are fed a piece of dried dog salmon and then burying themselves in the snow, leaving only their noses stick out, they go to sleep for the night. Being very docile and sagacious, the young dogs are much enjoyed by the children as pets. These dogs were indispensable to the Yukoners in pushing their way into the interior of Alaska.

This view is probably from a boxed set used for education in the schools. Views of dogs pulling dog sleds are fairly common..

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