The Meeker herald., 1897-08-21
BIG CROWD AT DYEA.
SUPPLIES CAN DE SOUGHT
CHEAP.
Many RSsspsesers DsoeSs Dssssssa8ss
sd AhnaAos the AstsaVe - RAsA
NssAyke-Grsas Dsng~rs - - Es-
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San Francis4o. Cal. Aug. ia
grnesome chapter Of the difficulties
and the accidents with which the ad-
ventnrers who are rushing to the kiOn-
dyke are met on every hand In related
by the Chronicles correspondent at
Skagn way. under date OF August md.
He advises all who intend TO 20 to thi.
new gold fields I'd stay at home until
spring. Three San Francisco men.
who started out on bGat up the river.
were upset on the night preceding the
date OF the letter. remaining on a log
all night, and were rescued with din
Guilty by an Indian. Three other men
lost skin, a good part Of their goods.
and all but lost their lives in the
treacherOus current.
Men are abandoning the route over
Chilkoot pass. and many will now go
by way OF White pass. The original
charge Of 1S cents a pound for carrying
freight over ChilkOOt pIss has been ad-
vanced to 81 cents. and another ad-
vance of s cents In expected before I,
week ends. There liz a creek which
has TO be crossed many times. and
many have lost their goods In these
crossings by insecure packing. Nore
men are coming into camp dnily. -Four
INST 7th. after rowing in an open boat
from Juneau. a distance Of 100 miles.
Harry Hunt. the Chronicles CORE
spondent. says: THE rush by all reg
ular lines of transportation 3 simply
enormous. What the consequence Will
be I dare not think. There are con-
fiicting reports OF the state Of the trail.
Some people claim that whole outfits
are being packed through to Bennett
lake. while others affirm with equal
confidence that no one has yet been
through and returned The usual
method Of landing freigD Mt Dyea is
by lighters AT high-wnte mark. Last
night the Islander discharged large
amount of freight at high water. and
M the canon In which Dyea is located
in very fiat. a scow haA to 20 quite
long way. with the resslt that she was
stranded high and dry and did not get
on till high wafer today.
I'VE formed company Of thirty
men who were stranded on sandbar
and doomed to wait fsr the flood tide.
as the river between ils and the main
land is ten feet deep our plight was
nothing compared toy that of the PMS
sengPrs on the QUEEN, Mexico. AK
and Islander. There is no wharf NJ
Dyea. The passengers and freight are
landed among the rocks. Navigation
from Dyea by caSOe to the end Of The
creek is blocked Above there are
more packers.
'.Dyea is Il very small place. situated
In a narrow canon, the bottom Of
which is very level and through which
two streams traverse The sides of
the canon afe very steep and precipi-
tO,ls. and 1t h impossible for one to
walk the sideA or even to climb them
The vessels linve named canAot get
very far mp. For three Long days some
OF these paaseneess were there without
food and water. am toafi inrsdeuhn@'y
It rainsd near Dyes all the time. Nd
men and women were alike without
shelter, but when you tell thts 1t 10 nbt
believed outside OF here.
1T h possible to pick up entire oft
fits here much cheaper than what thAy
could he purchased in the states. a
number of men started with 2,O00 10
1000 pounds Of goods. and the prize
now asked for packing caused th4n
to come TO the resolution to pack th4r
own goods. Now one ton Of grocerfs
in a wagon dOes not seem n very lake
AFFAIR. hut when yon see 1t In a pile et
Dyen and realize that the only wayto
remove 1t is by packing 1t npon ytbr
back In lots from fifty to 100 pounds.
you have no iden how large Is 4e
amount and how heavy 1t seems.
The George W. Elder ls here with
300 passengers, bound over ChiIko&.
the rest being put on at Skaga WY
bay The Danube il expected b.
night. and daily small STEAMBOATS, All
schoOners. canoes. row boats and r.
erything In the shape Of a boat that l.
capable OF taking the "trip are comirk
from Juneau. One has to be on IT,
ground to realize what this stampeAp
means. Men. women and even CHI
dren are on the trail. and how it viii
end I cannot tell