The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-26

10 ~ QlCdl5 Ol what Is TO COME u -
snow is over six feet deep and settled
at that. We pitch our tents after
tramping the snow down hard and
shovel more snow against the walls to
i Keep. the wind out. Then we cut long
I poles for the stove to rest on so that
when the snow thaws it Will not drop
out of sight Then we cut bOughs of
| hemlock for our beds; next we cut
/ wood and cook our supper or dinner.
You would think it would be cold with
/ the mercury down to ten below zero
and high wind. but we are very COM
! Portable. The little stove heats the
tent very hot and cooks beautifully.
1 and If 1t does not set the tent on fire
you are o K. Our tent has caught
! three times already, but we have been
here to put it out. One man lost the
whole side of his tent. After the tent
( has been set a week you have to go
down to it, as the floor gradually sinks.
| we are surrounded by mountains i'm
/, possible to climb. The only ways out
ore over. the pass or back the way we
came. There is a glacier back of our
tent, little one. I must stop now
and help get supper
June 12-We have been at Sheep
camp since the 3rd. and have been
doing very little on account of the
weather We see little sun on this
side of the range. The last two days
were the only ones that we could
work There is a man in camp who is.
taking seven horses to Circle City. and
for my helping him he is going to take
my outfit to the top of the summit
From Sheep camp 10 the summit is five
miles of the hardest road that I ever
saw. a horse of 1000 pounds weight
can only haul 800 pounds TO a load.
and it takes two men to manage it,
That is only 10 the foot of the sum-
nit Errnr, - H. 80
summit it is about $500 feet, and very
steep. Horses cannot go I'D with a
load, and some not at all. The In
dams pack this place for 21a cents a
pound. so you see it is very difficult.
The man with the horses has rugged
windlass and can haul about 300
pounds at a time. SO you see we are
in luck. The snow in the canyon we
go up is Is feet deep, so the old miners
say Everything is smooth. and the
snow will hold I'D a horse If we
have good weather We shall cross next
Wednesday.
1 tell you there is every kind of a
man here. l send you a roll OF pic
lures taken yesterday. Two are of the
summit. with the men going up to the
right with packs, and you can seen the
tramway at the left There are dog
trains and horses, men and sleds. and
Indians-''Si- Washes we call them
here. Shirley is very we'll and seems
to enjoy himself. There are hundreds
of dogs here in camp, and he has hun
dreds of fights. But he can hold his
end uD with them. We are going to
work the windlass all night, and have
this afternoon to rest in. 1 will send
this letter back by the carrier, if it
does not cost too much. There is go
ing to be a letter mail through from
Juneau over this pass this summer
once month, for letters only. L am
almost snow blind, having left my
glasses at camp when I made the trip
this morning.
Lake Linderman, June 2O-There is a
man going to Dyea tomorrow and per-
haps he will mail this, so here gOes-the
last time. probably. until l get to For
ty Mile Post" We have been here since
the 18th. trying to get all our outfit
down off the pass. The weather has
been very bad. The trail the same.
nave now about 900 pounds of stuff,
having purchased more provisions,
sugar and dried fruit. to keep the
scurvy off, which they say is very
prevalent in the Yukon. To draw this
would take from three to five days
rom the summit TO Lake Linderman.
told you that I was changing some
work with a man who is taking some
lorses to Circle City. This makes it
much easier for me than hauling down
ny own stuff He had an awful time
Getting his stock through in some
places. but when the trail was good
lie made good time with fair loads.
)nly two men had to go with each
lorse.
The day we camped here we did not
Wait for the hores to haul our stuff
yer the summit but started on The
Wind began to blow harder than 1 have
winter. but it was at our backs. We
managed to get across Crater lake, a
mall lake about 300 feet below the
Ass. and surrounded by barren noun
aims. except for a narrow cut through
which it emDtieS into a canyon After
citing in the canyon it was easier to
o on as it was impossible to turn back.
nd nobody could climb out. / do not
hink we could have made it. had we
OF known it was sure death TO stop.
he canyon is like Dyea canyon. only
little wider, and the wind whistles
trough it like water out of a hose. 1t
-ould fairly take one off ones feet We
oundered this way for nine miles. We
truck the camp at $50 o. m. I don't
mink 1 was ever so glad to see a tree
efore in my life. The timber starts
nd stops with jump in this country.
We pitched our tents, borrowed some
ed. comparatively knocked out.
You cannot imagine what dreary
IaceS these mountain tops are: Moth
e but snow, with a few rocks stick
lg out on the sides, and the tops look
bleak and cold. Nothing else in
ght. When it is clear the glare is in
.nse. Everyone wears dark goggles
nd blacks his face. and even then
)es snow blind. I was blind in my
ght eve for two days. Five men were
ltirely blind and had to be led. All
ie skin is peeling off the faces of those
no did not wear masks or wells. Even
le dogs have to have their faces
acked to prevent snow blindness.
When We get on the lakes we can
axe good time with the horses.
lall be glad when we get out of these
.nyons. You feel as if you were shut
from everything. The one we are
.mDed in now is very narrow. not
ore than from so to 100 feet wide and
D high. 1 had my first ~ at whip
ng" lumber today, that is, sawpit-
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