The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-11-13

to miss when there is a splendid speci-
men in sight. When I go out [ usually
devote about 20 shells to practice. Then
know when [ draw down on an ami
nal he is mine"
There is not now a mountain speci-
men of the white sheep in the United
states and probably not in the world
Prof. Dyche viii own the first, and II Of
them from one expedition too. The
professor has many stories to tell of his
hunting in Alaska; of long shots and
daring adventures and the thrill of the
chase He shot three grizzly bears. each
q which was larger than 1900 pounds
lie dld not bring away the hides of
these bears, for at that season of the
year their fur is short and worthless
But he brought the skull of the big
gest. Moose, too, he shot-shOt them
TIL he wanted no more They inha bit
the sWamps of Alaska in large num-
bers. They are much like the more IA
mlHar variety except that they have
immense horns One that he killed had
horns measuring 70 inches from tip to
tip There is great difficulty and little
pleasure in hunting moose there be-
cause in the open season the swamps
that they live in are inhabited also by
sWarmS of flies and mosquitoes. These
pests make the hunters life miSera BILE
There is one little yellow fly, in partic-
uIar, InaJ gets into a mans clothes and
causes him agony. Its bite is fire. Prof.
Dyche tied his sleeves at the wrists and
his trousers ait the ankles and wore
yellow
fly got in nevertheless. So annoying,
and worse, are these insects that in the
open season the miners often cult work
and make a business Of living by lying
around camp fires, the smoke of which
keeps the bugs away
1t was at Juneau he met Princess
Tom the Vealthiest of all Indians, who
was introduced to him by Florence
Campbell. an Indian girl from Haskell
institute who had gone to that cOun-
Try The stories of his meeting and
greeting of Princess Tom are very in
tereSting. and the professor succeeded
in getting photograph of the wealthy
damsel on promise of sending her
dozen of the pictures The princess
also gave the professor a handsome
silver ring as a token of her regard
for him.
1T is the richest Of our nations pos
sessions, said he with enthusiasm.
but is only half made. The country
appears TO nave been heaVed up. 1t
IS IN turmoil of making still. There
was an earthquake when I was there.
Volcanoes are pouring forth vapOrs.
The glaciers are making paths, and
there IS everywhere the smoke and
steam and upheaVing of a great max
ing The tide in Cooks inlet rises to
a height of 80 feet and great waves
come in rolling 10 feet high. Twenty
five men We're drowned there this
season through the mischance of let
ing their boats become stuck in the
mud and being overwhelmed there by
fculty induce the Indians to 20 on
the water The beds of the rivers,
laid bare by the receding tides. are COW
cred deep with a deposit of mud and
sand, the output of glacial action and
as treacherous as quicksand- Only the
moose can travel with safety these lev
els of mud.
THE sands all carry gold richly. That
entire peninsula is a gold mine To
show you how rich the sand Is. need
only to say that miners who brave the
TigOr of the winter pay ST a cord for
wood to melt the ice in order to reach
and excavate the gravel in the river
beds This excayating cannot be
done in the summer time because the
river beds are overlooking with waters
from the glaciers then But they take
out the gravel i'm the winter and wash
the gold from it in the summer In
Cooks inlet I saw a miner for my edi-
hcation. scoop up a painful Of sand and
wash out Is large colors-
There are large coal beds IN the
Yukon and the food supply is much
larger than that of Greenland The I
supply of fish is amazing. I saw 5000 /
salmon taken out Of one seine in Cooks /
inlet"
And the north pole. Prof. Dyehe |
says it can be reached, and viii be. He /
says that the trouble heretofore has [
been lack Of adequate preparation To I
have a sufficient food supply and to (,
preserve the lives Of the men are the 1
first considerations His plan would I
require large outlay Of money. much /
more, he saws, than the results of the I
expedition would justify. He would (
equip number of vessels with provis- 4
ions. He would go a safe distance /
north with them and would establish a /
base of supplies. Then he would send !
the ships back for more supplies and +
he would push toward the pole with /
dog trains. ESTABLISHING supply stations /
only one days march apart 1t would !
be just like pushing forward an army /
into an enemy's country If supplies /
We're needed they could be got by go
ing back days journey Prof Dyche /
says that with this preparation the T
pole can be reached as certainly as
that Greenland can be reached. He
would have the expedition made in the
winter, when there would be no float
Ing ice The cold would be no more
intense than in Arctic summer
Prof Dyche's specimens are on the /