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many of his subs care more for their shoulder straps than for work.-
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My men (picked for the Youkon exped) the [[underlined]] "Cancajons" [[/underlined]] ^[[insertion]] as Ive dubbed them [[/insertion]] are a lot of splendid fellows - I have their perfect confidence and theyd follow me through purgatory! - They are all [[underlined]] gentlemen [[/underlined]] - rather young, well educated adventurous and pluckey.

- If we meet Rothrock & Pope far down the Youkon and Bulkley does not give me winter work to do there I shall ask him to let me take the Cancajons and try the toughest