CHILKOOT PASS

a pa through the range of mountains between Dyea, Alaska, and the Klondike region. It became famous during the gold rush to the Klondike in 1898-1900, when all the gold seekers were compelled to enter the gold region through this natural gateway. The trails of the gold seekers from Dyea was along the river of the same name, the summit of the pa , 3,500 feet above sea level, being about 13 miles distant, the gold fields being a little over the same distance beyond. So rugged and tortuous and dangerous was this pathway, however, that many lost their lives in the blizzards that frequently swept through the pa . The government has since built a railroad through White Pa , so that now the Klondike may be reached by a more comfortable route. city, Chile; has hot sulphur springs. Pop. 35,000. 38’ E.), village, on Jhelum, Punjab, Brit. India; scene of battle between Brit, and Sikhs, Jan. 13, 1849.