The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-16

'NtkAOe IPUSAs Ss''SoSS"
full of the Palisades and the Hudson
river near West Point, although Few OF
the peaks are less than three-fourths
of a mile high vertically. Here IL
mountain of glittering ice which seems
to project in air and overhang ITS pase.
Here is a cannery and trading station,
established in 1882. Adjoining the can
merry Is a large camp of Chilcat Indians
noted for their skill In weaving dancing
blankets. engraving spoons ana 1urn-
ishing native curios for tourists. Right
here wild roses, and iris. and all Al
pine flowers attain wonderful size ana
brilliancy of color. Wild strawberries,
salmon berries and thimble berries are
found on the flats in superabundance.
Off Pyramid Harbor Is Observatory
Island" the United States astrOnomic-
al station. Its position is SO degrees, 10
minutes and 36 seconds north. and l36
degrees, 26 minutes west, and is to the
tourist the furthermost northern point
where he exposes ''Lundelin's" photo
graphic plates and reads fine print at
midnight in July. as was our experience
on this, the 18th day of August, 1895.
We write ON deck with ease at 1915 p.
m and from that time until daybreak,
at 80 a. m, the night, If 1t may be so
called. is "a shadowy twilight. The
summer days in these latitudes are
notably long. there being only two or
three hous of appreciable darkness.
CHILCAT
Just on. the opposite side of the in
let Is Chflcat. The inlets of both Chill
cat and ChilkOot are barren and grim
with the wind blowing cold from fields
of ice and nineteen cataracts from
among the icy fastenesses. This Is
called the Greenland Icy Mountain
latitude" Chilcat Is an Indian village
and trading. station, the tribe number
ing about 500. Here is one of the larg-
est canneries in Alaska. Here Is where
the King salmon. the red salmon. are
caught in great quantities by both In
dians, Chinese and whites. Large
stories are told of the immense fish
caught here and on the Yukon. Official
reports state that King salmon are
found five and six feet long and weigh
ing as much as 12O pounds.
| A trail a mile and half through
miry woods extends to another Presby-
terian mission called "Haines' on the
| Chilkoot inlet, under the supervision Of
Rev. w. W. Warne and assistants,
Misses Fannie II. Willard and Annie
M Sheets. From Chilcat the Yukon
gold seekers find an easy route to the
Yukon mines, viz. They canoe twen-
I ty-six miles in "Haleys" to the end Of
the "Taiya Inlet" ascend the summit
| of the pass to 400 feet above the sea
| over the continental range and drop
down to Lake Lindermann. in all, twen-
| three miles, where there Is continu-
Gus channel Of lakes and rivers for 623
miles to the Forty mile" trading sta
tion on the famous Yukon river.
ALASKA's GROWING GLORY.
We have now reached the northern
point of our voyage at Chilcat, and
| must retrace our course some sixty
miles to icy Strait" and thence north
westward fifty-five miles to Cross
Sound and into Glacier Bay to reach
the crowning glory of this veritable
wonderland-"MuirG Glacier"-which we
have travelled over 5000 miles across
the American continent to see.
| On all this trip we have seen Won
ders and masterpieces of navigation,
afforded us by the huge Queen, which
seems to be managed as easily as a
steam launch. When viewed from the
hurricane deck she seems to be hung
on pivot and responds to the touch of
the wheel as spirited horse does, to the
|
neatest was the great sweep around
the head of Lyon canal and remains
among the most vivid pictures in men,
| ory.
Circling around. the snow peaks of
this great ChilCat country seem to
watch us down the ford, even the great
Davidson Glacier Is grim. ghostly and
mysterious in the heavier twilight sha-
dows as we repassed IL softly and slow
ly on our all-night voyage. This day
has been one of marvellous beauty and
wonderment. the sun has shone nine
teen hours and so perfect is the night
the twilight with pale stars-that we
cannot persuade ourselves to retire, but
linger on deck until o'clock and wit
ness the red streak of dawn appear In
the eastern sky. while 1t is still light In
the west. Think of It! At II p. m. II
is twilight and at a. m. 1t Is daybreak
in this latitude
At noon the following bulletin was
posted
DAILY BULLETIN.
Alaska Excursion. Season of 1895. 8. =
queen Daily Daily Time y Table, Aug. 10, 1895
Long. at Noon. 1856 Degrees. O7 Minutes
w. Distance run. 2l0 Miles,
We VIII sail through the following chan
neis aI.li during the next twenty.four hours. i
Bay. Icy Straits, Chatham Straits, Peri
Straits, Salisbury Sound Nova Straits
Olga Straits. Sitka Sound. We arrive a
the koOtznahoo Fishing Banks about 7.3
p. m, and remain there about two hoIr
fishing. Arrive at Sitka about a. m. to
morrow and remain until a. m. on Sun
day morning.
ii (Signed James Carroll,
Commander
After a four hours rest we are agai,
on deck at 8 o'clock. This IL brilllan
morning, the air keen and sharp, tn,
thermometer at 30 degrees as ou
steamer sails up "Icy Straits" int,
Glacier Bay.
J This bay Is an indentation which ex
tends thirty miles northward with
breadth of from eight to twelve mile
at Point Carolus, its entrance. narrow
, Ing down to three miles at the uppe
end. where seven enormous glacier
, descend to its waters.
The peninsula inclosed by Glacie
Bay, Cross Sound and the Pacific oceai
Is from thirty to forty miles wide an,
contains numerous lofty mountains
. among them Mounts Crillion. 1880
feet; Faisweather, 1880 feet; La Pc
l b 4 . / I . d