The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-24

Three miners from Dawson were aboard
the steamer City OF Seattle. which arrived
here last night at 1880 o'clock from DyeA
and Skaguay. Alaska, completing a record
breaking voyage from this port OF ten
days. They are ID. Z. Quinlan. formerly i
conductor on the Madison street car line
in this city; J. n. Denny. of Roslyn. and
W. S. Gardner. of Wisconsin. They LETT
Dawson November l. With them at that
time was Bert .Swanberg, OF San Francis
co. who laid over at Skeguay. Within ten
days party of fifteen. which was to leave
later. may be expected to reach this city.
Quinlan left his position on the Madison
street line last July and reached Dawson
in September He was one or the crowd
which rushed to the klondike and sue
eeesled IN securing a claim In the famous
district. He has another claim on Quartz
creek. At Juneau he was offered sl0,ooo FOR
either OF his claims, though they have not
yet been developed sufficiently to show
their worth. Quinlan had with him about
sl.oeo in gold dust. He intends to return.
leaving here January %.
SeattIeise Reported Lost.
The Klondikers report the loss of the
life of - Freeman. who formerly was on
the James street line in Seattle. Freeman
was taking In supplies for the mounted
police. Major Walsh was with him. ON
October 10. near Little Salmon. $40 miles
above Dawson, Freeman's boat ran under
the ice and he was never seen again. The
boat came out eighteen miles below.
Hundreds VIII Follow.
The four men started with sleds and 800
started November ], and leaving out nine
days during which they rested on the way.
it took them thirty-nine days to make the
trip to Skaguay. All of the men wen, in
last spring. They say that hundreds Will
follow them out. and that there Will be no
actual starvation All are going In again
just as soon as they can procure supplies.
and they predict that all the others who
come out will do the same.
The three men started with sieds and 500
pounds OF provisions. On the way they
were able to buy lao pounds Of beef and
other meat. making GAO pounds in all. At
the mouth OF the Peiy river they were
stopped by the open water. but waited a
few days and the river froze over. Though
the weather was very severe. they did not
suffer at all At McCormick's the sleds
and tents were discarded and the rest OF
the journey made on foot. Owing to the
darkness the party was only able TO travel
between $50 a.. IN. and $3.50 p. m
Hard Journey.
The men kept warm by keeping fire
nights. one man staying up to keep the
fire going while the others slept. The time
was divided into two and one-half hour
watches. and a blanket was hung up 10
break the wind. They only had one blanket
each Thirty-two miles was the best days
travel they made. The estimated distance
they travelled was 900 miles. the extra go
miles being made In following sloughs and
making detours through the woods around
open places In the ice. They killed lynx
and several wolverines They saw no men
going in the other side OF White Horse
rapids. Neither the White Horse nor the
ISM and the other lakes many men are liv-
ing in tents. At Lake Leharge they met
two Indians and one white man going in
with dispatches for Major Walsh. OF The
mounted police.
They brought out a handsome Mali
moose dog with them. which pulled one
Of the sIeds. Dogs are worth from $50
to $500 each in the interior. Beef and NUT
ton is plentiful and candles have como
down In price TO SIS per box OF 10.
The men are very much pleased at the
way ths mounted police treated them and
assisted them 10 get out In every way
possible.
Twenty Degrees Below Zero.
AT Dawson the mercury Was % degrees
below zero when they left. Rich strikes
had been made on Henderson creek before
they left. and Hanker. Bear and Sulphur
creeks were looking up better every day.
All the four men secured claims aa4 In
tend 10 work them
The men denied the report that any boat
had reached Dawson with provisions any
where near the time that Dalton lett Tor
the coast ouInlan declared that with two
warehouses fut OF frozen meats oeeN ana
mutton he did not believe there was any
danger OF any ore going hungry. Hun
dreds. he said, had gone down the Yukon
To Fort Yukon and the pressure Of poPu-
lation in the Kiondike was being greatly
relieved Asked directly IL he had CONS
down for supplies. Quinlan said no" but
gave 10 reason save business" for TAX
ing his long return Journey 20 civilization.
Another Dawson Party.
There arrived In SkazuaY on Tuesday
evening. December r. direct from Daw-
son John Lindsay. whose home - AZ
Olympia. Wash. Lindsay arrived at Daw-