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

frigh en- novice, vfio probably, would
nssum that the interior was yet worse
dnd co .spondingly harder To travel.
This option Is more or less pro-
nounced along the whole Pacific shore
line Of Alaska, where the mountainous
coast once broken through, the Inter
Tor gives better travelling In many ways.
We got away about 2, u good wind
behind us, but the weather
threatening. Aswe left behind the In
let, we were now trnvcrsinR u region
that had never been travelled by pen,
pencil or photographer TO give tho re-
suits 10 the world, 10 we felt disap-
pointed In the dismal weather spelling
our Photographic chances. Some
four or five miles up the river
n deep break In the mountains 10 the
north gave us n pretty vista of tho
Tahku glacier. lying like white wedge
between tho black sides Of the precl-
pitous gorge. The Indians call this
pass the Koo-dnh-sale, or ''The Fair
Wind GAP" as through II such breeze
could always be depended upon for
mornings sail up the stream--tho very
wind we were now using. About
. we passed single Tahku
house on tho south bank, that looked
like n pig-pcn struck by an avalanche.
Dogs kept coming out from various
Hperturcs In its sides, until no lcss than
eight stood ON the high bank and fav-
ored US with the usual canine chorus
given strangers. After while an In
dian, that looked M II he had been
squeezed between two collldlnA avail.
hnches, crawled out, and, standing In
the center of the scenic circle OF dogs,
put his hands To his mouth and walled,
"Hoochinool" This hoochinoo is the
native Indian liquor surreptitiously
distilled from sugar and molasscs, us
ing n coal oil can for rctort, and
u long kelp stock fora worm. 1t tastes
of all these ingredients. plus fair share
Of the iiayors usually given the freedom
of an Indian cabin. A prospector
assured me that Il was not unlike proof
Prussic acid favored with Trough on
Rats" Whether the Indian had any to
sell or wanted TO buy-the more likely
Of the two-we never knew, for we were
Just then enjoying u good sailing wind
which we did not propose TO lose for NIL
the hoochinoo existing, and we never
afterwards heard his voice again above
the din OF the doga have lived about
third Of century among Indians and
have seen wlldernesses and deserts OF
dogs, but have never seen one of that
breed Of any use before; and this was
entirely unintentional. Silvcry cascades
were numerous ON all aides and fairly
stripping some Of the mountain sides.
Here we also heard our first avalnnches,
showing that all tho watery elements
were breaking up There are several
glaciers ~ ng IT, vac of the Tnhlsi,
but only ee, III the valley
and none Of those ron yer itself
30 as TO impede Its valley TO transporta-
tion on that side. Even railroad
could be constructed the whole length
OF tho river; but rs 10 this later. We
were abreast Of the first glacier on the
north side by $50. II Ia really n double
glacier, their feet Joining in the valley,
but In nearly all other aspects they are
dissimilar. Hair seal were seen fishing
for salmon, their favorite diet, among
which they make great havoc. Ten
o'clock saw us sail by the abandoned
Indian village OF Klnme.quah, u town
that was deserted before Il WINS built.
The rapidly thriving American town Of
Juneau, and tho attendant work which
all this activity promised them, induced
them to move alongside and relinquish
klame-quah. Tho third glacier Is from
the south side and tho only important
one from that direction. We had
breasted II by noon, and ON one Of the
numerous low islands, covered with
cottonwood, we stopped for our lunch,
That day we passed several
deserted Indian villages of more
or less permanence. All were fishing
ranches" the occupants being further
up the valley hunting, Later they re-
turn, repair the ranches and go to fish
Ing. At each house one win see welt
worn paths closely hugging The river
bank, md made by the village fisher
man prospecting for salmon. About
we came 10 the first noticeable
contraction in the river where It swiftly
flowed through low stoney banks, We
got both sails fairly set TO u strong
wind. and By dint OF severe padding
and Wagnerlan war-whoops, went
through like rocket. just beyond IL
widened and the Doctor pronounced Il
fully equal to the Tennessee at Chatta.
aooga' Late in the evening we got Q