The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-07-04

: day We crossed the Spoon river and visited
!: the Old camping place OF the AcGrash sur
Z Nay came near being our last day on
EARTH We had iefs Point Nanby in the
!. morning ana reached Icy bay. the same
place where the revenue steamer Bea. lost
an o!1ioer and boats crew in the surf On
the e;h Of June two years ago. The break.
ers we're running very high. bat the wind
freshening thar much tha: il was imoosss-
! bic for u 10 prevent the boat from drifting
into the surf, re were compelled 20 at
temp; making . landing. Before entering
the breakers We entirely undressed our
selves and commenced 10 tbink- already
upon nearing tie beach. fha. that pgeesG-
ton had been supervisors. when tre-
Dendous sea struck out boat and over
turned her, and sso0ndering through the
seemingly iee-coid water xe happily
reached terrs sirms. ba: with al
mos: Al. Of orr belongings gone.
The only part o. the pro-
visions ~e we're able 20 save was 4 little
aoGr. that .4osted ashore IN an oiiskin
sack Everything that could bF swept
away by the undertow Was lost We did
not have gun nor even a knife LETT, and
Il re nad been flung overheard ten feet
further away from the beach wa'ery
grave would have befaiien as, as the tide
was running out. The reason why some
OF the crew Of the cxpsixed boat Of the
Bear were abe to save themselves from
drowning was that the tide was running
IN.
As soon ~ We had . chance We pulled
the boat upon the beach, but our oars had
all drifted out 70 sea. After We had Sc
cured ali that had washed upon the beach.
ne made q ire to dry the clothes by and
10 warm ourselves and consider what vas
best TO DO After a while the conclusion
vas reached that the surf nigh: run down
in couple of days. and that some more Of
our outut might possibly he throSn upon
the beach In this We we're disappointed,
however. We stopped upon that exposed
beach for twelve days. during which time
We found Prof. Russeli's Old cache Of
bacon and -four and visited the Yahtsee
river. These articles had been deposited
two years ago and were almost spoiled,
but We wsre only too cad TO &c. them.
On May IL. having given up all hope OF
started to walk back 70 Yakutat, . distance
OF isJ miles. by the way We had to follow
on very little TO eat. The first day We
reached Siskagi bluffs. These bluffs are part
Of the moraine which forms the edge of the
Ma.aspina glacier. bordering the sea, and
project 20 far into the waves that they can
only be crossed ~ low tide. IL 10 about
seven miles across them.
Or the 18th We made Point Manly, and
camped there. as darkness Was overtaking
US We foFded the different feeders OF
the Manly stream, but coming TO the
Illinois stream designated a. the Osar,
on Prof RusseIi's sketch mapl We
found that it was ten feet deep,
and proceeded to bulid raft COM
posed OF driftwood. We were proceed
ing nicely down stream for about half
mile. when our fraii embarkation struck a
bar and Was broken up. Luckily We were
c.ose to the left bank and got ashore all
right. The next day We crossed the grand
wash and encountered much quicksand on
this days march.
On the following day. the 18th, We
arrived At Disenchantment bay at noon
and made a tire TO dry our soaking vet
clothes Some Indians fortunately were
camped on the eastern shore of the bay,
seven miles distant, and saw our fire.
Knowing that none OF their own people
were camping on our side, they came to
see who the strangers were. Anxious to
have the comforts Of . human hab-
itation once more, having encoun-
tered many hardships since We left Yak
utat. and latteriy having marched forty.
i've miles from Icy bay in five and half
days under trying circumstances, a. mar
rated. We hired small canoe to take Us
back TO Iakutat, where We arrived on
May 10. and got the tirst square meal for
many days.
That We congratulated ourselves for hav.
ing been lucky enough to secure trans
portation from Disenchantment bay 70
Yakutat viii be easily realized when it il
stated that II We had been compelled to
foot the whole distance between our last
camping place and Yakutat, eighty five
miles were stall uncovered TO reach our
destination. Moreover. We would then
have found the Dalton and Hubbard
glaciers barring our way, both not less
formidable than the Muir glacier, besides
Q very rough mountain range