, 1874-12-24

Visit OF an Icelanfl!c Commission to
Our New Territory.
They Recommend Their countrymcn
Wishing to Emigrato to Seek
Their Fortuna There.

Wishing to Emigrato to Seek
Their Fortune There.
WASHINGTON, D. O., Dec. 29-Tho Commits
Aionors wlo wore lcplitctl by tho lcoln1itio aot-
tiers III Wisconsin to visit Alaaka aud report on
lis qualifications aa n home for such Of tl,oir
ooinsrynen who may choose to migrate tl,ithor,
have completed their examination Ut tho Torr-
tory, md hayo sent Il communication to tho
President Of tho United States. They arc do
Lighted With Alaska In every respect, aud strong
~ recommend it as tho land intended by proyl-
1enco for tho Icolanlqrs who desire to leave
their native land and sock for fortuna tllder tho
folds Of tho American Ing. They say:
NV yot, Dec 1S1hfes M yoysgG of twenty-toar
Which thu top Of tho o,tntnna were coyerch with last
years hnow, aud appparet to l1s much lko tic luoln-
trn coasts Ut 1celaml. Proceeding tuw4rl tho main
lan1 up cookA Inlet we saw grcat forests on tho wes
comparatively muct icss s,u and shero Ii also yory
littla lowuni that tilc Of tho inlet Further ur,
and approaching Fort Nicholas, yo Kay ille lonhfng
Country. Cnverca with forests OH both sies Of tAu
lo hut with ,norc owaall oil tho EASTERN tlan on tho
Western gllo. Quo lay we Volt to
THE KAKNO RIVER,
wairh tnHa Bb,th Of Eurt Nicholas III snot uhcrp Tho
river had last annlincr orurnwed Its t,anAa mud oro
la een.squrny been roo's formed III thu o,y p1asss
.a ss ss SA it es'h WA half Sp u our ' Anees es udn
through oaimon. Winter hero begin, III tho a!lddS
ot NoSru1bcr and ends IN Tho 1aittlio Of March, a
RaHsiat who had lived In Ataaku somo twenty years
told u TINT eaueagey. poaeoes aud other garden-
hero; hut ha said tlat un had tried to auw
ANYTHING olse II toa us s THU about % 5a ,'le, uoth
there wns sctliernt ,, cal,s ,,s, Noaasel sllir
nnro tho Thermometer stood. At hait'ran. o'clock,
IL degrees above zero, Fahreuhsit.
paescd through rong and hilly country, covered with
thick furcas. Tile soil uycrywfIers ',1ussy, with
worry littio grass hut nuc heather ana many islles.
1s ill., ssas va ioand swanrs " link taese could Is
cssy drasnea, aud they would tAen eccom' good
As fur aa We judge, tho guilty Of tho land seems
lest @ nvfost sne Soas aa o er w. TO O. "a
nurshrs a, nearest to tho mountains, whete tie grass
il Ha 10 grow from 10 Eecl high. Dn tho western
haye gooa 10 heeya tlat the lsMl Ii drer and
better Oh TINT sils IN many places but, Is there was
Our general Impression Of Cooks 1nrt is that, al
though We would e4rncat!y recommend Ctr couatry
colonization rret fron lceahd, bccauhe It would 10
ners difficult to heNin tlers than ~ Ka1link, Tho
tho trs. year usccasarily 10 saon and ~ order to
make tho most Of tic aaiInou ghng, tho settler
should ho there IN Aprll o. May, una tnia yolslta
iron, lecant. Far SECOND reason, a!tAona!
there is no doubt tat atocl-raining ea succeed well
IL i1!h ottio, Of Asa After tine httl the ao!l hero
Leu!s. As ta s,llnor n that portion III s.id 10 ~
very warm la degrees Fahrenheit huvo bccu re4ctcd>.
nurth Of tho sxselh uarae Il can hardly bo dubbed
that agriculture viii 30 lroeblo here T1o winter Is
ssf usow aa M
fnjs or7 teot deep in tho low country, md IL II
feut deep on tue mountains. hut should 1eelanlcrs
think 1t nut only likely, hit quits ecrtaIn, that of
shoot u LILO colony wo,ii1 tl II advantageous to set
tlc, from there, Al Cnol:'s Inlet
THE COUNTRY ADo.,r COOK tsI.ET
is Also nut 40 we'll known MD needs t' hc explored in
order for .s 10 hssoe acquainted With It's naEal r..
shall 10 aet,led with civilized rcople.
We explored tho peninsula which runn nortleaat
from 1T. pa,1a mud also tic co,1uIry north OF lha
rentnBnla roinl DEVILS ly, ss!lgre VIC found tho
ground mostly cnycrcl with excellent uni heavy thu
her, especially hpr'.ce an pito, ald wherever there
high and uf gdol quality r1nl the ao rieh. ilcre
aro lany lakes aud strcams MI full Of saluou and
different kllda Of trout; Next w examined tho
country North Of tbs mountains, n1o,tt ch1nak Bay
ami the monna1ns arc Enost}5 ke each ohcr. Tncre
t. hardly my loTia. but tho mountains Rre covered
Tucrs no'!nntslitre nuI rock IL rare.. Ne iay.
elcG long why it Westerly rettion OIL tho ,no1n.
taus, and Jou Olasson went further northwest until
r ca1no TO htarnlet D,y. The most 1nshg country
Int
~, ~ Icro were r,narr ta" t,,riber @ sou,h n
ytyited
THE ISLANDS AROUND 1T, rAG[s .-.
and found thetn car'y MI inahtablc Thf timber Oh
Wno.ay ts!nn Ii bigger than any wo aye seen IN Wis.,
consta. GOATS RIM Oh tn ial4i'ds whant ay caro-
hcin aarn Of tilui. The whites Tl1u llaro catio
feed them III thu winter. bt Ills natives 10 not tvel
their cattle At all, be!ug no lazy to cut hay Tor ttenl
Wn crossed 0ser ciiniah BAY and iAn.sta Oh tho
northern 61deof Cape Greyie, whero Paul bIornHson
went n WcstHasdly direction ntunH tho a* but tho
p7x3fitR 1HF{
around 1t IN III caacry direction. ArGe and bcauti-
fl! srss country was There and soinp lorcst. Here We
found solue wild ryo tslyuus>.
Easl Of tls laa meridian Katttak Island "a covered
viii, forcstH hut ere III hardly auy forest wcst Of at
iine. PasluraHe y SAIL 10 Ip excellent over b islan
aung tllo cuast, int tlio upland II saul to DO wDt nd
nnprGalctiFc hil there s no !oHbt ot there 6elns
n,ntaHe iof iosa way IN from LUG coas ~ LUG many
shi!eSs lcauihR ap !ro'n tho uasss
rnoDuCTa.
At Woody lsana tho tee company raise oat*. but
they ',ss them IN Tie same na',Aer "s are'lNety IL
seen III calif1enia-cntstnc Of tho tors alt teetng
them 10 tbs cattla like iay. Not muc cure IL taken III
raising tlenl but still they get utmost rpc Potatoes
grow A Ito WclI, although tho natives llag0 not tie