The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-09-21
THE ASTORIA
COLD-HUNTERS
Passed ChilkoOt In Safety and Now
on Way Down River.
THOMAS LlNNNILLE RETURNS
Graphic Description oi the Wonders and
Trials Of the Isurney Shaguay
rass Not 10 H.
THOMAS LlNNvILLE RETURNS

Mf Th2mu Lia,,l!a. who left here
Angus, ist auh me Joseph 5uprcnhnt
party. under eo1trt., to ls-ir, them over
Chllkoo, pasr rctunol Yesterday His
account ~ the ,hp and 'h- lfucultics {
bc met with is y,ry interesting To an
Artorian representative De- said.
We arrived ln Dy,l 90 the sib. Mo
lavish AMI myself afst went over the
'rhn 10 see anlJ va had - lo. We
found between the summit and Lake LIN
irrnuu thrrc small lakes. Crater lakc.
two mile, long wi,h a portage Of thrc"
miles 90 Ions lake Long lake iH three
yards 60 Deep lake. Dep hk. 10 about
a mile lons with q portage Of Two ana
u half miles TO Lake Lind-rmBn. W.
found that the lumbar wc had carried
an the way from AsJ1rI was Of no usc
except TO build a rmlll Nat boat or raft
to bo usci IN .hv INST chala OF small
lakes. Nc boatcI our Atur from Dyea
10 Finn, gans Point. Nst miles above and
packed from there 90 tus summit We
hired Indians part ct the wry From
the summit 20 Lake Lnd,rmun the en-
tire outni was handled ny ave men. two
of our party having been sent forward
from a., summit 20 llnlcrmau. &" whip
s.aw lumber ilr the huddihg Of the beats
for the trip down the Yukon one man
remained In camp as cook and guardian.
while tho reminder packed ana boatod
tho outfits. Tho packing on the uah
ls done by stages fr1m lir rent points.
We packed from rlnurs1ns POINT 90
shc,p camp and from tho, go TIE sum
init From the summit We slid the stun
down the glacier 60 the head OF Crater
lake IN packages OF eight hundred pounds
regular path. or iobasgln, was worn
ln thr ice about two ic,' le'p. 1t WIS
.imply A question OF 'lct it go We p'ckcu
up our stun again and boatod 70 the
lower end II Crater lake. From u'eTc
We hacked 10 Lons lake. boated dcvh
that and packet lgain to Deep lake.
We carried our boat with ,ps, and usti
u On Dccp lake Arriving at N" lower
end ~ that water. We took the scow
mart aud packed the lumber for use IN
tli, Ell5ndikc ANN We lanhed the
last load At Lake LMdcrman ON S'picm-
her l. We attributed our success 20 tav-
ing nrst surveyed ~, trail and having
nullt the small scoN, which saved us
i've ana a half miles ot the worst part OF
IN, trnn. We saw hundreds of people
piled up at the small Lake. where they
were detained from three 10 five days
while We went through with ease
'Whcn W, arrived at Lndermon' one
OF the large boats wos finished ana the
other under way the work having been
done hy the advance gulrL a strong
north wind prevented an immediate start
/ for the north. In the meantime on'
/ marty dried their clothes aud dried theiI
/ hncon. very necessary thing in that
climate and prepared for sailing one
nont WINS Is feet 7-foot beam; the other
o feet 5-foot lO.inch beam, AM ho''
wcr, cllnker built iouble-enders' They
were recognized 10y all rs the finest coup
ned boats to leave the lake,
"At . o'clock p. M, September = at'eI
having spent i've days In preparation the
marty sailed for the north, ! can say
,hnt this is the only way OF successfully
getting through. Tho skaguny trail o
white pass route IS not in it, y few
NJ the first people who went over I'M
Whltcpass managed 10 reach Lake Ben
nett at the portage between Lindermoi
and Bennett Hundreds afterwards in
anc,d TO go that way by the Skngua!
townsite boomers. still have the!r freiEh
scattered over tho forty'ive miles be
.vv,,n skarulv and Bennett. Most
.nem Will never get through and VII
sIn,ply have to winter Nv their grub O
,ome back to SklEroy and leave thel
.utAt ON the trlil It Is estimated b
los, observers that between 25o1 and %C
horses were ON the Sknguqy trnil. an
between 1900 and 1860 are dead beside !
ON the pyea trail, you can make tfe ui
once day from Dyea TO sheep cam
and can pack from Sheen camp to u
foot Of the mountains with horses pu
inc the time | was on the trail % or
horses were taken over Chilkoot pass ai
7 usod an the trail between Crater NJ
Long lakes. and from peeN lake 10 1t
: dorman. once over the summit, the ira
are good. out Of the thousands VINO we
over the Dyea rail- even with the la'
ness of the season and the high prie
Of hacking. there were none but VIII
n would get through at the time oil
" leaving there. providing they had ener
enough to work, or the means to III
No one regretted, however, paying
high prices for packing During Az
M ust the average was IS cents from Dy