The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1889-01-05
WAY OUT IN ALASKA.
Eosrntr Romance al I;oundicss Wealth
and u. ';s'.;i''rni SCENERY and the
sicri i;oaii;1- Il .:acon and Beans
An iio,p it;sbc Indian.

NH Si''N -istt'llt ''SIIlJllDH DI tADtfl-
ruccS wAtle in thc recent prospecting tour
IN Aasi3 On the morning of July 0. he
says. We left Douglas City on the favorite
and fast'sailing canoe lIiak, Captain Jim
doth wei and fl.nraby known ia Alaskan
waters for ii prospecting trip in Lynn
Canal. As the day was fine and the wind
fair the sail through Gastneaux. Stephens
passage and LINN Canal was delightful as
rac' one Is do'tcu WIN niue islands, rising
from we waters edge to height OF a
'houHahi lcct or more. whist the mountains
III ,I'e hf'l'ilan" are thousands OF feet high,
WIN r'e%'n peaks NOT unlike the teeth OF
al o'o-'AHhioi'eo cross-cht Saw, the spaces
pc'"ceh 'ie peaks peng htled with glaciers
an" 'hc peaks themselves are covered with
po'p''u'i SHOW As am chee-chaco III
l"e tou.'l Vhal what my chums call mel,
very 'hihS appeared Wllu and picturesque,
'nu as pur'e o'it Ill cSciamatlons OF admir-
a.ioh every once III WINE AT the scenery,
" "ooiu say oh' shusRs that amt
noli'hg: you nau ought to see the scenery
u. the ! Hkon. '~,s,
me nr'l night we camped on creek
ABOUT 'hlrlN miles from Juneau, where our
ha'Ne 'oid ustherc was some quartz. We
stayed anu examined 1t, but did not think
enough OF IL To locate 1t. The next day we
arrived III our natives ilahee (as he called
w. situated at Lynn Canal, and distant about
iof'y hlies from juneau. 1t is n beautiful
pay. hlcd with many islands and teemng
miln nsh, rom the mighty whale to the tiny
nerr'hs' WINE thc woods and mountains are
luil ., game-lhe small and harmless
srouhu-hog ana the large and fierce brown
oea' re-"
Inc Indian who accompanied US is fine
specimen OF his race; he stands over six feet
IN his bare feet, and weighs over two hun
urea pounds. He is Mormon in procliv-
ities, for he has number of wives, who APP
pear wen satishcd with him as their lord
anu muster, and could see no sign of the
Sreen-eyed monster. lie is bear hunter
oy occupation, and an enthusiast in that
uhe' ana many were the stories and hair
breadth escapes he related. l can well be-
iieVe he lsa good hunter, as his larder is
wen stocked with fish, flesh and fowl; his
wives were brown, fat and greasy; his
ooSs' Oh winch he had seven, were all in
splendid condition, and that is more than
can DC sald OF most Indian dogs. He told
us inc pecuiiarltles OF each, and showed US
'ne uiahy wounds they had received in their
encounters with bruin. He also showed us the
hoie where he buried the bears heads, and
.here must nave been twenty skulls in ii. |
inquired OF nm why he did so, and he told
me Dear all same Indian; by and by he
80 10 VIC happy roofing ground"
AS host he is Il prince, and right royally
he treated us to all kinds OF game put up in
lndlan style. We had smoked porcupine
put up IN seal Oil. and one OF our crowd who
pretends to be an epicure said it was de-
hcious; there were seals fiippers cooked in
grease, which were not dissimilar to pigs
lcet' baked ground hog stuffed with mus.
sels' which gave the hog tishy taste and
improved the flavor Of the mussels. His
pears head cheese was actually immense,
ana there were many more dishes too
numerous TO mention. He showed many
kinds OF roots and herbs good for food and
iheoicihe de also showed his canned hal
,put, hooks and all of his dancing outfit
MS heaagear and mask cost him fifty dol.
iars' II was wild and uncouth, and was
tarVea gu. Oh yellow cedar. 1t had large
muse IKE parrots beak, eyes made OF
llo'uerol pearl, mouth which contained
,nc 'eeth OF the only siwash doctor on
.>oaii ark cars made from the hide of the
cu'hyosaurus, mar made from the sea
non Wh'skers. His hunting knife had
some unique carving on the handle that
represented some indian myth the bears
, 49, a aiua o. As Il prospector, like many
niolo to''o"ihg tliat vocation, do not con
, s,uea i'., h q success as we examined many
pl.ees tha' nc showed us, but could see
"ovh'ns except whlte ana barren quartz.
lie mad other places he wanted to show
u.s. and we would have gone with him, but
ohe oi inc party mad an acute attack of in