The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-05
uncomfortable SO.

uncOmfOrtdbly SO.
The experience of McCabe and Jeff
prevented any mistake in providing
their outfit. They had good, warm fan
nels thick wooden garments. strong
shoes and rubber boots Those who
press their mining operations during
the long and severe winter generally
use the water boot of seal and walruS
which cost from 50 to IS a pair, with
trousers made from Siberian fawn skin
and the skin of the marmot and ground
squirrel, with the outer garment of
marmot skin. Blankets and robes of
course, are Indispensable. The best
are of wolf skin and Jeff paid 500
apiece for these furnished to himself
and each of his companions.
The matter of provisions was of the
first Importance. A man needs a goodly
/ supply of nourishing food to sustain
! him through the trying journey from
Juneau to Dawson CITY, the following
| being considered necessary for an able
/. bodied person: Twenty pounds of
/ flour, II of bacon, II Of beans, of
! butter of vegetables of sugar, of
| coffee, of corn meal, l pound of tea,
4 cans OF condensed milk, IL pounds of
! salt, with a little pepper and mustard.
Because Of the weight and bulk Jeff
omitted from his list the tea, the con-
densed milk and butter and while the
supply in other respects was the same
IGSpGCCINGly LII DlIIlSell anu NlcOdDG,
that of the boys was cut down about
one-third, for besides the food the
! party were compelled to take along a
| frying pan, water kettle, Yukon
stove, a bean pot, a drinking cup,
knives and forks and a large and small
frying pan.
Since they would find a good raft
necessary, axes hatchets, hunting
knives, nails, $50 feet of rope and two
Juneau sledS were purchased. To these
were added snow shoes, a strong duck
tent, fishing tackle, snow glasses to
| protect themselves against snow blind
ness, rubber blankets, mosquito net
| ting, tobacco and a few minor articles
The start from Juneau to the gold
fields should not be made before the
beginning of April. Our friends had
| struck that date, but the headlong rush
did not begin until some time later
| One of the, principal routes is from Sc
attic to st. Michael on the western
coast of Alaska, and then up that
mighty river, whose mouth is near. for
! nearly 1900 more miles to Dawson City.
The river is open during the summer
sometimes barely four months-and our
| friends took the shorter one to Juneau
! OH the southern coast from which it is
about 1000 miles to Dawson. While
! this route is much shorter, it is 100
times more difficult and dangerous
than by the Yukon.
From Juneau, there are four different
routes to the headwaters of the Yukon,
all crossing by separate paths, the
| range of mountains along the coast.
| They are the Dyea or Chilkoot Pass
the Chilhat. Moore's or White Pass and
Takou. At this writing the Chilkoot
is the favorite, because it is better
| known than the others, but the facili-
ties for passing through this entrance
| or doorway to the new Ell Dorado are
certain to be greatly increased at an
early day.
1t was learned on inquiry that an
other day would have to be spent in
town before the little steamer would
leave for Dyea. While Tim and Jeff
| stayed at the hotel, which was kept by
! q German, talking over old times and
laying plans for the future, the boys
! strolled through the street, knee deep
with mud.
The curio shops on Front and Sew
ard streets we're interesting, and from
the upper end of. the latter street they
saw a path leading to the AUX village,
whose people claim to own the flats at
the mouth of Gold creek. On the high
ground across the stream is a cemetery
containing a number of curious tote
mic carvings, hung with offerings to
departed spirits. 1t would cost a white
man his life to disturb any of them.
IL was early III IIlS tltSIllOOU I1ldI lllt
cousins were strOlling airnlessly about
and had turned to retrace their steps
to the hotel. when Frank touched the
arm of his companion and said in
low voice:
Roswell, do you know that strange
man has been following us for the past
hour?"
mo; where is he?"
con the other side of the street and
little way behind us; don't look
around just now; I don't fancy his ap
pearance.'
A minute later, Roswell managed to
gain good view.
81 don't like his looks as well as he
seems to like ours; shall we wait for
him and ask him his business?"
NO need of that, for he is walking
SO fast. he viii soon be up with us;
here he comes as if in a great hurry"
, a few minutes later the boys were
: overtaken by the suspicious stranger.
Go Be Continued)
MR.. GRAYT0P.