The San Francisco call., 1897-11-30

fore the passengers on that steamer nay
left 81. Michaels. After the PORTLAND,
with her 1853 passengers, and the Excelsior
with her 113, came the Cleveland with l'o
the Bertha with i3, the National Clty
with 60, the South Coast with 40 ana the
Hum boldt with 265.
Some of these returned to the startlhg
points without leaving the vessels out
the great ma joritv started up the river py
one means or another and most OF them
got as far as Fort Yukon. where they met
what was deemed tn. impossible barrier.
have no means of knowing what became
OF them except through the reports OF the
few of their fellow passengers who came
up on the Bella. | have almost COM
plete register OF the passengers from the
Excelsior and something of those on the
Portlanj. A number of the Excelsior
passengers came up to Fort Yukon on the
Alice. She failed tn pass the bar and re-
turned TO st. Michael.
A few went back with her. while others
camped at F rt Yukon, determined TO
pass the winter there rather than turn.
and hoping that some later boat might be
successful. AS a number of tho passeIl-
gers of the Hamilton were also camped
there. quite a village was created, and
many staked out lots with the idea that
they might become valuable should there
be concentration there of the foodless
people from the upper country. Among
these dauntless people were four women.
Mrs. Bessie Thomas OF San Francisco be-
ing one Of them and Mrs. Johns of Salt
Lake City another. Tue other two were
from Seattle.
When the Weare attempted the bar at
Yukon, her captain refused positively to
take on any passengers. He did, however,
sllow a few of the campers to work their
way up, and very eagerly they accepted
the opportunity. New berry, the news
paper artist, reached here IN that way.
When the Weare was held up at Circle
City, and the miners were overhauling
the cargo, one of the Seattle women was
discovered slowed away. She was put
ashore at Circle City, but when the boat
left that city, she was again discovered to
be on board. and was brought through.
Mrs. Thomas and Mrs Johns subsequently
reached here on the Bella.
Passengers on the Excelsior from San
francisco, besides those named who
have reached Dawson, are: A. a Mar
tin, r, S. Heath T. Jaccard, l.. Jac-
card, V. A. Jaccard. w. NJ. Rank, Lew
B. Clark H. Heitselman, J. V. Kee-
ley. Robert Peterson, H. j. Crit
tenden, j. G. Lee, A. Bistorius J. E.
Doherty, J. l.. Shredder, G. Carlson, 0. f.
Anderson, l. Hange, H. J. Carleton, I. H.
Peterson, George Knutsen, w. r. Parker,
A. z. Hoffsc chneider, E. H. H Hoffsc hnelder,
j. ID. McGillivray, G. V. Gray. j. E. Nit
chell, A. c. Tracy, F. A. Raney, f. O'Don-
nell, J. Ciarkin and Mrs. E. Kim ball.
OF the others the following stopped at
Manoo& or Rampant City: c. II. Jones
Stanley j. Fay, Ernest CIaxton, w. A.
Ryan. d. Waterman, G. McMillen, NJ. P.
Cole Jr., A. c. Butcher, A. NJ. Pope, w.
J. Foley, George Thisbv, b. S. Goodhue,
w. B. Moore, W. G. Moore, w. B. Ed
wards, D. f. Baxter, A. ]. Beecher w. T.
Bell, George E. Coleman, w. H. Moore,
D. ]. Tobln, E. R. Allison, T. H. Moran,
Captain J. Morgan. Norman Brough.
The following stopped at Ci-cle City:
w. A. Ray, l. f. Baker, ]. B. Clark and
H. J. Griffin.
The following are reported TO be at Fort
Yukon: A. T. Hatch; Mrs. w. B. Bonn
pous wife of the Bishop of Selkirk, sta
toned at Forty y-mile; Mrs. A. +. Moulton
and Miss B. Allen.
n. q. Farnum and James Adams are
somewhere on the river with the little
steamer May West, built by the Richard
son Company at St. Michael. A mum Der
of the passengers of the Excelsior bought
h
the West, which was then bout to start
up the river. Farnum remained to come
up with the boat, and Adams. who is the
man most interested of all of them came
on the Alice to Fort Yukon. As the West
was due, he returned down the river TO
look after her.
Charles f. Rist is at Navikakak, as are
also c. J. Brumley. F. r. Grosscup and
H. Marshall.
The following returned to San Fran
cisco: M. F. Brown, c. o. Johnson, s.
Peters, Z. Peters. c. II. Gale, H. Kicker.
P. c. Campbell, William Cleve, HI. Jacobs,
N. G. Glenn, Miss X. Pilkington.
Among those who shipped provisions
on the May West was George z. Bemis of
Sanger. He got to Dawson on the Bella,
Yukon, biding the arrival of the West
and his provisions
Of the passengers on the Humboldt
those who have arrived here are: A. }.
Bovine and Alfred TreGidgo, mining ex-
perts; II. Ulrich, H. J. Murphine AMI l.
Fulda. Captain c. H. Ray of the United
States army came up on the Bella and
stopped at Circle City. While at Fort
Yukon he conducted the raising of the
American flag with some little ceremony
Sam Wells was the only one OF the pas
sengers on the Southwest who arrived.
He came as cook on the Bella. Frank
schow of the National City also got in by
the Bella.
Mrs. Taylor was the only passenger on
the Portland who came through by boat
The Weare and the Bella both picked up
o number who were toiling up the river in
polling boats.
One of the most distressing features at
tending tie failure OF the boats to get
their passengers through is that of the
wives of men already here. after travel
ing nearly 5000 miles to join their hus-
bands and getting to within few hun
dred miles of their destination some Of
tbem in despair turned hack Over tho