The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-13

&FSS~- -ffFFESy WARTS - <EETS 8t 1se
saksS WIKI what 1e have est IN abe spring
we srsll IL on The Aog train. 50 MI. Try -
STAG TIE grub ard 80 Sassr yG@ safnszlt
ana set IA Il locks - ssagh. ! aEaa d
difficulty IS ny family. BIZ. ] knew ytsa
viii look CIT .c- fhe-s
Han % sfse push are selling. their grub
ard Enf5x h7Ek. George Flee Is t8ers. an
decided wfSsr 10 da He IS riznngssx u pack
trAsn- but cannot land Us. 81 any one on
accaSzit OF the trail nos being. cr'snsSs.
IL any Of yugsr friends want ~ come. tell
them 10 bring bats Of raaney 70 paw Tor
packing over shs hills Il would take Us
seventy days 20 get OUR ssan over 10 'hs
LAKES from row. with ossr one years sup-
ply 81 provisions
TT is a case * srsre up FIR rhs winter
save ard Eci r. over lie nys.a tran with
cat SE1r xrs5hSsakeS ard taka or eE1n11s
which I raSuk ] will Ga I viii say now
that I would rather Fcse a leg and Rrm
than weaken but i must get ID.
So, Old friend. 90 fook o1s Cor the felix's
Don't ist them suffer Do rot lss any ..
are fixed 10 Fay for all packing
An oatinw en- Chsskeot Pass.
DR.. ]. 8. kioebe-. OF Seattle q brother
OF rhe manager of the Associated Press
IL Washington, ID. G.. has just received
advfees from TAv. G. NJ Faulkner. in which
the tone Is different. ~ a great extent.
from majority Of the letters received
DR. Faulkner Is IN charge Of the outat
owned By Or. kloeber and himself lie
has fifteen men. fifteen horses and four
teen tens OF provisions. His party took two
complete double sets Of block aud tackle to
help them drag goods up the last pitch on
the Chilkcot pass. ard the doctor says that
the venture has already been CT great
practical good.
Under date % August 3 DR.. Faulkner
writes, Ia part.
ava NarS Ia ra
beat is about TO leave for home. We are
getting along finely. A great many are
discouraged and leaving for home. We
sent five men through TO the lakes this
morning TO build boats. John Brown has-
ing succeeded IN purchasing some lumber
there We have sold the lumber We
brought with US as IL is Impossible 10 pack
~ across the trail. i think Ii viii take us
about three weeks to pack everything
through 70 the lakes.
Don't feel worried as we VIII get there.
This Is just good fur for me. and the men
feel encouraged. fo1 can just Ina CINE
how tough We look after our trst week
outing.
This Is the first instance on record where
a man who went from Seattle has had the
nerve to speak OF trip over the Chiikoot
pass as an outing. The doctor continues:
ut has been raining hard. and lots OF
the men here feel blue great many OF
them viii turn back. estimate that forty
win return on the next boat. | paid s35 10
have my freight landed high and dry /
have purchased twenty sacks of Hour Tor
$50. and quite number OF other Things,
from men who are returning home l fear
we have not enough provisions kThey nave
only fourteen Ions.t
You oagh, 10 see the men eat. ANY one
who thinks O coming here o'iSat 20 bring
horses" tOtil.:s say that horses are use
less. as they can be used only up 10 the
sleeper part of The pass, and that the IN
dams Will charge Just as much as IL Inc
goods had not neen moved q foot.l i wish
We had more than fifteen horses.
Speaking of the customs and the Cana
dian officers. Dir. Faulkner said
THE customs officers are polite and
very easy 10 get along with. The trouble
Is that most of the passengers on board
this boat tthe Islanfer) have been trying
10 blur them.
The customs duty Is a serious question question
10 most of the people on the islander;
Very few OF them can pay the duty. and l
hardly know what will be the result.
Here follows the briefest and most point
ed sizing up of the White pass at Skaguay
vet received from a disiRterested person.
The doctor says:
I'VE are going through Dyea and the
Chiikoot pass. The White pass oy the
way of SKaguay. is fraud.
Horses Dumped Into the Sea-
Thomas A. Garrett writes under date of
Skaguay Bay. August 2. TO his wife In this
city as follows:
I'VE arrived here about l2 o'clock today
In the midst of rain. Things nave peer
misrepresented TO US in regard 10 me Iacii-
tiles for landing. There is q small dock IN
course of construction, situated n an IN.
accessible place under the cliffs. The head
OF the bay is tide fats, and not even row
boats can get right up 10 land. 1t being
necessary to wade some distance.
Having resolved to take this tran, we a,
once SET about getting ashore Inc fnethou
of unloading horses is 10 start them out
on a gangplank and then tip the plank
over the sides and slide the horse into tho
sea. Some Of them go In in a sitting pos,
ture some head first, some Sideways ana
some heels over Our horse made quite q
graceful and successful slide.
Mcknight went ashore to take charge or
baggage ashore. For this purpose hired
a boat for s.. and was r0wed up TO the
tide fats. far as We could 80. ana tnen
waded. The boatmen and | got our bag
case ashore, but became suspicious that
we were not safe from the rising tide SO
set about packing farther up Pho hap
pened along and very kindly and material
IS assisted me Mcknight with the horse
was cut of from me by the tide
II then set TO work 10 set up our tent.
which fancy ! have done quite success
the night We would be pretty comfort
able ii the rain would cease, and II we
had anything but bread and butter 10 eat.
However, We expect TO receive our gro
ceries tomorrow by another boat. the ISL
ander being unable to carry all her freight.
and then We shall fare wei enough
ing. not a heavy rain. but enough TO be
disagreed bic.
The situation here is not very cheerful.
There are Il number here who have no
means TO get further without packing. and
they have not yet made up their minds to
do that
IL just met Lacy. the shoe man, who is
here with Mayor Woods son.
Il am resolved 70 go ahead, and We VIII
get ahead some way. We cannot even here
get safisfAy .ory- information concerning
White pass. l had talk with Harry
Struve. who has just been over II. lie
says the trail Is forty~two miles long.