The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-11-29
FLEEING FROM YUKON.
Men Leaving Dawson City Escape
Threatened Starvation.
AN AWFUL CALAMITY IMPENDING
One of Those Who Has Returned to
Civilization Declares There Ia Not
Food Enough to Save Those Left BE.
hind-Flonr Sold at 5000 u Sack.

and are reported to have between them
| 100000 in drafts and 100000 In gold
| dust. ...,.
All tell stories of food shortage in
Dawson that is almost famine. The
last person TO leave Dawson was Jack
Dalton. When Dalton left the steam
ers Alice and Bella had reached there.
landed light. 1t Is said that the Bella S
cargo consisted of whisky and billiard
balls. She brought no provisions. The
Canadian government mounted police
chartered the Bella, and gave all who
wished u free passage to the Yukon.
The Bella " reported to have left about
Oct. IL with 200 men. ......,..-,. ,.a.
According to the statements made
by members of the Dalton~party there
is liable to be trouble of the most seri-
GUS kind this winter in Dawson. Billy
Leak told one OF the men In the party
ahead of him whom he met at Dyea
that all the people talk about at Daw-
son is the food famine. Men were
gathering In groups and cursing with
might and main the new corners that
were constantly arriving in the Klon-
dixie loaded with scarcely any pro-
visions. The mounted police were offer
ing transportation to the grub placera
further down the Yukon. to Fort
Yukon but to the conntess n.. ~. -
who had labored hard all through the
summer, accommodating a grub stake.
the prospect was uninvlting, to say the
least.
The men figured that it would take all
their earnings in gold to pay their
the winter, and that in the spring they
would not even have enough left to
pay Passage money back to Dawson,
to say nothing of purchasing eno''
food to. subsist until tho ~"
started again. n" - N'a.u o.
tho ,w.- ~ these poor fellows
-..r OF the mounted police was no
better than the prospect at Dawson Of
being compelled to live on half rations
until the supply of boats could reach
the diggings in the spring.
John W Brauer, the United States
mail carrier, who left Dawson Sept. q,
said:
There is only one salvation for the
miners who are now at Dawson City.
and'that is for them to undertake the
awful winter trip from Dawson to Fort
Yukon a distance of 400 miles. There
is no food at Fort Yukon. there is none
at Dawson, and just as sure as the
stars shine terrible suffering will be
the fate of the Dawson miner unless
he leaves there before spring. When I
left Dawson the men who were there
had on an average four months food
supply. Some did not have a months
supply, and some had four Or five The
restaurant closed the night / left. 1t
had been selling nothing but beefstealS
for which the hungry paid 81,
when the people realized that the
boats would be unable to get IN the
river they knew that starvation threat
cned them, and the great stampede
began. The first to leave went tc Fort
Yukon. I guess there were about ten
In the party that left the first day.
One boat that came up from Fort
Yukon with several newspaper men
aboard, among them Correspondent
Sam Wall and Mr. McGilvrav.
''''s". '',s ieE mat the Hamilton
mad nn.noaced all of her cargo and
tried to get over the bar light and
failed in her efforts, though she drew
out TWO 1cct OIL water. Inns utNS III
creased the excitement and made the
rush toward food centers all the greater.
"On Sept. "A Bert Nelson, of Seattle,
and myself left Circle City and started
to pole up the river to Dawson City. a
distance of 900 miles. At the same time
we started from Circle City the minrrs
had about taken their departure 1t
took us II days and three hours to make
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steamer Kiukuk was hes,oaod hv
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high as s.fo mat tbav mirht he ,hnord
while she made her Journey of tx
miles to Pellv. The kiukuk lert Daw1
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We left the only thing vo, could noe.
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slp'y pu9 was sugar, paklhg powder,
spices anu Some or'eu lruit' NO hour.