Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-05

anu branches ioecthcrt1 mari. the trail.
! ms hud boon done years before, but
the pines had grown right along. just
The same, and these knots In the bodies
OF the now large trees, or two dashed
together. looked curious enough.
Where wc found the first packs there
Wa also camped Tnhlm family from
the interior bringing out iurs 10 trndc
nj duncan. The principal furs OF South.
eastern Alusltp arc black, brown aud
grizzly bcurmink, beaver, lanrand sea-
martin, lynx, wolverine. silver, crps8
and red fox, and occasionally white
and blue FOX from the lower Yukon.
When the skin Oh any fur-bclring aui.
nal t. dnrh-colorcd thu fur Is puoi. the
lighter the color the better she pclL
Alnny Indians; in moments OF forget.
fulur,s. win glue loose hairs ga luug.
Killed animals just 20 brighten up the
pclts little bit.
All day We were crossing beautiful
mountain rills. with atcr cold as ice.
In the warm dusty day my eyeglasses
blurred badly with Precipitation. In
The Arctic the frozen breath was as bud,
aud In general thr nDar-gghicd cx-
plorcr Is shortsirhiod Tor going on u
rough trip
Camp \ was but four miles from
No. q, Int no doubt the paclcri.
had done well Tor the Hr't d.y.
That nighti learned q new "vr'nl,lo'
on r0ughIng q. had selected nice
spot in q slight hollow. full Of leaves.
for making down my bed. II was cut
on just right nt one end hv rog, half
buried In The turf. that formed nu cx-
cclicnt pillow The next morning tho
lnd'Hu, were up by %, aud they he
pan cutting fruwoad from the part ~
NY tree that projected FROM the slope
There were uinc thousand seven hun.
drnd and f1uv-tNo other logs IN the
Immediate vicinity all ~ them dry,
solid and rccfiug with pitch, while
mine was soaked, rotten md
heavy, but they kept beating "a tattoo
ON Do with axes until o'clock. whom
they got away with the first paciSs,
every mothers son Of them stumbling
over the only part ~ the trunk they had
not yet cut up. For tho first mile or
two the trail that day was strrwu with
fallcn timber. The native, are quite
careless with their clmp.Hrrs, and cs.
pccinlly The signal smul they often
send mp whcntrNoling, convey intel.
ligcugr Ia uihuIs ..r ap.., and this
burutuut ducr soon falls, forming an
ulmulti' sable network Of prosiultc
try the packers got along 30
We r thi. labyrinth Of logs sur.
pr'ess me more than my, own constant
falling ON OF them ! had reserved my
hub-nuiivd shoe, 'og any serious noun
tain work lhut might uecur. bat after
blppIug or OF half the lo.t, bl,Immiug
over Che slick pine needle. IN che path.
sliding an over the vet mos. ui the hili
sides and essentially skating tlu whole
live miles into opmp uu thr smoothcst
hpt'uWud shoes / ever wore la 10Y life,
J came 90 the conclusion the serious
worl, had arrived.
Again that day number Of interior
fur traders passed %, uu ihDir way Co
juneau We camptd ,n thc evening at
the deserted Indian village OF Ah-kuu.
toe. That was one of thct ghcstdnys ~
the trip, the Indians be, ON tho uuil
from very early Ia the ming until :
az night Of course they took long aud
frequent rests, but think they were
needed ones. That evening several
complained " strained tcndpus, and
one OF them adopted the heroic treat
mcnt Of standing half un hour nearly
lsnue.dcop IN Che Ice water Of the noun
tain stream.
Next morning 70 could hc noticed that
the Indians were getting sore where
the pack-su'aps cut. and some ~ thun
were seen TO tear mp great broad strips
oil blankvting 20 make new shoulder
straps for packing.
Lunch time. on tho ith. saw as but
two miles on the trail. coming ny to
the first packs at the village ~ Kick.
moo Ddclcrtcd), Just above which there
is u beautiful waterfall ON the river.
That night we cunpcd nt place
the Indians call "thc pole bridge
where number Of Pine poles had been
thrown from either shore TO meet n
high rocl, In Che center OF o fonming
cataract, These pole bridges ure not
uncommon on trailt, and as the trunks
are usually free NJ bark and slippery
with the water that has dashed over
them, they are not the ,ploasautcst
ways, possible, Of crossing dangerous
stivam,
That evening the packers did not mr..
rive Ia body as usual, hut were
strung out, according TO their strength
aud endurance, from o until = O'Clock,
II was getting clear that some would
fail me ifthc road ahead got any worse
or the slightest addition should happen