The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1890-03-11
A TRIP AROUND ALASKA.
BY EDWARD BAILEY.
(Continued.)

teacher or a Scn0ol, not now IN SeS-
sion. l also called on Mr. and Mrs
Mckay the missionaries, who showed
us the church, school house, ETC.
Rev. Mr.. and Mrs. Nutting of st.
Pauls, called with me. Plank walks
for foot travel were laid over the
damp, DOGGY ground. We saw here
the old block house which was a
fortifcstion of former times, but
would afford little protection now.
Indeed it was not easy to ascend its
decayed steps. All wood work de-
Gays very rapidly in this exceeding
damp and rainy climate. The piles
of the wharves have to be renewed
about every four years, being de-
stroyed by the borer. We also called
on the Judge Commissioner, Mr..
Sheakley, and his pleasant wife. He
is sort of factotum for govern
ment, and though the powers of
these commissioners are not clearly
defined. his authority is not often
questioned. If it were l know not
what resource htigant parties might
apply to.
Here our company began to in
dulge to the full their taste for curios,
kparting without regret with their
Nhekles in exchange 1t mattered
little whether the things bought
were genuine so long as they thought
they we're. But as yet 1 bought
nothing except few garnets in their
setting of mica sehist, which were
brought from a quarry not far of.
At $3.50 P. NJ we left this wonderfully
picturesque place and passed on by
some glaciers, thought at this time
Il did not learn their names. We
also passed the steamer Manzanita
Early in the morning of Sunday
the 14th, we arrived at Juneau
(Juno). This is said to be the largest
town in Alaska. 1t has a business
look. Some of the streets are grav-
elled and have sidewalks, under
which the freshet of spring water
tr1ckels down from the steep noun
tains which rise abruptly from the
very street and seem to overhang the
place. There are quite number of
shops on the streets, and here are to
be found the freshest curios in the
country.
l did not land except to call on the
missionaries, Mr.. and Mrs. Willard
and Miss Matthews, and to attend
Church.
Many Of the passengers went to
visit a gold mine about three miles
away. There was very little appear
ance of a Sabbath; trade went on as
usual and loading of the vessel.
From this town it is comparatively
short distance to the beadwaters of
the Yukon river and the gold mines
in that region.
Between 3 and P NJ we left Jun
eau and moved across the bay to the
\ ,Treadwell mines on Douglass island
eand in sight of Juneau. AS soon as
We tied up to the wharf nearly all
the passengers started for the mines,
smelling works, etc. / did not go
Work in the mines, mills, ETC., went
on as usual: no Sabbath here.
q In the night we left for Chilkat,
the most northerly part of Alaska
which we visited-nearly go degrees
north. We arrived early in the
morning Here, while we moored at
the cannery, the great Davidson
glacier was always IN sight.
The bay is called Pyramid Bay.
Two other smaller glaciers were also
in sight as we moved about the bay
from one cannery to another |
think their names were Pacific and
Patterson. The steamer discharged |
and took on freight at each of the
canneries. One place was called |
Chilkoot.
There, among other fish caught |
from the Elder, was a halibut which |
was served up on the table and made |
good eating More and more as we
had come northward. salmon were
seen jumping up out of the water, |
and it would seem that less and less |
difficulty was experienced in cap
turing them. | have learned that |
our steamer burns p tons of coal per |
day. Pyramid Bay takes its name |
from small island about in the cen
ter, which has a pyramidal shape or
4 appearance. 1t is covered only with |
green grass and some rocks are scat |
tered about the broad fiat which |
spreads from its base.
At noon of Tuesday the 9th, the |
steamer moved across the bay to the
last of the three canneries, and many |
of us passengers landed and went to
examine a delta formed of rocks
brought down by an icy stream from
the glacier at no great distance
above. A few pushed on through |
the forest and tried unsucceesfully to
reach the glacier. Others gathered
some of the bright wild flowers
which abound here-among them
one with spike of pink flowers and
which we had seen spread over large
tracts of country. Also wild sweet
pea. But after passing the Indian
IL. IL on tho