The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-20

right for distance - 50s feet. Tire p~s3vs~
TRAN follows & din trail 20 8 point where
q card on 4 stick IN the rocks warns hiu
10 take the lefs-hand path II IL almost
fndtsceruible. but u IeaseFEs the dixtsrre
90 Lake Linderusan about fossr miles
From the tlns we eff Ssone House there
was not enough shr1ebery o. wood on ne
trail 10 start fire. and the 0nfort unate
who liz oveTfafxen BY night between there
and Long lake must sieep among the
rocks without Gre or shelter. The dss1ane.
IS about six miles. bat. owinT 70 the Tougia
character % the country. It r. equivalent
to a 3ozen or fifteen miles. Crossing q
wild little stream that ernpfis2 Loag lake
into Deep lake, one path Ted along The
west shore for g mile. and then ever 8
mountain we vert and there iay Lazs
a4irdaTnaan spread before ~. Up 20 thts
point since crossing the divide the oaiS
frees We saw were short scrubby pines,
scarcely two feet high and twisted ITO
All kinds Of grotenIne shapes BY ths KIN
tsr's gales. Around the edges u Lake
T.irderulan are small trees q about
twelve lscies ia thickness and thirty feet
high The best timber has been culsed
out for bodybuilding purposes.
Tented colony at Lfnaerman.
From 20 70 100 white tsuts. as mary
campfrea and nearly - people eonsii-
tuses the little colony Of gold-sesters VITO
are csmpea here building boats. and are
awaiting ar opportunity 20 sail down the
river. II is remarkable 20 note the af-
ference ia ffze persoslne3 % the men. Only
the better and more substantial element
IS able 10 cop. with the hafdships and
reach this Tar, st would seem. and the
le1s psssas eTing, or what might more
properly be termed the lzzler classes. are
70 be found scattered along The trail be-
tween Uyea and Sheep Camp hefnoanisg
end bewaillng the hardshiDa they are
undergoing. They are having q picnic, IL
they only realize that much, as compared
with what they viii experience after
passing Sheep Camp.
There IL one saloon at Lake Linderrnan
ard Il is doing thriving business Ia a
tent. Without a license or other lawful
restrictions and with the poorest quality
Of liquors 50 diluted as % De unrscosniz-
able TO the fastldious taste Of experienced
epicurez. the proprietor r. coming money
by selling dfinks at - cents each. 4 bot
tie OF whisky Is worth ai5. As the Indians
arrive in from the coast with their paeks
and receive their stlpends. averaging
about 80. they are inveiglsd into the sd
Ioon and made drunk. A few drinks ard
a bottle OF vie connection called whisky
and they are broke. and after SOLDERING up
are ready 10 '.hit the trait and get an
other pack. Some OF the nights are made
Wild and bideous with midnight orgies by
these natives.
Much skill l. displayed BY amateurs in
building servioeable boats and scows.
Generally four or Eve people with Quilts
weighing two tons viii club in together
and build acable-euded scow or a large
fa;-boftom skin. The timber used IS OF
soft pins and Is easily worked. The boats
ARD about twenfy-four feet long. five and
oae-balf feet beam and three and one~half
feet depth Of hold and two sets Of oars.
They are atim and with a little experience
are easily handled IN rough water.
mast is easily put IN and small canvas
sail greatly assists In the loeomofgon.
Many people go from here 10 Lake Ben
nett on rats where the timber Is larger
and more plentiful. and have logs manu-
featured into timber BY saw min that IL
located there. Between Lsndefman and
Bennett there Is small portage and the
boat must be dropped down over the falls
by the use Of guy ropes.
This afternoon the mail carrier for the
Yukon arrived from Seattle with a few
letters for the local colony. He had
copies OF the san Francisco. New York
and Seattle papers. ard the news that
most affected the prospeetors was tho
Ottawa Dispatch OF July n regarding the
imposition of a royalty OF . per cent. ~
the Canadian government. | talked with
a score Of conservative and lsvei-headed
men. who declared that IL such was the
anse IL would have tendency TO cause
the development OF the mining interests
on the American side. The class OF peo-
pie who are now going TO the mines are
built OF stern character aud will act hon
ornbly and Justly with all parties bat viii
not tolerate imposition.
WILLIAM ]. JONES.