Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-11-22
OF Il NORTHWEST. 4
A TENOE ROOTS IMPRESSION
OF ALASKA.
En>"ate Romance at Boundless Weai1
and Magnificent scenery aud the
Stern Reality of Bacon and B"ans
Nm Ho>pit,hle Indian.


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'.i -.N"- a -'dl.Ic description 80 expert
"'..' ~ 'i' recent prospecting tour
g. tH~.- 9" it' u" - ~ 81 jag .. lie
500. $50 .''I' l''.-...o '.iN on the faVurie
'."i las >.1...HE 't"H" ftiaN. captain jim
.''i- t.'-. 'l..t itN"rah.N known IN Alaskan
""'''~ FIR 4 PROSPECTING trip IN Lynr
: a. al. y The day was IN" and the WIND
far ~ sd through t,,t>'lurauX. stephens
iHN~''-' ana LINN ''Iii'ti W'i> delightful iis
''''h one - d"'t'd wan It'i3 Islands. RISING
from III" wafer : edge |" Il hciEht OF
thousand hector more. whist the mountains
"a the mainland are thousands of feet high,
"i'h rt"-'''' peaks not unlike the teeth Of
an ".d fashioned cross cut saw. the space
between II" p'ah. beng iitcd with glacier :.
and III" l"'dnH Themselves are covered WITH
perpetual snow. As am chcc-chaco II
Tie country lh'I' WiIiI' my chulns call me-
every N.nE appeared Wild and picturesque
ana Is hur>t nj IN eXcidrnat!ons OF admir-
'tt!oh every once III a whiIe AT the scenery
NY Would say: ION, shuekS! that ans
h"'h!hE; You hiid ought 70 see the scenery
"h Inc ukoh
The first night we camped on a creef
about thirty miles from juneau, where our
native told us there was some quartz. We
stayed and examined it. but did not Think
enough of II To locate 1t The next day we
arrived at our natives llahcc (as he called
IT.. situated AT Lynn Canal, and distant about
forty miles from Juneau. 1t is n beautiful,
hay, flied with many islands and teeming
with fish, from the mighty whale TO the tiny
herring. while the woods and mountains are
1u!I OF gamc-thc small and harmless
ground hog and the large and fierce brown
bear
The Indian who accompanied us is fine
specimen of his race; he stands over SIX feet
M his bare feet. and weighs over two hum
drrd pounds. He Is 4 Mormon in procliv-
itics. for he has Il number of wives. who ap-
pear well satisfied with him as their lord
and master. and could see no sign of the
grcen-cycd monster. He is IA bear hunte.
by occupation, and an enthusiast in that
line. and many were the stories and hair.
breadth escapes he related | can well be
hcvc he is a good hunter, as his ,arder il
well stocked with fish flesh and fowl. bis
wives were brown, fat and greasy. hi,
dogs, Of which he had seven. were all in
splendid condition. and that is moro tbau
can be said of most Indian dogs He told
US the peculiarities of each. and showed n.
the many wounds they had received in Their
encounters with bruln. He also showed no tbe
hole where he buried the hears, beads and
there must have been twenty sl,ulls in IL 7
inquired of him why he did 90. and no told
me: Bear all same Indian. nv and hv h.
90 20 the happy roo,ino pronni ,,
AZ, host no 10 q r.ino, on, u;.,.
he treated us to all kinds of game mt IN in
Indian STYLE We had smoio1 ,,nro,,,;,o
prctends to he an cn;Iurc sa;d - ,,,as " al,
I,ious. there ,vore se,I,s a;nnors ,oo,soa =,
grease. which wore NOT dissim;Iar 10 49,.
feet: baked rround hoo strfred ,,.;,h ~.
soils which gave tho hoo a soh,, $50,
improved the flavor of tho mnssoIs ~
bears head cheese was ac,uoiI, ;n,non.a
and there were MANY moro d;shas ,"o
numerous To mention He sbowoa ,,,on,,
kinds OF roots and berhs GOOD for 60 o,,5
medicine. He also showed b;s CANNED haI.
ibut, hooks and all of his danc;nn outet
HIS headgear and mask cost him t;ftv dol
lars; it was wild and uncouth and nv,
carved out of yellow cedar. It had a ,arg
nose like q parrots beak. ewes made n
aolhcr of. pearl, q mouth which contained
lie teeth of the only siwash doctor or
Noan's ark, ears made from the hide NJ tho
ichthyosaurus, hair made from the ses
lion whtSkerS. His hunting knife had
some unique carving on the handle that
represented some Indian myth the bears
were afraid of. AS prospector, like MANY
more following that vocation, do not con.
slider him a success, as we examined MANY
places that he showed US, but could see
nothing except white and barren quartz.
He had other places he wanted IN show
US, and we would have gone with him. but
one of the party had an acute attack Of in.
aammatory rheumatism. The native told
as the extent of his territory. and said he
expected white men prospecting ON his do
main to pay him e. SO per day for his know
edge and services. He said the land and
water belonged to his ancestors from tine
:mmemorial, and he INQUIRED if white mes
owning similar amount of land would a:
low every body on it, His argument broupt,
forcibly to our mind the .bloated boIc
holders" of America and the land ouestira
that is now agitatine the British Emnirn
where Lords, Dukes and Earls are holdine
hundreds of miles SQUARE that their ances.
tors acquired by might. while he claims his
by right. The only difference see between
them and this Indian is that he will be glac