Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1892-03-30

camp in SIGHT and the pole-men about
exhausted.
Early in the evening, tired out, we
camrci; not even attempting to improve
by going a little farther. That evening
! hea a ruffied grouse drumming in
the woods near the camp, but SO far we
had seen no game birds.
The night of the 10th and 31st the
river rose u scant inch, but Robert in
sisted that the stream was SO swollen
that unless we got a strong upstream
wind we could go no further, although
it was but a few miles to where river
transportation ceased, and all effects
would have 10 be carried on our
packers back.
At noon we got away with just
enough wind to spread our sails, but
these had to be aided by the poles, pad
dies or tracking. BY 4:3O we had
sighted the houses at the head of
canal navigation, couple of miles
away, but it took three hours hard
work to reach them.
The country was now much more open,
the timber growth extending over
the tops Of most of the hills. At $40 we
made desperate yet brilliant fight
through high-rolling rapids, to attain q
point which we got by the very epider-
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the days success, however, and by 1880
we camped at the head OF canoe naviga-
ton, with the consolation that on the
next river we were to float down.
This day we had made but three and .
half miles, but equal to any fifty of
common travel At least the Indians
thought SO, for they begged to stay over
the next day.
The days delay was taken advantage
OF in astronomical observations, arrang-
ing packs, the doctor investigating
geology, etc, etc. Bear tracks were
very numerous and the Indians reported
this locality full of large game, deer
alone being absent. We were now
getting far enough inland to leave be-
hind the greater moisture of the Pacific
coast and the Indians assured me that
it was dry here when the seaboard was
usually drenched with showers. A
strange Tahku came into camp spread
ing the cheerful report that the snow
was from ten to fifteen feet deep some
twenty miles ahead on the trail
thought ! saw a scheme in it at the
time and felt salts fed of it later. did
not hire him as a guide. Now that the
Indians VIII undoubtedly enter closer
into the descriptions of the adventures,
it may be well to mention them here
more in detail, SO l give their names
below, both native and Amer;canized,
and the tribes to which they belonged:
Native. Americanized Tribe.
s. os. s kSoer. s Tshau rltakip
s. e..i.A-kan, s sSHn es SI:as'A''' .
koo-nagh ka-sah, JIM Tahku
kool-tcen. Paddy. Tahku
Tah-wootx. Barney, Taltan
The Italians are an interior tribe near
the Cassiar mines OF British Columbia.
Skeet-lah-kah, the son OF Shot-rch,
Chilkat chief, had served me as packer
when a boy of but II years of age, in
1883. Even then he carried sixty-eight
pounds over n forty-mile mountain trail,
and this time he was clearly the strong
est and mt st e lduring Of allthe packers.
Sam had attended mission school in
his younger days and knew our lam
guage we'll enough for rough inter-
probation. Paddy had also acquired
. small share of it among the miners.
while, In fact all of them understood
1t better than they pretended.
1t will be remembered that the In
dian packers would have to double
their loads of roo pounds over the trail.
In order to keep the effects together at
night II was thought Eve miles would
be fair days work, ten miles of pack
Ing 100 pounds and ave miles returning
the latter, by comparison, being equivs-
lent to rest.
Before o'clock the packers started
with their farst loads, and at 7:SO dunn
founded US by returning, stating they
had made some four miles. Al this
rate the enthusiastic promises Of some to