A Born Leader
in Dawson, there were many men and dogs, all hard at work. All day and night they went up and down the main street in long teams, doing work that horses did in the Santa Valley. Mostly they were husky dogs, and every night at nine, twelve and three o'clock, they sang their night song With the Northern Lightsf6 burning coldly above, and the land frozen under a coat of snow, the dogs sang of the 47 pain the same sadness their of living. It was a song full of sadness- ld fathers had known, the same fear of the cold and dark. It th them, it woke up strong feelings in Buck, and as he sang wi took him back to the beginnings of life
After seven days in Dawson, the team got back onto the Yukon Trail and left for Dyea Beach again. Perrault wanted to make a record trip to go faster than anyone else that year The dogs were well rested, the snow on the trail was harder now and he was not carrying a heavy loadia. They had a good run on the first two days, but the team was not working well together Buck had taught the other dogs not to fear Spitz, and now they made all sorts of trouble'. One night Pike stole Spitz's fish, another night Dub and Joe fought against him, and Buck himself never went near Spitz without growling frercely. Tha dogs fought amongst themselves too, and sometimes the camp was full of barking and howling. Francois whipped them, but as soon as he turned away, they started fighting again. Francois knew that it was Buck who was making trouble, but Buck was always too clever to get caught
Near the River Tahkeena one night, Dub dug up a rabbit but the rabbit got away. Immediately the team was after the rabbit, barking and howling, and fifty police dogs who were