The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-09

9f~amahlo Mexico arrived In port yes
ietday morning. having returned safesy
from her voyage 70 Dyea- The ~ p&sss1-
gers she conveyed TO the north were safe
b landed at the head Of deep water naEi-
CATION.
They were safe but dissatisfied. and be-
fore the Mexico could leave her landing
place her officers xere subjected 10 some
abusive language IL was natural that
among such large number % men there
should ise q tiise0rGant element. and this
element took occasion TO enter a vigorous
protest when It Was found that the Mex
leo dia not go clear through 70 Dyea, be-
Ing compelled To stop three miles this side
Al this point the channel becomes too
shallow 20 admit OF the passage Of a deep
water craft. and passengers and freight
are discharged. The officers Of the Mexico
said yesterday that the dissatisfied pOr-
ton Of the crowd had been drinking too
much juneau whisky. As an evidence OF
the good feeling existing among a major
IT, % tfgs passengers. Capt Thomas and
the officers and crew Of the vessel were
presented with the following testimonial.
we the undersigned passengers on the
steamship Mexico on her trip from Puget
sound to Alaska, take pleasure In express
Ing our thanks 20 the officers Of the ship
for their kind and courteous treatment
while en- route. Everything was done for
tho comfort and welfare Of ali on board. .
-
that clear understanding was had with
all passengers before leaving here that
the Mexico would take them only 20 the
end Of deep water navigation Notwtth-
standing that he said. some OF them
insisted that had promised 20 send them
clear through to the town Of Dyea. We
are certainly not going 10 carry freight
and passengers three miles in the ships
email boats For the next voyage every
ticket shall be stamped with the informa-
lion of Just how far the boat will GO. then
there can be no pretense Of nisundeT-
standing"
The scene of decentralization at Dyea
was one 10 be remembered The i02 pas
sengers constituted small army. Tents
were pitched at the landing and within
an hour after the arrival OF the steam
ship a canvas village had sprung into ex-
istence. There seemed 10 be hundreds OF
dogs In this village. and each wished TO
see everything that was going on. The
Mexico lay there for day and a half and
then sailed away. leaving the band of for
tnne-hunters TO continue on their way
The day waned and darkness came. and
the prospectors slept the sleep OF ex-
haustion. while the hundreds OF dogs
bayed az the moon. With the break Of
day the camp was astir. and preparations
went rapidly forward for the journey TO
the Yukon.
The prevailing idea seems 10 be that
great haste Is necessary. and the parties
that are scattered along the cold route
20 the great Yukon valley are each strain
ing every nerve 10 De FIRST on the field. IL
Il a race FOR golden guerdon. a vision
AIRY golden guerdon that rests In q fairy 5
carriage. always flying beyond reach.
These men that hasten forward are oc-
caaionally hailed by small parties com
tng out and the response 20 the eager
queries OF the gold seekers is as chill as
the air.
what Is doing in the great Yukon. the
IA Dorado or the North Turn, turn. you
are going the wrong way"
I'm the great Yukon men have gone
mad for gold" comes the answer
They search for the yellow metal. but
all they find is not so precious as food A
wall OF gold cannot keep famine out
Flour h 81 a pound"
The dogs that point their noses north
ward are lat and sleek.
rhe number OF passengers on the re-
turn voyage OF the Mexico was indeed
few compared with the list of those VINO
went Up Following Is a list OF the pass
ongers FOR Seattle: w. a Muuroc. Mr.
and Mrs. G. BOUNDS George knight. II.
T. Vackwile Mrs o Tyler. Mrs J. =.
Calhoun II Bell. O Brow. Mrs. Craw-
ford. W Nick srmiss g. Lamb. J. r. Ri-
mel J Mcf.ane ". n lille. ~ Keeling
J.. NJ Davis. Il. z. rerkman and six sec
oud class.
TIE Mexico VIII sail again shis after
noon az o'clock. She TsitI haze almost
as long a passenger iist as before.
The wreck OF the Willapa deprived three
WashlnEtonians OF their outfits. bat they
wora aided by fglenda and went 20 the
Yukon with a gdd supply os provisions.
tents, blankets ana cooking utensils G
y Cornforth. Of Chclsn. J, ?. Howner and
y r Shaw, OF seattle. had shipped their
oUtdts by the wllapa, going themselves
by tho Topeka. News or the wreck found
contributed hy friends soon put the trio
I'm good circumstance J. \ Clinton az
Seattle also lost hts OUTFIT on the willapa.
hut was able to replace II without assist
RBcc.