The Great Yukon River Of Alaska

Captain U liarles V. Kayinond, ot tba Engineer Corpe, who was iostructed to determiue tho geograpliioal position of Fort Yukon, a post üf the Huuson Bay Cnmpany, tituated somo two thousnnd miles irom the mouth of the Yukon Kiver, found the fort to be within tlié umi's of our new purchase, and so, ia pursuance of instructions from the Treasury Department, the líudíon Bay Cqu, pany wero notified to lcave. The great Yukon llivor in leDgth and breadth is described (the Amazori' first aud tho Miesigsippi second) as thu third largest fresh stream ia the world, and enormous quantities of fish aro found in its lower portion aud in all tbe iulets of the Alaskan seaboard. The tradp of the country bordering cp this river is limited to furs. Agriculture is out of the questiou in those high aud sunless latitudes, and the timber of the Yukon is 6raa!l and of poor (juality. The nativa Indians, it fuvther appears, are being rapidly killed off by tile cold, in consequence, no doubt, of the whisky introduccd auioflg thera by the Iludson Bay traders.