Summary: Will I Go To The Yokan

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Will i make it through the Yokan. Back in 1848 there was a rage going on and it was the Alaskan gold rush. Now i have to make a decision weather i would go your not. People were taking this extreme trip because there businesses were going out of business. Also some people took horses and when the horses got there some of them could not take the cold so they died. So then the people saw the dead horse they would go over and eat and sometimes they would get sick and go crazy.there were a lot of people who died from this. If i was going out of business i would go to the Yokan. I would go to the Yokan because i would have a chance at finding gold, but if i didn’t i would have a better chance of dying. But for me if i lost my business then i lose

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