The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-12


just Entering Huudred.Mite Stretch
of snow Destitute of Food-How Ons
George C. Bounds Came Out Even os
His Bsef-Latest News of the KioD.
dixie
Skaguay, Alaska, Oct. 1, via Victoria
B. c., Oct 1.-Several parties who have
arrived on the Dalton trail from the
klondike repeat the story OF scarcity o!
provisions and possible hunger and
James Clark and C. A. Brown. who had
been mining on Birch creek, having LEI;
! Dawson City September Is at noon. pol
ed up the river TO fifteen miles ABOVE
PeIly river and there bought a horse
and came in over the supposed Dalton
trail. making the trip in twenty-six
DAYS 10 Hainas Mission. getting there on
| Sunday. They passed the Thorp party
on the summit with cattle. most OF the
party discouraged and wanting 10 turn
back. Brown and Clark ,old them they
! had gone through 100 miles OF snow.
where no food could be got for their
stock, and il would DE utterly impossi-
BILE to get their stock through alive.
Thorp had already lost fifteen pack
horses on the trail. and par; Of his orr
ginal party had turned back two days
| before. but he was stubborn and would
not consent to turn back himself.
NO ACTUAL TRAIL.
About twenty-five persons came out
| over the Dalton trail the pist week.
They say there are a good many fol-
| lowing them. all bearing the same re-
| port. that there is no actual trail and
/ that 1t is Al miles long. SUBMITS nave
| to be crossed, innumerable streams ford
ed and II is impossible TO find ones way
without Indian guides, even Thorp nav
| ing 10 employ Indians. The biggest par
ty to come out together was eleven per-
sons Pat Calvin and wife. George c..
| Bounds and wife, Charles Thebo. John
F. Lopey and Frank Beck OF juneau;
Harry Roman, Ed. Armstrong, "Mush"
Rosenstein and Little Willie" Misner,
OF San Francisco. This party brought
out little gold dust, but they are reti-
cent as to the amount. Little Willie"
Misner brought out about fifty pounds.
Pat Calvin as much or more and George
C. Bounds fifty, but most Of the dust is
deposited with the two principal comps-
MES and drafts taken on Chicago and
San Francisco.
BOUNDS HAS DONE WELL
Bounds is the man VINO took in the
frs; beef cattle ever taken into the Yu-
kon region. He started in al Mission
with forty-five head in June, 1896, had
to make his own trail. built raft be-
low Five Fingers on the Yukon. and
started intending 10 take them to Circle
City But he got frozen in at the mouth
OF the Klondike and could not move
either way. Then came the stampede
to Bonanza and FL Dorado. and he sold
out every pound, probably saving the
lives of many and saving himself from
financial ruin. He sold out $4,000 worth
of beef entirely on credit 10 miners and
did not lose a dollar. they making
small clean up so as to allow him to
leave February % last He came out al
that time over the Chilcoot trail at Dyea.
His wife went in on the first trip OF the
Excelsior last June. Bounds is interest
covery claim on the Banana and had
interests in ''5 A. as well as three other
claims and has sold all mis- interests out
right except Discovery claim" and has
bonded II. He will make one more trip
next May 70 settle up.
A STEAL THAT FAILED
Seattle, Wash. Oct. 11.-Among the
passengers on the steamer City OF Seat
tie from Dyea. were George c. Bounds
and wife. and William Miner. OF San
Francisco, VINO left Dawson before
Brown and Clark, coming out with the
Calvin party, which arrived here on
Saturday. The amour; OF gold will not
exceed 5000. According 10 story
brought down by one OF the Seattle's
passengers, there Is much indlgna lion at
Skaguay ever the alleged effort OF Ber-
nard Moore 10 throw the townsite into
the possession OF Canada by conveying
IL to the British Yukon company
Moore, 1t Is allegei. is British subject
and IN his application to the United
States land office at Sitka TO make final
proof and entry he alleges the fact tia.
ne is a citizen OF tae United States
ployed an attorney TO look after Their
Interests.
RAILWAY PROSECUTORS
San Francisco. Oct. 1.-THE Call says
tina; party OF twelve engineers and
.surveyors. including Captain Smith. w.
J. II. Fagelstorm, A. ". Blake and A.
p. Shearer, have started for Seattle
where they will be reinforced 5y about
fifty men. A steamer VIII be chartered
20 carry them to Chiikoot Inlet. and
from .hsre they viii 90 10 Fort Se.-
kirk. One OF the objects ot the expedi-
ton is to determine whether the 300
miles mat separate the Yukon al Sell
kirk from the ocean 81 ChilkoO; affords
a practicable route fo7 q railroad or not
/; lie also proposed 10 thoroughly pros
peci me Yukon country for gold. The
parties who have organized the torms1-
able expedition are from Boston. San
Francisco and Puge: Sound. and 20
thoroughly equip them 500. 90 has been
subscribed and paid.
EXPEDITION GETS STUCK
San Francisco. Oct 1l-CaptaIn o. J..
Humphrey. superintendent 0: the Pa
cihc Steam Whaling company. having
his headquarters on The Prince william
Sound. but wao spends I75st o. rs time
II me Copper river Country. IS II TIE
city. He declares tazt the region
ricn 5ui ina; food j. very scsrcs Be-
fore leaving Alssi1s. Captain Humphrey
took a party OF fifteen from San Diego
xlth ex-Sne-sn O'Niel. os san Luis
O5lSpo, 9, their head % the Copper
river. He ie:t them soou: ten miles CD
TIE stream He says taat they re.
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