The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-29
THE QUEEN OF ALASKA
Title Earned by a Seattle Wo-
man on the Yukon.
NOW OWNER OF GOLD NUGGETS
Hew Bridget sEanion Fcund Wealth and
Husband in the ley North A
Visitor 20 the city.

A qfes1 Aas Aeen visiting Seattle eor
several GAYS psSs ard ErN persons have
eeea aware e tn 9acs. Ma rsas eFownea
ceeen4 Ttllsr 81 nati8ns, or nas wsaao has a
court iillsa with aT2lnansly afesSsd sab
tecss. out Ire woman whc aaS sarang sata
local f&rae Ss .The Naegn ~ Alaska.
SIZE = Mrs Ay}EAr3 Of NApoieaa gusSh.
eigAsy-faye xf9vs frona Forts .Tails creek
a lsfSasary ss ere guken White the ca
reer o. tbs wosnsa is $50. as remarkable
as that OF many anethsr netea peraon.
sul TIE fact remains ta&t koag Years ago
sac MAS servant SUD aow sAs j. a lsdy
vsssoSe wealth waala sisce her among the
higher Classes. u she 50 desired. IA brief.
her h.Stary ts as foElcws
Seon after The xrNas Seattle Gre o. is9
Miss ExS4Get Man.on was a cook AZ tAa
1esler residence, On James street, between
TasTG and Fourth avenues Ia she seufse
CT eyeats she weng With Capt. gSealy ami
his family 80 F'orty-a'lse creek. where be
Is now n charge % the trading peat. That
Was four years ago last July. she was
only TIA AoasCAeNper. bat With Airs.
Healy was tae uras woman 10 SO Into that
frox@n country, There were silently Of men
there who had not seen a waite woman
for = lens tlase and as she WAS single. her
hana WAS sought by them IN marriage.
Net eslns Of the u2tTt&s saels nature just
~~@tAs Nf%U N.Y. VIZ WI Aath ~ WY NANA
VASES. sccumasating a small fortune.
After Miss Mansan haa eeeu AZ F'or4y-snsla
for year and Mae months, Ar. AylwAra
was successful ia gaining tor a wifs thu
hrst lady ot the land. Al th&s time ae ha4
located several claims whicsa wsre pay
Ing we'll Together they worked the
claims. which was not very hard, as the
Eesd was picked up IN nuggets. II was al
about tais time she won the nanls If
Queen. Prosnsotors were entering the
country. and Ak times were very short Of
supplies, and during the months when
work was out az the question they always
round hearty welcome at Napoleon
Gateh- Many man owes Mrs. Awkward
a debt or gratitude for having chesrtd his
dark hours.
Last May she left the little home IN the
gold region and started for the csasst
b.flng the week OF August 10 she reach
Cd san Francisco. or course her clothes
were not Of the latest fashion and Ia com.
pany WITH a friend she was lifted cut al
the Emporium. While there many of the
ladies' or the city, whose husbands had
gone north In search OK Tao glitiersrg
gold and 20 whom she lad been irisaa
in the hour OF need. called on her ard cx-
PRESSED their thanks. Since then abe has
visited Tacoma and Is now IA Seattle. The
guest OF cid friends.
After visiting friends In this city Mrs
Awkward viii leave for Boston. 10 spend
month or more In that cily. ard then
VIII cross the Atlantic TO old Ireland.
where her mother now lives at the town
OF Galway. Returning from there sha
viii again leave for her Naftheta hofac,
there 10 remain with her husband for
several years, whea they viii have ae-
CURED an Independent fortune. ana then
they viii seek the more civilized woria.
Mrs. Awkward has with her many mug
gets, which she has Individually picked
ZAP on the claims. Sac has a 500 necklace,
made of nuggsts. which she WEARS around
her neck. ana also a valuable bracelet.