Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-07-30
ON The kLONDYKE.
How Woman Jared in the Famous
Mining Camp

and picked up 10000 from the refuse
II her husbands mine,is at the Grand.
cling of the hardships which she en-
dured.
What advice would give to a
woman about going to Aiaska?" she
asked. why, 10 stay away, of course
unless she goes with her husband. It's
no place for Il single woman. On the
other hand, it's no place for a single
man. After man has worked hard
all day in the diggings he doesn't feel
much like cooking nice meal when he
goes 10 his cabin cold. tired and hun
CRY, and finds no tire in the stove and
all the food frozen. Men have stOm-
ach trouble and scurvey owing TO bad
cookery.
II took an outfit of clothes made
especially for the trip. 1t cost about
$3.50. Ii included three suits of every
thing right straight through.
IL had very heavy wooden under.
wear and k+itted wooden stockings.
My skirts were only little below the
knee. | had heavy fur coat OF mar
tin. fur cap, fur gloves and the heav-
lest shawl could get. My fur coat |
took from here. because furs cost less
here A fur robe is necessary. The
fur gloves can be had up there better
than here, however, and cost about 50.
Moccasns are worn through the winter
and muclues when it Is thawing and
wet. They are to be had there at from
81 TO 81 or s. pair. The moccasins
are made of fur seal, with the furry
side inside and the inside out. They
come 10 the knee. or half way or all
the way up the thigh. They are slip
ped on like boot. and from the instep
the thongs 90 cross round the leg and
tie at the top, where there is draw
string.
The muclues are mud moccasins.
The soles are made waterproof with
seal Oil If woman keeps her feet
warm her health is pretty safe. In
addition 10 wooden stockings and moe
casinS, | wore flannel insoles. | never
suffered from frost-bte, and | wore no
veil. took good medicine chest.
We left Juneau last March with
several friends. our supplies and dog
team. ! put on my Alaska costume
there. | kept my shawl mandy to roll
up in case of storms and was rolled in
a fur robe and bound TO the sled, so
when i, rolled over rolled with ii and
many tumbles IN The snow got. The
supplies tor Mr.. Boyce and myself in
cluded his clothes. my small furs, our
stove and all our food, cost about
$500 and weighed about 1000 pounds.
We had plenty of canned meats, hams,
bacon. dried fruits and vegetables and
all sorts OF canned things besides.
1T took Us three months from
juneau TO Forty Mile, 900 miles. |
think. We travelled 10 or ID miles
day. The dogs wouldn't stand more.
Up 10 the summit we carried our own
stores and on the other side hired In
dians. We had fresh meat on the way
moose and caribou.
"Our bedding was always packed in
an ollskin cover and kept dry. Cross
ing La Barge lake they put the tent
upon the PROVISION scow and slept al
the way across.
I'VE had TO wait two weeks for
,unshiny day to cross the summit. We
got TO Forty Mile in June and went to
Klondike in October. | stayed at Daw.
son City while the boys went on to
build a cabin. 1t took US two days to
walk the - miles TO the diggings.
There was about an inch of water on
the ice and slipped and slid in every
direction going over.
when | got there the house had no
door, windows or floor and had to
stand around outside until hole was
cut for me to get through. We had
two-room house, very comfortable for
Klondike. The boys had a carpet and
curtain sent over for me. We had all
the camp-made furniture we needed
The wood is so full of ritch-it's the
meanest, knottiest scrubbiest wood
ever saw-that the fire burns up and
goes ont if you turn your back on It
for minute. The water we used was
all snow and ice and had 10 be thawed.
If anyone wanted a drink chunk OF
ice had to be thawed and cooled again
sThp stores that were kent IN the