The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-16
FROM ASEATTLE NAN.
An Exciting Prospecting Trip
Up the Kenai River.
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ard sxps1re thai river. The rsa4E party
wa 70 20 40 the K@azs river. 20 the axes
ard explore that section ~ country.
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river, and y fssl &c EnT ios % accom- Ssfy
fats party. There we're Dssrly DO rnsn
esse,srrso@z1 a. tnzs point awaiting trans
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care xss Required 30 get Eas parry OF
wsfszoas causing a szAnpsoe 70 the ksfsAi
river. Everything os8ng fax0rsbse. TIE
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srsgrnsnx suo heayIgY s41sn eory fsOass left
Coal point no1nd % Cook lns@t We
earnss-s that night nnz- Anchor point. TIE
nsxs day ws nzaze camp o. q sand spit
s.sar Lsda river. Here Mr. Coopser tosEs1
she reFsy. We we're 6ssaine1 a. thls Esosni
a~o Days 30 ssrong bead wits ~ this
posnt Eorsaze Szs tazsis % re SoasN.
provisions and camp es7uspzgs into TIA
Izssa river. We proceeded down the r1ver
Il cur Bo1ts s8s fosn1 the surf breaking
20 hixh a. the nso1.h Of TIE river that ws
could not GET out Into The srAef- A second
attempt vac rEsads later In me DAY. Coop
era boAs IN th< lss Asd followed Glossy
~ TIE other We crossed Out over the bar.
san village os SenEscf.lk. sne Eezt Gay
made no Kslssellon river. Fer some rez-
xsn not yet ex al2iEed xe al not meet the
parry that gas TO assembse here. Before
reaching this point both boats were IN
sierrn. and one o. them ras ssafsped ard
cams near going 10 Dssy Jones loskers
with al ha11s on board.
We left KuzsezEoT a. midnight ard ar
rived OF Tire mouth OF Ksnaf river before
daylight We approached very cautious
IL. expecting 20 proceed up the river Bn-
announced. taIf We fgand 20 osr SURPRISE
that a party % ter rasa we're building
scow 10 take 40 the river. THIS parry vas
kno~n as The 'sasrhsxan party We also
searr.sa fhas four nsxu acre e2mped
sarthar I'D tbs river. After q short stay
here aye proceeded up the river ard found
81 closed ~ an Ice BAN Here we went
5nfo camp and called & Camp Ics Gorge
and waited Cor the Ice 20 break Up. While
wazssnw here several other parties began
30 arrive. An attempt Ess made by our
party 20 make q portage over the Zee
gorge. bat K gas soo0 abandoned. as Il
zas conssdersd dangerous. Here ore Of
fne Michigan party vert out hunting ard
was lost 30 the swamrs for three days
Az aecdsnsas discharge OF rife In the
Cooper camp caused . eonuoslon. but no
Csc sas hurt In she meantime Dir.
coouer k3d secured the services OF two
IaEan guides and their skin boat foy-
6Sr<A) 20 carry him shead ard lead the
wzy. Or Stay p email opening was
made n tha ice and a start vas made a.
? a u. Cooper and bis two Indians ga
s@3n boat leading. followed by the Cooper
tusis asNf SEVERAL other parties.
Having reached the head cf tlda xater.
We commenced the toll ~ towing the boa 8
Up she river The arsf aav we were IA
hsxh spirits over the prospect o. getting
:nzo the country frst. and reaching the
goal. Cooper creek. small stream thai
empslss into the rsxer that connects the
unfssr sna lower 3ak~s. Mr.. Cooper Rad
found coarse xot1 on THIS stream fourteen
years previously After fnree days hard
toll we arrived a. the rapids IA the river.
Here a portage Was made. 81 the heavy
EsuH VAS taken out 81 The boats. a sled
w#s made h thlrty-tRo minutes and soon
sae aeE saKe Was over The boa. was taken
30 TIE opposite SIDE 81 the river and
Pulled up over the falls. Further up the
river the secon1 raua8s wss encountered
hus wr gef ever Hafesy. The next day we
emtnre3 Ekliae5 t4ke. but found it fuL
q eoatlng See. with 3 strong wlnd driving
s. sewmrd The mouth % The river A. W.
entered the lake We say smoke from
campfire about eight miles beyond A
rife SHOT Was Cred IN that direction. ard
Il be.Dg answered BY anoEhsr we knew
zhss we had caught np With Cooper. Rest
ing here for Two Gays on account Or stroFig
wiH8 end floating Zee. ws saw anot her
party enter lee lake. and we concluded 20
sssoge ou After great toI ard ulach slf-
neuliy ws reached che vicinity % The Rus
efsn rninss on the M.38ss Keuai river
t"Fhe next CAV we examined Cooper
creek ard found that only tao locations
has heen male or that creek Coarse
gotta wAs fagn3 ying on TIA slate bad
rock. ard 81 cuHA Re seen Rith The naked
syn fhnauzn the wateF. = visit was made
50 Tia old Russsaa fnlnes "a this yicirlty.
ana after = short tine we proceeded up
TIE river and entered the upper lake
uow GATED Lake Long This s. a
heaattr1I mountain lake thirty-ave miles
ianE and from q half 70 two and
ane-half miles wiN II = surrounded
on al siees rs high snow-otBred
mountains Tfe lower o. SkHloch lake.
II atso a baauafai sheet 81 water. ard re-
ssni8les somewhat the famous Lake IA
Roe o. California x - about fwsnty~
fosr miles long aE8 varies - width from
fouv 70 ssx miles There are nmny islands
su this nike one = group Gales the
aaH Islands. frorD fee number % s-a,ls
chat - there every sprnE from Cook fn-
fss - h1tch their seuux. AL prospacfors
v3slf these islands tn search OF the exKs
J elrcuunAv gat@3 lake Long four times
and made visits - nsar'y every stream
fhat ernpEes into -. From the soath end
81 ;ha iske q Is enly ahoat thirty miles
% RcsurTcs-tion hay or Prirca Wnla-a
saant Two % our party ssrosssss over
fns portaEe IN a esy ard a BAR carving
heavy rack. TAis - the sASest ara
n~arwSt way ir:N tbs counfry. bet a.
present q Is scarcely Travelled ana Is a.
rsass unknown.
s'taur party remained ~ this Aake aheut
enc aanth. ard while here many Pros