Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-07-07

everlasting salmon. Aug u, some In
dians came down the river and were u
portion Of the party 10 go with ~ 10
it, mouth. One clear day we could SOC
Mount Wrungcll, one the highest Alas
kan peaks, aud II was smoking ~
the apex all day. The old Russian pro-
nounccd thin volcano, but there has
been some un,yarrnnted doubt about II.
That night my house contained dozen
savuRcs, starl, naked, pgrchcd on tho
wide bench alopg the wall, all taking u
sweat bath andlsinglng a mostvocifcr-
Gus Wild chant. Tho room was stcnm-
ing, the stcnchi'wrs mephitic, and tho
whole thinr ditfholicn IN thc'cNtrGmc
Nicolai told mc Of tho 'lynching by
white mcnat uSois' siulot OF one Of the
Atnas (ns this band Is called that
spring, shortly bcfOrc our arrival |
undcritood himrto ANY this was why he
was anxious to'havc mic, aschicf, sleep
in.hil room, 'nsi his men had not deter
mined whut'to donboutit lie thought
the best would be TO withdraw ell
trading from thatdls,rlct and transfer
Il 20 the Coppor's mouth, where they
were now gong Their boat, In which
we descended TIM Copper, was Of
strong WOODEN frame, wen put 10.
gothor and nodtly covered with seal
NAAAN NNliHfNNAN II WA AAfNllA ~ ~
feet In length and with eleven Ind ians
whites and aoad OF furS and 9th or ma
tcrial that nnchcd the gunw'ul,a II
drew footlto Fourteen inches Of water
aud stood about the same amount
above. NHgot awuy the 18th, a. Z Ia
the morning, the Indians padding hard
and loudly singing amHir that was not
unpleasant. Tho first four or I've miles
was through d canyon, hut Il was not
formidable. Occasionally rocky points
gave some tough waterand the Indians
were as AFRAID hfsthom ,ns " they had
The hydrurAobia No doubt the hcav-
ily-ladeu Observation-Disclosures WAS not %
liie-boat, hut tho mnll'dangers which
thcy eucrgcticRlly avoided explained
why they doubted our shooting the
Ncczdcuahlin the 0Eh' aud had op.
posed our taking it further ANY.
ihingwe mt dn thogoppar would have
been chilGh plnySfor the canvas craft
we left utnnral. About we could te @
we were Cutting out of the interior hl-
sin and cutting through the rim range
% mountains tba cparatod II from the
coast At 4 wechD.pcd In a miserable
p,po', all brush and buuldCrs, on %
steep slope, iuy miles from Tural.
Ono OF tho Indians loaned mu %
ilno large bcnulsin 90 supplement my
sunnty bedding. The ncNt dny wc were
away early, the Indiana stopping Mt
times 10 cache salmon In the rocky
crrvlces OF the hanigs Tor tho return
tslp, ~ Iaral we MISUNDERSTOOD there
would DO .truublu with the two great
glaciers near tho Coppcrs mouth. lint
Just how was not clear hut "a rrpid
around or under one Of them was con.
ccrned In some way. AT noon ,yc cuuc
20 the glacier they said we must port
age. The river was very narrow bnt
seemingly not bad us far MS we could
See. Nlcolai went ahead 10 inspect
tho trail over the moraino and
ON returning we packed nm
and at i;i5 started over The portage
10 strike the river beyond the rapids,
some two miles away, reaching itit 2
over an lladchlnn trail, just before nr
irving the Indians hnd long exciting
chase after d bcrr, the poor brute being
finally surrounded and badly Wuundcd
tnl,ing O. the swift rapids, where h,
was probably carried against the fac,
Of the opposite gluclur and dashed q,
death by the falling lee. These tw,
great glaciers both rouch The river AN,
hrr constantly shedding itebcrgs Int,
n, The Indians ere greatly afraid %
the first, since for two or three mi'c
they have Co navigate in front Of tim,
the lnlso-lko expansion OF the rive
which faces @ gives the wavbs nude b,
ito falling ieohUrr, n terrific swoci
which would enPulf any boat, hnv,
seen falling icobcrgs anu gcysors %
water over 100 feet Into tho tir, thO
reslltng tidal wave being ten 20 ff,gcl
feet high Fortunately there Is ncatll
always an ico'plel, down tho lake
center which nctS Ike brealswntc
nud partially protects amy craft uude
#, Ice. In front Of the nest glaelc
tho river IS narrower aud swlftrr bu
the ice falls In smaller massc,, and TN
indians are NOT sp afraid OF It, Al
night We could hear tho laundering o
tho glaciers like hea,eoRst batteries