Which fact does the historical context reveal about the setting? My dear friend Mr. Arthur . I wish you could be here for a day or two just to see the busy scenes on the hills. It is impossible for me to describe them to you. Imagine a narrow trail over the snow, then crowd on it men with sleds, men with packs on their backs, dogs in trains of from two to eight horses, mules and oxen, some drawing sleds and others with packs on their backs. All in an endless procession, going and coming. Now everything going smoothly, then all in confusion when some dogs get tangled up or a horse gets a little out of the trail and floundering up to his belly in the snow. They all toil up the hill. -Letter describing the Chilkoot Pass Trail, Alfred G. McMichael O The route to the gold fields was very challenging. O Few people were headed to the gold fields. The route to Me gold fields was organized and orderly. O People risked life and limb to find gold in Alaska.