Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-12-03
aINPEDt 70 FORT Yukon
.,ooy MINERS LEAVE DAWSON
aoth Boat and Overland
pug. mediation and Scarcity of
u" w,,l Prevent Development
~.,s winter.

r..d Will Pre'e"
r,is winter
~. Nov. 29-Twenty-fve men ar
S'l ssre Yesterday on the City of Seat
n'ea ,r n from Dawson City. They were
' a';S audi into two parties, the last one of
s' ,sh left Dawson October 10.
aSA came out over the Dalton trail.
in' "a reported to have about $4,000.
r ;,.tts and gold dust. All tell stories
!, food shortage in Dawson that is al
w. w.. Lost person to leave Dawson was
. nation. When Dalton left the
A. n.rs Alice and Bella had reached
'~ loaded light. 1t is said that the
u '',s had nothing in her cargo but whis-
. md billiard balls. She brought no
PROVISIONS :. .o, no,;o. oh,..o
.hs Bella and gave all who wished free
..,oo IN Fort Yukon. The Bella is re-
,n,ed to have left with about 200 or
loo
According to the statements made by
..mhers of the Dalton party there is H.
nj. TO be trouble Of the most serious
LIND this winter in Dawson. Billy Leak
..ld one of the men in the party ahead,
-hm he met at Dyea, that all the peo-
n talked about was the food famine.
Non were gathered in groups and cursing
lin might and main the new corners
th,t were constantly coming into the
rloadike loaded with scarcely any pro-
,,;ons. The mounted police were offer
mo free transportation to the grub piles
br4her down the Yukon, but to countless
hundreds who had labored hard all
through the summer accumulating a grub
stake the prospect was uninviting, to say
,he least. These men figured that it
sould take them all their savings in gold
b nav their living expenses at Fort Yu-
lon during the winter, and that in the
bring they would not have enough gold
EFF to pay passage money back to Daw-
pou City, to say nothing Of purchasing
Enough food to subsist on until they could
ut started again. To these poor fellows
he offer Of the mounted police was no
better than the prospect at Dawson of be-
ing compelled to winter on half rations
until the supply beats could reach the
liggings in the spring.
Only One Salvation.
John W. Brauer. the United States
nail carrier, who left Dawson September
b, said:
There is only one salvation for the
miners who are now at Dawson, and that
for them to undertake the awful win
her trip from Dawson to Fort Yukon, a
listance of 400 miles. There is food at
Fort Yukon, there is none at Dawson,
bnd just as sure as the stars shine ter
rble suffering will be the fate OF the
Dawson miner unless he leaves there
before spring. Twill make my statements
conservative, and say that when l left
Dawson the men who were there had on
ln average four months food supply.
Ome did not have a months supplies:
lome had four or five. The last restaur-
Pnt closed the night l left. 1t had been
lelling nothing but becfsteak, for which
|he hungry paid $3.50.
When the people realized that no more
cats would be up the river, they knew
mat starvation threatened them, and
lhe great stampede began. The first to
ave went to Fort Yukon. ! guess there
sere about 100 in the party that left the
st day One boat came up from Fort
ukon with several newspaper men
BOARD, among them correspondents Wall
md Aeiillvray. They brought the news
Fhat the Hamilton had unloaded all her
arso and tried to get over the bar light,
na failed in her efforts. though she
rev but two feet of water This news
increased the excitement and made the
usn toward the food centers great
Stampede From Davyson.
TN September Ia Bert Nelson of Sc.
"'e and myself left Circle City and
Af'ed to pole up the river to Dawson
I''!' a distance Of 800 miles. At the time
started from Circle City the miners
~ ABOUT all taken their departure. 1t
~ US IL days and three hours to make
Journey, arriving at Dawson Septem-
20 Captain Hanson. with two In
.ns, who had left Fort Yukon, beat us
,~ lawson by about an hour and half.
-nson gathered the Dawson miners
s..uel and made short speech, in
ANa ne advised all who did not have
\. DIVISIONS to last them all winter to
e' get out Of the country to civiliza-
Vt Try to reach points in the Yukon
ay where it was known that food
S'u oe found. Tat night was the
H. ess one in the history of Dawson
Inc miners. as soon as they had
W the news, made hasty preparations
get out, and nightfall saw these gold
.els and men who can today sell out
%sny thousands leaving by the hun
ss r. .of down the river and up the river.
,.l 'tie steamer kinukuk, which was to
Ae the trip from Dawson to Pelly,
as Jack Dalton's trail starts. was
,m,s Nh INTO play. She was besieged by
ea.o passengers who offered as high
Wv mat they might be aboard while
an. naae her journey of $l75 miles to
~ The Kiukuk left Dawson on the