Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-05-29
N COLDrSr ALASKA.


There Ia n man In San Francisco
who has had hi- muse, t0,H ami Fingers
iruknu more times than he has fingers
aud t0vs. lie has teen where no white
man ever was before. liu has ppno.
tmted Into the wilds % Northern aud
Genital Alaska. lie has Travelled
500 miles uu sled, anoSrhurs anu
hidnrka. He has lived with the native
EsquimauX, sung their songs, r1urted
their maiicns, eaten their oily food
aud been compelled to come In contact
with their unclonnlincss. lie has seen
the grandeur Of tile frozen North,
heard strange voters AMI weird echoes
Ia the icy passes aud experienced tho
fluctuations NJ the Arctic explorer.
Not the fpt nor the greatest
" Alafllau explorers, yet his
modest achievements, such ~ the dis.
covsry aud naming ot lakes CLAIR, and
Atkvll aud tho river Noghclin will
surely win Tor him lasting name Ia
the niche NJ Alaskan discoveries. Two
days ngp he arrived from Port Towns.
The registry gives hi. namn ns A. IS.
aehnn1' lie Il u newrpaptr man.
"Mhcn we len San Friucisco on
April lOth OF last year, the party com.
pfised l.. II. Wells, n Cincinnati news.
paper man; T.. J. Glsvc, veteran
explorer, VINO was with Stanley In
ls5G John Dalton aud 4. Is. l'rlco,
two men who were engaged here"
said Mr.. schaGs yesterday when asked
to relate his experiences ~ Alaska.
ave Ion uu the United states
steamer Patterson aud went directly
10 Pyramid harbot ON Chilkat inlet.
There we secured canoes aud paddles,
aud leaving the hafbor on May ith,
accented tho Chilkst river ~ far rs
klokwnn, an Indian village. The
trip was anything but pleasant. The
river was swollen, ice running con.
stantly aud thousands OF huge dead
salmon Heating about US At Nl0k.
wan We secured thirty native packers
anu then set out on foot svtr the Chill.
Kat mountains. We discovered new
p..ss and promptly named Il after our
employer. You will Hind II on the
maps hereafter m Lcalic pass. it, sum.
nit Is 5slO feet. On descending We
discovered anu nAmrd lake Arkell, "A
beautiful body OF water, by the way.
Their. We discharged the packers, buiit
u r,u aud commenced tour " the
lake. ~ fahk river the first split in
the party occurred. Glsve and Dalton
started Into the Altsek country. The
story Of their travels has already been
told.
"At Camp Davidson, on the Yukon
river, another spit occurred. was
taken very sick aud remained alone Mt
the camp for six Year., while Wells
and Price went up into the FOrly.mile
creek region. When ! had fully re.
covered my strength | sot out down
the Yukon river In native boat.
There | found scenery that exceeded
In grandeur anything which had ever
Witnessed before. Attlmes the banks
OF the river ross perpendicular 10 i'm.
monse heights, forming Tg,nuarts in
which all SOUND echoed and re-echOed
In n manner simply awful. Halo,
halo, halloN onu would cry out. For
almost n whole minute tho silence Of
death would onsue, then, all at once,
In tones Of thunder the cry would come
back from the farthefmost depths Of
tho raylnc, then rom the utmost
heights, then from here, there, until
Onc was completely overwhelmed with
the echoes, and one could almost feel
tho sound waves Stliko tie tar.
''Jim French and one or two natives
accompanied mo ON this trip. One day
after passing the Arctic circle We
stopped for luncheon ON little island.
A great wiudatOriu came up, mud while
We were seeking shelter for the fire 10
tho lee Of the brush, away dfif,el our
boat cOntalnlug everything We pos
sessed In the world, Yes, we We're
frightened, aud that's putting II mild.
~, too. In my excitement tore oil my
clothes and Jumped into the lce.coll
water 10 swim Tor tho boat. The
cramps struck my limbs almOs, the In.
slant | touched the water, and Ia les
than minute | was ut the mercy OF n
six-knot current. Well, 10 make II
short, Jim French saved my life that
time. Then We tied some logs together
with our suspendefs and finally sue.
coeted In reaching the boat, her sbeod
being impcded by her dragging
painter"
Mr.. Schanz made hls winter quarters
at tho Esqiumsu village Of kauulik.
Thoro he met John w, Clark, u trader,
who determined to accompany him on
forty days trip north ON slods. 10
was during this excursion that CLARK
lake was discovered aud named. This
discovery led 10 the far more important
QUO Of the Noghelin river, which con.
meets lakes ClnTy anu Hanna. This
entirely disproves the current maps,
which show that lake lliamna has no
contributing stream. Some valuable
astronomical observations were made
Ia that noighborhooi, and then the
traveller rot out on his long Journey
hOmoward.