The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-10-18
DYCHE COMES HOME
INTREPID NATURALIST TELLS OF
HIS ALASKAN JOURNEY.

Nest Appalling DifHculties-A Half
Finished County THAT Will be All Righ
When Nature Gets Through With It
Describes an Alaskan Native Princess Of
Much Wealth and Many Husbands-Rev
Mr.. sheldon Talks of Reindeer and seal'
Seattle, Wash. Oct. 17.-Professoz
Oyche of the University Of Kansas re-
turned from Alaska ON the City Of To-
peka and left last night by way of Cal
lfornia for his home. Professor Dyche
wet to Crooks Inlet especially for nat
0ral history specimens He assembled
to the source of the Knick river with
an organized expedition. which was a
success, although the obstacles to be
overcome were appalling. The native
5oatmen, stripped stark naked, and
with ropes, pulled the boat up the tur-
bulent river Professor Dyche obtain
ed specimens of a new mountain sheep,
twelve immense moose heads, caribou,
sea otter, birds and other small ami
mails On July II Professor Dycfne saw
eight inches of snow fail and on Au-
smoking mountains and experienced an
earthquake so severe that a man could
not remain standing. He found large
GOAL ledge, but the coal was so soft that
1t could be whitfield with a knife
AN UNFINISHED LAND.
Professor Dyche said: That coun-
try is only half made. 1t will be a good
country some day when 1t Is finished
The glaciers are slowly doing their
work. the mountains are smoking and
Inc rivers are vomiting out quantities
Of quicksandL IT is "a new country. Let
IL afone ana some day 1t will be good
Professor Dyche met Princess Tom
famous Yallutu princess. wealthy be
yond all other Ala ska Indians she has
$4,000 in gold twentfes; on her right
arm she wears five bracelets, each ham
nfened out Of a gold twenty and on her
iert arm she wears ten bracelets each
lIaoe from a $40 gold piece. She has
hundreds Of blankets, sea otter skins
&C. ana Owls a. schooner and tuo
SOUPS She is 90 years old and has iust
obtained her fifth husband. a vorne,
i,ah " years old, for whom she Maid 5oo
oi@hhets The Thlinklit women NO.,
we the households and hold the nurse
. PeIaIlonships are traced bacn,
"a une mothers side II IS u,
,@cl, almost a savage realization -
0ytuons Coming Race
A POINT BARROW TRIP
rev. Sheldon jackson. United S+,4
government agent of EDUCATION IN A.
"a, arrived on the Topeka from Alasl-.
MT jackson left Sitka on Juna e
.o.iL barrow, but it was not I'm ii, tbe
"a cter part OF July that he got bara
wing 10 The ice, which was qlnusuaIlv
'"oe III netting this season. The reve-
Jus cutter Bear made four atten1nts to
Iodcn the post at Point Barrow ana
ilihaiIy t1ed up at point five miles from,
Inc settlement to an ice foe six miles
'ohS ana two miles wide that had
grounded IN October of the preyious
yedr. one Whaler was crushed bv the
ice and totally wrecked. Her crew wac
brought down by the Bear. The steam
tender, Jeanie was crushed by the ice
but not wrecked.
BETTER RAISE REINDEER.
The reindeer at the four stations
were found to have increased to 0oO
or Which 337 We're Of this year They
are In splendid coalition. Mr. Jackson
says that he has received requests
from Yukon miners for reindeer to he
used m transportation to the gold mines
adjacent to that mighty river He cam
not supply them for three years, I'M
less congress gives a big appropriation,
then he can do 1t in less time He be- |
Eeves the government would help the |
country a great deal more by appro- |!
priating a few thousands for this rath- |
er than millions for patrolfing against |
seal poachers, as reindeer viii be of in |
Galculable value to miners in the Yu- |
kon basin. They then could reach a rich |
now Inaccessible