The copper country evening news., 1897-10-27
GOsPEi. AND GOLD.
os,,s1s PROPOSE TO PREACH
t'" IN THE KLONDIKE.

ne Soto VIII Lead an Expedi-
A''' ,.ros. the Continent-Gospei Mis-
wv u.v BE Established In Dawson
r,,-May Search For Gold Too
Alexander De Soto, soldier reformed
A Ior convert of the Bleecker Street
s" ,;0n in New York, manufactures
nl DaS he alleges, lineal descendant of
sls' hernandez De Soto, has been arranging
h',a .aad an expedition to the Klondike-
70 }, Dt ~ bring gold out. but to carry the
gospel ill., ,,o nil, make the trim nm.
~ .ho auspices of the Bowery mission
ae' Now York, will be accompanied by
u o0mnonions. They will leave New
sn .' ahout Nov. /. The party, which
.roindes William Leach, Frederick Bay
NJ lincoln J. Paynter, G.. Carter Car
No. .or who is a medical student from
penu uobnemann college of Philadelphia;
ysrrv ,Iv NJ Keller and George Garner,
iiTrIy LII, walk to the Pacific coast. On their
,ron W. across the continent they will
u '""h carry miners equipment of pick,
.SC .Sorol camping kit and blankets. A
,lo ~ guns and shelter tent will
also be taken along.
''TT Their route will lead through New
,orcov Pennsylvania, Maryland, the
nistrict of Columbia, Virginia, Ohio,
kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri,
Tonsas Nebraska, Colorado and Utah
10 california, which they expect to
roacb the latter part of March. From
california they will go to Seattle and
Irneau. and through the Chilkat pass
a. tbe earliest moment when the melt
mo Of the SHOWS makes travelling prac-
uCable.
The little band of evangelists propose
n nreach and hold gospel services at ev-
sry available point along the route
mapped out. The money taken in by
collections at the meetings, it is thought,
will be sufficient to defray their ex-
penses if they are frugal. They are even
boping that they may be able to travel
bv rail from Salt Lake City across the
Nevada desert to California. The object
of all this zeal is to establish gospel
missions in Dawson City after the pat
tern of those i'll New York.
When once the party reaches the
Klondike, it may be decided to supple
ment their gospel work by work in the
mines. In case they do John w. Wy
burn, superintendent of the Bowery
mission, said the gold obtained would
be put into the mission work there and
in New York.
As the men that make up the party
have been largely recruited from the
Bowery mission there has been great
rush among old habitues of the place tc
Join the new argonauts. Dozens, Mr..
Wyburn said, who were not fit either
physically or spiritually had begged tc
be taken along. Those who have been
chosen have all had experience in mis-.
sion work, and besides are above the av.
erage in many respects. Paynter is o
college man, Baylis has served in the
English cavalry in Africa, but De Soto
himself has had the most varied expe
rience
He fought with the Carlists, was
with Garibaldi, in our own civil war
and finally took hand in the last wal
between Peru and Chile. He has beer
in Alaska, was a gambler in the Colo
rado mining camps and since his con
version in 1890 has been q staid manu-
facturer Of leather goods at Freeport
N. Y, and serious mission worker.
But the spirit of adventure is in hin
still, it seems, and to that is due this
attempt to carry the gospel into thC
klondike. New York Herald.