The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-10-29
THE LAND OF SILENCE
A Journey Up the Great Gold
River of Alaska.
WHERE THE ICE NEVER MeLTs.
a Tribe af Red Men Fasefassed by Dutch
Kats~Iier Triumphai Entry
Of the village.
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peua!etoa Kass cTrgoa,zn,
Mr.. Rogers with 3 party 81 nine others,
purchased their oatdt for a summer cam
pairu n juneau This consisted q hand
sGeighs for transporting their supplies over
:hs mountains and ice.b0and lakes that
form the source of the Yukon; food, blank
ess sud The thousand and one articles nee
essary Tor the trip a voyage Of seventy
rniIea through Catham straits brought the
party 20 the Indian village Of ChiIcat.
where they unIoAaled their supplies and
where they we're to meet the meet difficult
barrier in their route TO the gold fields Of
the Yukon.
Here rises = lofty range Of mountains he
sxesu the eoast aud chain Of lakes men
tened. whose lowest pass Is m3re than
1900 feet. an altitude that must De as
esnded and descended in the short distance
81 twenty-five miles, that being the dis
tanee from the coast 20 the fFst lake. By
their own great exerii0ns and the aid ct the
Indians they conveyed their supplies
through the binding Snow storms that
prevail a. almost ali seasons Of the year Ia
that elevated region, and at last
arrived upon the smooth, icy snr-
face og Lake Bennett. One of the party
was seriously cart by b2ing run over
with sledse as they were making the des-
cent, which oceasioned several days de-
lay At last they were fairly aFon their
way, and hosting sails 10 their sledges
their progress was quite rapid for several
hundred miles The season being some
shat advanced, as they were crossing Lake
IseBargo the lee had grown somewhat I'M
safe, and Mr.. Rogers relates that upon
one occasion several miles from
shore 10 began to gsve way under
theni. and then they began 81 race for
life They had evidently been passing over
= gigantic air-hols where the ice had be
come thin. aud when they had passed ever
the dangerous spot they looked and 10
their horror saw fully ten acres Of ice Gov
sfing of the lake sink. zud arise again In q
million broken fragments. On another oe-
eas.on one OF the party Vas speeding over
the CLASSY surface AZ the lake upon his ice
Loaf. and suddenly disappeared. lie
had ran into an alr-hoie aud sank With
his precious freight lie fortunately arose
al the same spot. and as he bad had the
rare presence OF mi0d % hold Ia the line
attach bed 20 his sleigh both himself and
and cargo we're saved. the spot where the
accident occurred happening to be quits
shallow. Mr.. Rogers describes the country
traversed as iudescrihahly desolaie, and
the death.like stiffness that prevails In these
forests. uneniivened by song OF bird or the
presence oi animal life. as simply APPALLING
Arriving at the source at the mighty
Yukon. this point SO narrow that one may
leap across IL at q single bound, they began
10 meet with az occasional group Of Stuck
Indians, whom he describes as a mos,
superior tribe al natives and the ideal child
~ che forest innocent, inafenslve. and a.
EuilslpSs a. our FIRST parents we're ia ths
beautfal garden before thu fail He relate,
curious. II not affecting. Incl
deut, illustrating Tho gentle and
unsophissocAfed disposition 81 thss.
people shat tfanspiFsd when their pAssy
afrtvea 81 ore OF the large village.
At these indians. Their party hal nau
swelied 10 abous seventy sss number. ant
with uns Of the small parties that hsd PIE
.vtless theui and whom they hal oysrtaken
there ass one ot those poor. fallen women
v a0 are often found casting t0eir missf
able log with the mining class. She rasxe,
un.iuE the sohri4uet OF Dutch Kate. TT.
puoE creature. ia oyder 90 bester enabla hel
"a undergo jho hsrdshiga 81 the trim
had donmea nls.s attire, buI up>,f
thssT arrival st the iudian 81.
iare, wssh a pride that Is uatara
So Der sex she aFfayei heiseil la her fines
apparel. poa deved her late snd arraares
hrt bauk> In heF most hvw{teh.ng style
he savae1s had pc1zsssse accustomed q
seeing She hFunsed faces ii the miners. 81
thus fAr tAey ha1 newer eakesi upon "a,
s4aAN "a the pale fare. Aud fAls apraritgot
81 t9ysliBess aAa al &stoaEsAjaw e5sest alsls
ths ssntse creatures They gFcetfsl her wt3l
ordinations ot delight and the tsgfe
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