The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-13

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After knowing something Of the roates 10
the KlondIks and the Alaskan gold fields.
10 study some OF the trials % the trip
briefly. and this Is best CLEANED from re-
sorts from those who have had recent
sxper.snoes.
Joseph Ladus, the founder OF Dawson
City says. describing the Chlikoot pass;
..From Dyaa. which Ia the timber line,
ths miner packs his ousft e the foot Of
the Tafys pass. about ffteen miles He
must carry his outfit up the pass. unisss
he Il able 10 hire indians or mules.
HE then starts for Lake Linderran
from the head OF the pass eight miles.
The distance from Dyea 10 Lake Linder-
man is thlrty-one miles
AT Lake LindeTman ne makes his boat.
This takes one week The trip through
Lindsrrnan is short the lake being Eve
niles long Al its foot he must portage
10 Lake Bennett less than a mile.
Lake Bennett II tweuty-eighs miles
ions. and runs through the boundary be-
tween British Columbia and tae North
west Territory.
after crossing Lake Bennett. Caribou
crossing IL reached. This Is about four
Tassh, twenty miles LONG. Then Marsh
lake. twenty-four miles long. then the
Lynr river. twenty-sevsn miles. and he
comes 10 Miles canyon. nve-sighths of
nile long.
ron leaving Miles canyon. three miles
Of bad river work If encountered. witch ~
dangerous from the swift current and the
rocks requiring great care.
Dangerous Place.
In white Horse canyon the rapids are
fhrse~eighths Of a mile in length. and II is
oas Of the most dangerous places on The
TRIP. The sign. Keep good lookout is
seen on the bank.
mo stranger or novice should run the
White Horse rapids alone in Il boat. He
should drop bis boat down the river
GUIDED By rope $50 feet long The tFav-
sler should portage here. portage road
having been constructed on the west side.
With roller ways In some placed on which
beats are relied ever There ara also some
sinAlssses with which to haul the boat
up the hin Ill at the foot o. the canyon.
The White House canyon is rocky ard
dangerous the current is extremely
swift
''To the head OF Lake Lebarge II Is
fourteen miles from White Horse can-
yoa The traveller goes over Lake L.
barge thirty-one miles and reaches the
Lewis river upon which he goes 20 Littls
salmon river with the current az the rate
q FIVE miles an hour ON the Little
Salmon he rides i2o miles % Five Finger
rarids Through the rapids the voyage
must be made on the right going down.
and the trip here Is safe II proper care is
ssfrelsed. Down the Lewis river six
mites from Five Finger rapids the Rink
rapids are encountered. ard thence 20
Fort Selkirk where the peiiy and Lewis
riFfrs form the headwafers of the Yukon
river. This ends the most difficult part OF
the trip. Going on II ~ ninety-elght
miles on the Yukon 80 white river, ten
miles 70 Stewart river, and then twenty
hvs miles 10 Fort Ogllvie. Then a forty
rfe trip on the Yukon lands the miner al
Dawson City The trip from Seattle bar
rms unusual delays. consumes about sixty
iays."
An Fsriy spring TRIP.
William Stewart. describing an early
UP over the Chllko0t pass. says:
We left nyes Sunday. but only gos up
ne river one nile. We toned the OUTFIT
20 The river seven miles and then packed
% Sheep camp. A. the next morning
We left Sheep camp and a. ~ We were
ne summit. II was 81 awful climb
- angle 81 about Is degrees. We could
kfep oar hands touching the tran all the
rS ap IL was allowing and showing ~
hsFs We paid of the Indians. and got
seAs s'eiShs enA sicighed the stun down
w al, This hill goes dcyn pretty swift
Az then Crops ~ an snefe ~ q degrees
TT about forty feet. and We Aad 20 roaEh-
s0sE ear slelEhs sna let hem 50.
There was an ewfd FOE and We caul3
sss see whore We we're geinF Stn,e fsl,
IVES helped us down with the first laRd
= here weuie have heen nothing lsft Of
=. Wien Ne let sleigh go frem the top
lanred about ff'V fest clear. ard cams
eeah N pieces We loaded ZIP the siel9hs
eth se50e - eur stay about ass nobnds
800 snd started again TIE tran WAS
ssRei ana W. waara through wstar and
80 two anf three feet deep We set 20
- month OF the csuycn az abort a'ciack
aKai done out We left there that
srsat ard pnshed on again uu.n morning. +
~. So 70 the bottom ~ an awful htil
- Faeked az our stuT rrem there % thA
- shove the lake We bad ahoat two
hsf miles over htlls in snow ard
80 We had 20 gee dogs % bring TIE
eowa from thc srmnii 20 the head
ne canyon
Had Use for Rubber Roots.
49,. worked i've DAYS bringing ths stuT
tfon TIE canven % the hHl shove ths
- saturday We worked ell Gay pack
eNn re hiA 20 fAe Lake and came
-. On q Sew. We we're car yesterday
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We can So mora thsn s-tncA sfufY
$50 All stter9eer suH we couldn't
- sSF,nlns l hsve ionr rubber tsoets 10
- siFs ard 8'd rat have them On
~. rem ,hs spraraii Down. bat have
=. tsen ever sire -
So. .eafss tbs cc9aiioa prevails IN cary
~. re abeve having been written
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The SkHEusv trait.
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