Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-02-24
HORRIBLE SUFFERING.
A Description OF the Trials Endured
by o r.. Garter and His Compan-
ions In the Yukon Country,
Alaska.

Mo-, jail. who was arrested at Oregon
CITY aud tried st Salem. The account
IL taken from the juneau ALASKA
Mining Record, Of Oct. o, 1889. IL l.
furnished US by sheriff John 5.Wilson,
aud was sent him bv soD Of one Ol
the unfortunate members of the party
GRASTvILLE, Kas., Feb. o, '03.
see by the Kansas City Tunes that
you have n prisoner, captured, Ia Port
iaud. Oregon, who went by the nam.
II X. q. Rose, I would like to know
whether he is the same man that war
up IN the Yukon country, Alssks,
10 1889 or not. Please send me de-
,criplion Of blni, for II he IL the man
would like to fiud out more about my
lalher's death. as this man Rose claim
I'd u be with him on that trip. Eu
slosed you will find slip taken from.
Oskaloosa Independent giving an nc
cunt of the death Of my father. You
vii also fud u stamped envelop anU
,uy Information will be thankfully ac-
'epted. Yours Truly,
w. J. MORAN,
Last Tuesday evening a party o,
hir,een prospectors arrived ia juneau
rom the Yukon. Among this nunI-
,er were X. &. Rose and J. w. Sperry
:" no started out from Forty Mile creet
III the 9Th day Of June Ia company
with A. Iugram aud f. q. Young.
This party built "a boat large enough
for four men aud all the necessary pro.
Visions for month or six weeks time.
The river WAS very high and til.
;urrent strong, aud II required the III
most energy aud strength To navigat,
II against the current. On the eth
day 0i July they had exhausted their
'upplies aud not being able to work
the boat on AN empty stomach II was
abandoned about ten miles above the
mouth Of Salmon river aud the party
started afoot, following the river cours,
as far M Lake LeBarge, at which
place they struck All Indian trail and
thinking II would cut Off IA bend In tn.
river and save time. they followed IL,
but instead II led up the Takeena, IL
tributary Of the Yukon. They trav
eled about 100 miles on this trail, hav.
ing to depend on what they could kin
aud wild berries for SUBJ lstance. They
encountered hut little game. principal.
ly pine squirrels, aud only few Of
them. After travelling some distance
on thIs trail Ingram aud Young be-
oan,e very much exhausted aud IL wns
with great difficulty that they could
be induced Ia travel. On the llth da,
of August IUgram was 30 much ex-
hausled, having lost his reasoning, laid
down aud refused to move, aud died IN
a few hours.
The next day Young succumbed to
the same fate. These two uuforlunates
suffered the most intense agony aud
were most horribly tortured by III,
gnats, their faces being swollen aud
eye sight gone from the ravenous a,-
tacks Of these little insects. The two
survivors did everything In their pow
er to alleviate the sufierings of their dy.
ing companions, but their own condi-
tIon was 40 bad they could do but little.
The remaining two travelled until the
iith Of August when they found au Ia-
dian cache containipg flfty.three dried
salmon Of which they eagerly took
possession. Al this place they discov.
cred they were on the wrong route, aud
set 10 work TO build u raft aud retraeed
their course down the river, which oc-
cupie'i Ave days. Amer reaching the
right route the raft' was abandoned.
When they reached Lake Marsh they
found large Indian cache but IL cou-
tained no eatables. They started TO
build raft 10 cross the river when
three canoes containing seven Indians
I anic To where they We're camped and
went through their small packs aud
took everything of value, aud went
through their pockets. taking all their
money, watches, etc, aud attempted Ia
take their niit, but Mr.. Rose resisted.
aud the Indians, feeling certain
that he would fight unto death,
before he would give |, up,allowed him
10 retain Il. He also slipped 600 down
his oreeches lex aud saved Il. Amer rob
Oing them the Indians gave them an old
'anoe aud about three days ralions of
'orn meal aud flour aud told them 10
depart That nigh, they campei on an
sland aud being afraid the Indian.
Soold follow aud kill them. they hid
he canoe Ia some willow bushes over.
hanging the shors aud went up In A
'snyon. Mr.. R.se stood watch nearly
III night from high rock where he
'ould command u view of the water
'vsr which the Indians would have Ia
ome. On september 18th. they found
NO sq1a~s iishiog near Cariboo cross
ug aud from whom they obtained
onielhing 10 eat Amer arriving al
lac main indlan camp they oe,slned =
appiy al provisions which lasted then,
niil they cross<d the divide. They
rrivsd At Healys on the ssi Of sep. |
'mber, having been eighty-seven |