The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-07

SSS..D Gs%s 20 Crater sio::"."".:".:": = mile:
Portage to Long Lake 81 miles
PPoItage % Deep observation-disclosures: : mile III
Portage to Lake iindoman. - nile
miles
muscles. He declares that there Is not tho
least danger for any person reasonably active
In attempting the journey, and that any WON:
an who 10 not frightened at the prospect Of
roughing 1t In a moderate degree, can get over
tho pass with comparative ease and comfort.
Mr.. DAILY went up TO skagway and Dyea
with United States Commissioner Smith to in.
v~ettigate some charges of alleged Irregularities
and violations of law In those two camps. AT
Dyea he stopped with some friends who sug-
crested that the whole party make a trip over
to Lindeman just to see what they could see.
Tho suggestion was made half in jest, but tho
mkt morning the whole party got up and start
ed out. In speaking of his experience the other
day, Mr.. Daily said:
"Skagway reminded no Q good deal Of a cir
cue town, there were so many stents. Ore Of
the party, who was a Wyoming man, said that
it:looked. q good deal as Cheyenne did In tho
early days. Eating booths were scattered all
about. The saloons were made of boards loose
ly thrown together. You could Almost throw o
cat through INC CrhCko. ln0to arc some very
curious and interesting signs painted on boards
and stuck up outside tho tents to announce the
business Of the occupants. One that attracted
my attention particularly read: Hot bread and
stamps for SALE
when we were getting ready to start out
from Dyea over the pass, there was some dis
cussion as to what sort of outfit we should take.
One man said it was best not to take anything at
all, but to rely on getting provisions at the differ
emit stopping places. He said one could get a good
square meal at Lake Lindeman for 81. so, and
that 1t was a good deal better to take nothing
at all, 30 as not to be hampered by packs, but
we concluded to take our own supplies.
W started from Dyea about 10 o'clock In
the morning. and the first thing we had to do
was to cross the river. You could almost
throw a stone across, but we had to pay so cents
to DO ferried. The trail crosses tho river SOW
eral times before getting to the head Of canoe
navigation. and every time 1t cost so cents for
q ferry, although in some places one can almost
jump across.
81 wore light tan shoes. We had been told
by some persons who had been over the trail that
the best thing to do was to wear light shoes and
TO take an extra pair, 30 as to have dry ones.
Others said to wear rubber boots. We found
that the men who were in favor of light shoes
had the best of it.. The trail is very rocky
and hard on thin soled shoes, but II one wore
good stout walking boots, he would be all right.
Our first stop after leaving Dyea was at Finne-
gan's Point, where the wagons stop packing.
Then we went on to the head Of canoe naviga-
ton, where there was q tent doing a restaurant
business. We stopped to get a square meal,
but they. had run out of everything but mince
pie and coffee. From the head of canoe naviRa.
ton on to the head Of the canon the trail was
sandy and rather good. At the head of the
canon there is a bridge. over which there Is q
sign saying that Chief Isaacs had built Il free
for public use. There the gradual ascent begins
up to Sheep Camp. Part Of this stage has
been corduroyed and that part was fine. 1t
showed that the whole trail to Sheep Camp
could be built Of corduroy at little expense, and
would make a very good road.
I'VE got into Sheep Camp about 6 o'clock,
trail from the canon up was very muddy. and
having on low shoes, we had had to step from
s TIC ws TO ve sDSk lon or TX Tse t. fra HI sD. M4iS Snrr msds
boulders We had supper at Sheep C~amp~bacon
had a floor. It was Sasp q KIND Of I a hotel "n YoS I psiS
for the privilege of sleeping on the floor. We
p9ietor IN told Faish as at that sqPps %: e Sidn!s e sss P anr
blansets down on the floor very quickly we
full i1H'V very ! e soo ao0% You h could %S1 s s,sn olt o Of sb ieo Sra was
through the side of the building, but for
tuaRately for H!r, us the night was clear;
for the place where Stone House used to be.
Thu, ascent was very much sleeper and the
place where they had what they called a Land nd
slide; But it wasn't so much landslide as the
had collected at Chinook. The water had been
damned up there as 1t came away from the
sEerythin HHf bof loren it. 'nf # T Was v 9aSk much ie o snrb a
msF Of 1889; L undermined the Stone House,
which fell into the stream below. On the right
as one goes up the trail there are two glaciers.
one OF them quite large; 1t covers the noun.
1t looks as If 1t would let go at any moment and
THE first stop after leaving Stone House was
at q place called the Scales, because there is a
tradition that some time or other there was a
Par uS oI scales tns ~ there where they weighed out
init, At the Scales packing by horse ceases,
and the packs 20 on the backs q The men, An
heard some stories about Indians Carrying
10y pounds: and about a Swede who carried
70 100; The Indians usually carry right
through the whole trip, but the white packers
trail. When Indian packers are employed the
aIcker Is usually made with Chief Isaacs, who
miners and deals with the Indians. The packs
are made out and checks are given showing
how many pounds there are in each one. The
prices Tor packing were running very high
when we were there, so cents a Ioand In some
gases After the Indians take the packs you
nothing to do yourself but to get to the lake,
claim your packs, and pay OFF the packers. The
INDIANS usually get there first.
AFTER leaving tho Scales the ascent be Eips
In dead earnest. The face of tho hill is GOV,
cred with large rocks, and you step from one
stone TO another. 1t makes you think OF a
great pair o~fstairs. You Just keep raising one
foot above the other, but the constant going nm
with a pack on the back gets very tiresomc In
. very short time, There Is not a dangerous
place on the trail that | could see. They taEe
horses and sheep and cattle over the summit
We did not stop ut the summit, because the
weather was thick. On a lair day the view
descent Immediately.
The descent is much easier than the climb
II leads right down 10 Crater Lake, where ther,
were a few tents. Crater Is n very irregular
little lake, with Il few small islands In it. W,
met there a one-legged man who had climbed
the summit, and seeing him brought out a curl
Gus t9ct, about getting over the trail. YoI
don't talk much when you arc coming up tn