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<DIV><FONT face="Calisto MT" size=2>"It takes some time to get used to the
various terms used in the Yukon.... A person who eneters the country is called a
"Cheechacho" ... The guard-room is commonly known as the "skookum house".
"Skookum" is an Indian coast word meaning "strong"."</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Calisto MT" size=2>from "On Trail and Rapid by Dogsled and
Canoe" by H.A. Cody, 1911. Cody had lived in the Yukon for about five
years. No indication or what building contained the skookum house/guard
-room. (Perhaps it was part of the Northwest Mounted Police
Barracks, which were in sight of his home.)</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>