Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-28

rs to another Ahk.klain, which is sim
ply the largest Of II series OF laSos on
that trail according to the Indian YER
sion. again, Lake Bennett (which
named after James Gordon Bennett Ia
1881 IL Ahk-klain To the Chilkats, n
Land OF 1linhltS that. trade In the In
terror by trail that takes them over
this lake and several others, OF which
Bennett is among the largest. So sew
eral more or less clearly defined Ahk-
ldains have been known FOR varying
periods as existing hereabouts and
some of them have even
crrpt into maps but nearly always
Oh spelling it), Pathological error
about eaulvalent To Lake Lac Quipnrle
or Rio urande river. One Of the at
traetiye features Of It's shores was the
large number OF Wild roses seen in
bloom and that crowded sill the open
spaces where timber fires had killed tho
trees and allowed tho sun TO get freely
ut the soil. Tho robins md the roses
were grateful contrast 20 the snow
hanlts and ptarmigan we had " re-
Gently left behind. But there Is no
rose without thorn, and there were
certainly thousand thorns in this case
for each ruso II the mosquitoes can DO
figuratively spoken OF rs such. Two Of
the party tried 10 take short hunting
and fishing tour up the lake and were
driven back by these numerous pests.
The 18th OF June was spent In rig
ging out the folding canvas boats
for lake navigation. Masts
and stays were made from
poles and boards and ilsh.slicker blank
cts were cxtemporlIed into sails. Very
good oars were made by Russell from
rough slabs. he being q carpenter and
boat builder. We had not struck the
upper end of the'long narrow lake AZ
some may imagine from my previous
descriptions, but On tho western shore
some distance from that point 10 de.
terminc how far II wah to this end and
make Its survey complete, tho doctor
and started for It In boat the after
noon of the 18th, but aftor rowing Wig
orously half the afternoon against u
head wind, we were forced To turn
back, the lsko still stretching out
southwark around slight bend us far
as tho eye could reach. II was quite
evident that the lake, like the river We
had met on the Pacific slope, was far
above its normal level, All OF the shore
Aluu tllnlNl wan nun hAAAsNl NaNNlf
showing that the lake beach was we'll
submerged, and II was only ut the very
open places we could launch or
land our boats fHvorably. During
the day we saw heavy
signal smoke far down tho lake show
that all the indians bad not left the
country despite tho large number OF
outward bound fur traders that we had
met on only one trail. In fact | was
surprised 10 find such u number OF
glinlds of any clan (these are tho
Takou clam MAILING their houses on
the British American inland plateau.
knew personally that several Of the
clans had trails leading thereto but
supposed they only used them TO make
fur.trnding eNcnrslons to the inlanC
tribes. The TRkons have a legend, S,
my own Indians told me, that all tn,
Tlinlita were once Ialons and lived a
friends In one big village on the bank
OF the lakon river until agencal quar-
rel arose IL may bo "a waste OF printer
inl to state there was u woman In tn,
case ana many were killed and mainct
therein. Asa consequence number o
discoutented parties radiatcd out from
this Tlinkit Babel and founded tn,
various clans or sub-tribes Of Chillats
sityas kootznahoos, Anks, Stlckeena
and Others Of the T'linlSit tongue.
From Ahk-hain trail, wagon roat
or even railway could DO run practical
~ In any direction that bore the cor
dual point of eastward In It's course,
The forenoon Of June rs we go
away under "slieker" sail with fai
iour-mile breeze. Some six o
seven milea beyond camp there
n tumble down Indian ushaclsi az, ~,
east bank that may bo inhabited oC
ensionally for had found out by thl
time that however dilapidatsd nativ
building looked. especially about til