Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-05-14

upon for companions, but even Jack
ron" knew hill had TO cover deposit
TO make n mine out of II, and that n
part could not be greater than the
whole. II now became irritatingly
lonesome with 20 little 10 do and
no definite time ahead when II
might end. About noon,s July
0, white man and two
Indians In boat appeared from down
the river. Mr.. Frank @. II. Bowlker,
young Englishman. was In charge, his
Indians rejoicing In the names Of David
aud Peter, This party was going
westward prospecting, and Us Bowker
had full authority from Harper US 70 In.
dihns. supplies and other necessnrlos Il
became easy 10 unite the parties to the
advantage Of both. David and Peter
spoke better English than "san" and
negotiations thereafter with the others
werc more easily carried on The
moral effect ON the local Indians was
quite apparent | got six of them AS
packers ut once with the promise OF
half dozen dogs and the assurance that
the lntter could carry thirty-Hvc 10
forty pounds apiece. The Bowler
party came from the Placer mining
region on Forty Mile" creek,
Western tributary OF the Yukon coming
In something over 900 miles below
Sclkirk He gave US much information
about this region, probably the most
isolated mining camp in the world.
Here news is received but once u year
and then Of a meager character.
Bowkcr said that when polling up the
Yukon the year before he inquired of
newcomer floating down II the United
States had yet elected the President
The reply was that "a new Teller named
Harrington or something like that had
boon selected.
There were two tame, domesticated
moose in the mining camp. These
carry bells on their neck TO prevent
their killing when making long jaunts
from home, Whenever they walked
down the single path in the camp that
did duty for u main street everything
else politely gave them the right u
way. A small terrier was the
only opposition TO this emolu.
ment thoy ever had and this
was short The terrier hnd "a playful
way that greatly attached him to tho
miners OF running out from his masters
cabin Mt any passors by, and Inserting
his teeth into their calves or other dis
cal extremities. lie tried II ON the
bull moose calf one afternoon when
spectators were near. The moose was
grazing slowly down the path and near
the cabin, the dog rushed out and
started for his posterior dew.claws,
when he got more OF them than lie
really intended, the bull calf letting
both feet fly US II tho terrier had
touched the trigger. The moose did
not stop his grazing until he heard the
dog drop little later, when he looked
around, stared at him for awhile, then
yawncd, and began grazing again. The
dog, stupeiled, returned 10 the store
then skunk away and was never known
TO bite a man or moose after that, The
moose was not quite full grown, but ht
was rs much larger than the dog as the
United states Is larger than Chile
One might make some other com
parsons but they would probably be I
waste Of time. This country Il
one that Is well-stoclScd will
large game and II Is rarc tina
moose or caribou meat cannot b.
Ind In the winter mining camp for ter
TO fifteen cents per pound, and occa
hionally ~ low rs Ave cents. Wher
"hard'tack' crackers are Eve cent
apiece this makes the figures on gam
ridiculously low. On the high BARRE
tracts lying between "Forty-Nile IN,
Seyenty- Mile" rivers, Rowler SAYS H.
has seen herds OF caribou, probnbl
"H tn 0oo. while on every side wer