The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-05
OVER DALTON TRAIL.
Bought by the Washington &
Alaska =. 9. Co. Oct. 15-Each
Animal 70 Have q Yukon sled.

The prospect of famine fn ire Rlondike
has sta-pered the wits OF spectators.
ard many schemes. more or less feasible
have been devised 20 supply the wants
of the miners during the approaching
winter. Among these none seems 20 have
more prospect Of success than that
evolved by Charles E Peabody. manager
OF the Washington & Alaska Steamship
Company. He viii send north on the
bark Colorado. AZ head OF horses and
cattle, with sieds. saddles and wagons.
20 be driven over the Dalton tran 30 Fort
Selkirk IN charge Of a party ot fifty pack
erz. headed By ]. Cameron.
White the supplying o. food 20 Elon-
6ikers Is prime object OF the expedi-
ton. there are other plans contemplated
IN connection which are IN the nature ot
surprise but cannot for the present be
made public.
The bark Colorado came in Sunday
night from Chemzinus b c.. and ~ ly-
ing al the city dock. She is a fine looking
craft and does not show the thirty-three
years bufreting she has received from the
ocean This is the f1rst time the Color
ado has been in Seattle. fl being as Capt
y. 5. Morine iaughingiy said yesterday.
probably the only port In the world at
which she had not called. The bark IS
now the property OF the Washington &
Alaska Steamship Company. for whom il
was purchased several days ago by Man
ager Peabody from J. A. Hum
bird. OF St Paul She will. in course Of
time. be dismantled and viii be towed be-
tween here and Alaska For the present
the only changes win be in the removal
OF her top rigging and the construction
OF cattle pens on her upper and between
decks.
Tie expedition planned for the Initial
voyage OF the Colorado on the Alaska
route viii leave here October Is. The
bark and large barge viii be In tow ~
the tug Pioneer. There will be go horses
and 135 head OF cattle. The Colorado will
have also 800 tons OF freight
The accessories Of the expedition are
somewhat peculiar. Each animal viii
have Yukon sled and a saddle There
VIII be forty wagons for use in the first
eighteen miles after leaving Pyramid har-
Dor and forty bob sleds for use over the
snow and ice after the river shall have
frozen over. Covering In the shape cf
tarpaulin tents will be provided for co
cattle. Considering the cheapness OF
horses at skagusy and their worthlessness
In the Yukon. Mr.. Peabody was asked why
sny horses should be taken instead Of hav-
ing all cattle.
"Of course you must understand" was
the reply that the horses viii be pushed
ahead to break a road for the cattle. We
do not care how many horses die. but ex-
poet that not many Will DO lost before
Fort selkirk, the objective point. is
reached"
Fort Selkirk is on the Yukon river go
or 800 miles from Dawson When asked
why this should be made the objective
point OF the expedition Mr.. Peabody de-
clined 10 state giving the impression,
however. that there Is more in the claim
tfsn appears from the surface groupings.
The Colorado is a bark of 10S5.72 net
registered tonnage. and a carrying ca
pocity OF 1750 tons. She was built az Bos-
ton In 1864 and has been I'm the foreign
trade as a carrier of sulphur, coal and
timber. Her length is 170.a feet. breadth
$50 feet and depth 22.T feet After dis
charging her first cargo at Pyramid har-
Dor she will come 10 Seattle for a return
cargo similar to the first.