The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-19
UP SIX NILE CREEK.
Schooner Albion the First to
Brave the lee.
NO NEWS OF THE LINCOLN.
M IAkue and Tsop8n Trcuhiee-1ne
Excelsior Party EnfhuHieseac %
CoAi Bay.
NO NEWS OF THE LINCOLN.

r~s ..~srn schooner AT5son. of San Fran-
cisco. reached here a. e'esocx YESTERDAY
s<rsr-u<za frozz Cook fnle<. with Sa2- I---
szasc u very happy frame OF E,lnn -.
TIE voyage Rad been n every way saen =
ssscces.- The return TRIP had been nao9 n
.ev.a Gays TO this port while sas c,s ~
from san Francisco took fifteen Gays
What earrsca4zrly t:ektes ne captain y
,tar he should have lad the luck 70 80 p
ssx Me several days before any otaes
boa-s would attempt IL
.1rh. san Francisco Cal saSd when ~
started out thxt the Alb&on w&s uAssA
worthy. but I have known fae eoA. -
three years Why. we BEAT al tie otAeS
steamers" he exuis.ngty accrd we kot
ID 70 Cock iaiss ca May aad on ne to'.
lowing day were rp eix Nile creek and
laru.snx our passengers ~ Tur1agan AsIi
asst VOC should lust have seen tae no.ses
and mules caper and play on the ice. ine
people, too. were pleased with the TIP 40
kicks from anybody. We had 70 dodge TIE
Ice xn5nxu p the creek. Bat there WAS never
any great danger. We nass the htAo
schooner Yoia coming down as We went
uo. We PASSED the Excelsior AZ Coal gay
sac thought saae couldn't get 70. sne was
there when We returned
.-On May 1e, as we were coming back. "e
Passed the Utopia thirty rslss on East
rorsIand. gosrg I'D. She was gotax up Rss-
direction creek The Utopia had ali tns
Takrrse's passengers. The General Canoy
was waiting a. Coal bay. with several
scaoonerz waiting for the Ice 10 break We
were the Only vessel TO go up sxcep1 ths
little schooner Yois- After We had landed
our passengers at Tarnagain TIE schooner
Ella Johnson came up and landed Asr pass
engsrs and freight On the tee
The schooner Lincoins she has nos
shown I'D yet and I don't think she ever
VIII She left Seattle on March 7 and eV-
eryoo1y we met was .rqu.rtns about her
s-Dld you hear what trouble the Lakns
and Utopia had with their passen<ersT Inc
I.akrre people. when they thought they
could not get up Six Nile creek. wanted
their passengers 20 land at Coal bay, out
the passengers refused and threatened TO
hang the men who proposed II linen COR
tract al SIS day was made with the utopia
10 take them up 70 tie creek The Utopia
had trouble, several strikes among the
hands, passengers kicking that they hadn't
enough TO eat. and one day the galley took
IRE and did a lot OF damage. But ninety OF
my passengers presented me with resoiu-
ton OF thanks when they landed
MY, but you should have seen some or
the passengers eyes bulge when they saw
the snow up there. We had lls passengers
about fifty OF them tenderfeet wao ex-
peesea TO find the gold all ready TO pick
Up. The snow was about nine feet deep.
and those poor fellows were completely
nabbergastcd- / tell you, it IS ridiculous
mistake for grape-pickers and store clerks
10 60 hunting for gold Ia Alaska Some
Of them had never seen snow before. and
none OF them SO mich Of r. felt sorry
for them the day we landed Just after
they had go< their tents up 4 came On TO
rain, and those fellows heartily wished they
were back In Frisco. though they were
ashamed to say II out loud. perhaps.
mo. there was no suffering among these
70 min 81 a Il
There couldn't be. for there Is plenty Of
moose and mountain sheep All that a
miner needs there Is sos1e sour. Some fell
lows there. though, were badly In want Of
rubber boots. and thirty or forty cases
would readily have cold at so a pair.
These chaps. some three hundred OF them,
had come over the mountain from Sltka.
They had snowshoes, but the rain had
thawed the snow. and IN many places they
had 70 make bundles Of themselves and
rclL Their boots were all cut to pieces. and
they came into camp with their feet
wrapped in rags or anything. ! DON'T want
70 go gold hunting: this country Is COCA
enough for ne.
From what hear I should think 251o
have gone into the Cook inlet country this
Sea son"
Among the Afhi0n's return passer gers
were w Psunock and Or Wanar OF Oak
land. who went on the Excelsior and only
got as far into the Cook inlet country al
Coal bay. Mr.. Pe1nock says the party IL
now perfectly willing 20 stay there. owing
TO tho remarkable finds there Of c1ai ard
gold While waiting for the opening OF
Navigation several miners, he SAID. bound
for Six Nile creek Ind done feriitory
prospecting about Ccal bay. and IN conse-
c'fsace - their finds had determined that
they could Tot possibly do much better by
going further. They were canned in A
pleasant SPOT. entirely clear Of winter. al
though only four miles away were glaciers
ard perpetual STOW Mr. Perncrk says he
has returned 20 purchase sufiesen, sup
plies for the party to remain AZ Coal bay
a couple q years He is exceedingly en-
thIzs3assie about the country.
II We haven't struck a patch that VIII
pCt the famous CoxnstocS into the shade"
he saii last night. ".hsn I miss my reckon
ing. We have located Arr.rless number
OF prospects,, and II there 70 a Square yard
within - boundaries thar viii no. Yield
Of earta within !ts boundaries that VIII not
yield a dollar. Their III confess 70 Al M
truth and give the fellow who catches ne
s. 40. The mountain has been figured cut 70
pan 81 N tss square yard and we have
-1iles ard niles % r. Il ts EASY 20 see that
NC viii al make cur fortunes cut OF IL
Tna: fhe ertire 1ouSfrv Is rlch there fs not
ire slightest doubt. bur . man going m
thers must take his chances, ard should
not fhfnk OF vertursuE without ers- PRO-
vi8lag himself wfsh a arst-ciass outfit. to-
geths- with sufficient ready money 70
maintain himself While -sers. ard, more
important. 70 gay bis fare souse again
Should be not nee, with good luck In
Cock inlet cuuntry Il n ths ea-ze as any
other business ventura Every che carrot
succeed. and every nan should provide
himself against possible failure
Mr.. P~-noc< tells an Interesting story
% tHe Introduction * horses to the startled
case Of ansuspectlnx natives. He and TWO
others Of ERE party made q trip inland On
horses taken ID on the Excelsior At ths
Srst fnts5a- village they visited sh- sight
60 ire horses drove all the dogs bowling
into thu uools. art Indian children
drrp@d their rate risy-htngs ard fei
c-ylrg. ITO the hats TIE nas1 a-a women
stooa tassr g-uane. although IN opsr-syst
~n1ier. After much trducerrent .aey
were HnzIiy prevailed uron TO aprrozs-a
tAe bersas. ard thsir wonder knew y,
hocnass. No amount % Ferzaasson crz.3
treuce ham 70 noRnt TIA animals
II relation - the xazaa-<zi cgzai sefss
~ Ps--ork SAYS n. sever saw ANYTHING
Eks " W7.h every sfse tha Io-r Se.ra
a literally covered wi-h 4 Ere c1.a,frv Of
Ng1ls@ coal ard & wax n easy matter
sar Two rzez e al hosfr's tine 20 II creu-
ty-zva SKIS from heaps Which were 81
avery s2Es-
Improvements OF Puget sound Rivers.