The San Francisco call., 1895-10-11
TRIBUTES TO {, j, GLAVE,
The Young African Explorer
Had Friends Here and
in Alaska.
HIS TRIP DOWN THE ALsEGH.
Saw Glaciers a Thousand Feet
Above the River - Trained His
Horses to Use Snowshoes.

E. J. Glave, the heroic young African
explorer who died i'll May last, was well
known to many San Francisco scientific
men by reason of his Alaskan explorations
in 1890 and 1891.
The Century for October pays him de-
served tribute for his African explorations
but says little of his work in Alaska.
When only q years of age in 1888 Glave
went with Stanley to Congo land and dis
tinguished himself by his earnest and in
defatigable work. He was there several
years, but returned to England in 1889 and
then came to this country. With Wells,
Cincinnati newspaper man, and John
Dalton, who had seen service in the coast
survey, Glave went to Alaska, the party
being outfitted and backed financially by
Frank Leslie's Weekly. The party separ-
ated, Wells and a companion going down
Forty-miIe Creek and Glave and Dalton
exploring the headwaters of the Alsegh
River, a torrential stream, about which
little was then known. Glave dis
covered quite q number of mountain
lakes, and then with his com panion
accomplished the wonderful feat OF follow
ing tie Alsegh 10 its mouth in the Pacific.
1t was journey of over 800 miles through
a country where white man had never
before set foot. He located one glacier
1000 feet high and discovered many geo.
graphical facts of value. Returning he
went East and lectured. put the next sum-
mer found him here again. He wenG
north again, and this time attracted much
attention by his use of snowshoes on the
horses which he took from Seattle. He
went across the plateau and mountain re-
gion between Chilkat and Forty-mile
Creek, and demonstrated that this was a
feasible route for mail-carriers to the mines
on the creek. On his return ne arranged
through Professor Davidson of the coast
survey with the Alaska Commercial Com
pany to begin mail service over the route
suggested the following season. But events
changed his plans. He. went East sud-
denly, thence to England and on to Africa,
where on May Il, 1895, he died. His last
African trip was in the interest of the Cen
tury Magazine. Of him it is said edi-
torially:
''In june 1893, he set forth with buoYant
spirits accompanied by the warmest wishes
for his success and safety that ever worked
invisibly for the support of a human be-
ing; and not friend but felt that, no mat
ter what the difficulty, the discouragement,
resources to surmount and withstand
them. His journey to the outlet on the
western coast confirmed this confidence,
and justified both his judgment and the
encouragement which was reluctantly be-
slowed upon his plans. But, alas! the
dread fate which was repelled at the en-
trance to the wilderness lurked again at
the emerging gate"
Professor Davidson conceived a great
fondness for the self-reliant young man.
"He was a remarkably modest fellow, "
said the professor yesterday in speaking
of him and his work. "There was no
boastiug about hinl--no extravagant state
H. l.o1 1tDI-s II
He Just went quietly ahead and did what
he set out to do. His last trip to Alaska
was disastrous, for in crossing lake his
raft went to pieces and the party lost
everything. AS he had outfitted the party
for the second tour he returned here al