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154 THE LADIES, THE GWICH'IN, AND THE RATLeft to right: jack Frost,Frank jackson, and CharlieYoung ofJackson Bros. andCo. Ltd., Old Crow,1940s. Collection ofEdward Ziallry, courte9Clara Frost.there that he should take us to Fort Yukon for $ 5 a day with food, the days toinclude, of course, his own return journey. When we talked about pitching ourtent, our host firmly insisted on our sleeping in his living room for the night;one of us could have the bed and the other must camp on the floor."As a matter of fact," he said, " I don't want to go to bed tonight. I have beenasleep all day for we were dancing all last night. "In these latitudes, where there is hardly any twilight demarcation betweennight and day, it is apparently quite usual to take no notice of which is which.Mter we had finished our meal, Mr Frost took us round the settlement where wevisited the church and then we called on Martha, an Indian woman who agreed toproduce two pairs of moccasins for us by the morning. Then we returned to that