The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-04-06
LIVES OF ADVENTURE.
Henry N. Stanley's Lieutenant
Glave Now in Seattle.
HOW He BECAME AN EXPLORER.
He Tells OF His Early strnggIes-On
His Way 20 Alaska VITA
Jack Dalton.

MI. +. j. Giave-befter known aS Henry
II. Starley's Lieutenant Glave"-and
Mr.. Jack Dalton. the famous Alaska ex-
plorer, are in the city on their way to the
Yukon to continue the explorations which
they began there last year. Jack Dalton
as hunter, trapper, frontiersman and guide
has gone over more of Alaska and knows
more about it than any other man living
| or dead. Last summer he was the guide
for the Frank Leslie exploring party, Of
| which Mr.. Glaye was a member They
came back to the states last fall, but Mr..
Dalton returned to Sitka for the winter.
| Before going back he said that he liked
the weather there, and that he would
/ rather spend winter in Alaska than any
where else in the world; he enjoyed the
cold weather. During the season now
coming to close he has done considerable
hunting in the mountains along the coast.
In spite of his years of pioneering he is
very consequently not over 80. He
Is short, and though not very heavy, is
closely knit, with every ounce of his flesh
in muscle. He is eninently fitted for en-
| during fatigue
| Mr.. Glave is an Englishman, only q or
| IS years old, with smooth face. clear eyes
fine teeth, of middle height, slender, but
| =,
he is a clever and wonderfully interesting
taiker, if you can succeed in getting him
started. To a Posr-ISrELLIsENcKR re-
porter who saw him at the Occidental
| hotel yesterday afternoon he said: Last
| year we went through the country between
t the Yukon and the south coast, passing
north and south. This year we hope to 60
| east and west through region that is
1 w N
| that in order to accomplish our purpose
we must divide our party, for we had not
| enough provisions to carry US all together
through. So Dalton and pushed on,
while the others came home down the Yu-
| kon river =
"The scientist of the party, who carried
the instruments, was with the others, and
| we had only small pocket compass, on
which no great reliance could be placed.
| This year, however, l have some instru-
ments with me and shall take obserya-
| tons.
1T is generally believed that the coun-
try up there is full Of ice but We expect to
show that in the big stretch there many
| fine and fertile valleys exist.
1--WE may also make some rich mineral
finds" added Mr.. Dalton, ..for the mount
aims are very rich in mineral, and the
only thing that has kept miners out is the
difficulty of carrying in supplies. So in any
event our trip will be worth whiie.''
Mr.. Glave then resumed: "The weather
will probably not allow us to start into the
| country before the middle of May, but we
| expect to leave here for Alaska on the 18th
of this month. The trouble is that the
season is very short, the snow leaves late
! in the spring and comes on again early in
| the fall
But like exploring in Alaska better
than in Africa, because the climate in AL
| aska is more wholesome. In Africa you
have fevers and all sorts of dreadful things
| to contend with
my first going out with Stanley came
about rather strangely. / was born and
brought up in England, but found when
went to work IN London that the round
of office work was very irksome. / had
read every book of explorations I could
find, and Livingston I knew almost by
heart, as well as what Stanley had written
up to that time. was crazy to go explor-
ing, and the map of Africa had particular
charm for me. There were SO many blank
| spaces which / wanted to fill out.
81 used to hunt through the directory
for merchants with strange foreign names,
or those dealing in goods from Africa,
Asia, the Indies or Australasia. / would
write to them asking them if they did not
want to send me to work tor them in New
Zealand or wherever it might be- Of
course none of them paid any attention to
me, for they thought I was harmless
crank.
But finally my chance came. Stanley
returned from the trip through the Dark
Continent, and the world was ringing with
his name. The time was early in 1888, and
l was just 10 years old. The association
had been formed with the king of Belgium
at its head for sending Stanley into Africa
again. l at once wrote to the executive
committee, asking for a place in the ex-
ploring party. The man to whom l wrote
was evidently a green hand, for he an
swered my letter kindly, telling me all the
places were filled, and he was sorry to say
that there was no chance ror me-
THAT answer was more than had got
ten from anyone else, and it encouraged
me to write again. l sent letters every few
days urging that be given place. NV
extreme importantly had some effect, for
one day had from the committee a note
saying that the vice president of it would
be in London on a certain day and that /
| could see him for few minutes by calling
at O'Clock at . certain address. But still
| they said there was not the slightest chance
| for me.
Il was in tiutter of excitement. I got
around TO the place at o'clock in order to
be on time without fail. saw the great
man. who received me graciously. and
| told me at the outset that only experienced
men were wanted, and no one under 2I
would be accepted. was so eager to 60
| that insisted that was II But he was
very frank, and for me to try for a posi-
ton was next 10 useless.
when he went back to Belgium wrote
| more letters than ever and finally, to my
| intense joy, was taken as member of
| the Stanley party. But I believe the COM
mittee took me simply to get rid of my
| opportunities.
| 1--WE went out in May. and I served
| through until 1856, when l was inyalided
| and returned home for ten weeks. But |
| went back again 10 Africa and served until
! 1859. Then l received a medal from the
king of Belgium for special services.
During those six years l saw great
! deal of wild life. and have hunted good
| deal OF big game-elephants and buffaloes.
| had two companions killed by elephants
and one by buffalo. But the adventure
| IS the thing that just suits me. have
written good many magazine articles on
/ what have seen, and had paper in the
/ last CtntuTy.