The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-29
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30 Says William 0xffvie, Of the Cana
dian Survey
NEW YORK, July IA dispatch from

DO says William 0xiI.fe, Of the Cana
dian survey
NEW YORK. July "A dispatch from
says:
Now that the Dominion government
has received authentic reports corrobora-
tsse Of The first accounts sent out Of the
marvellous richness ri the placer diggings
in the TnIen ard CionGyke regions. tbe
Organization OF the district is being com
piessG. Two years ago the department
OF ghc igteFior dispatched & force OF
twenty Northwest mounted police 10 Fort
Cadahy. on the Canadian side of the
Alaskan frontier. The officer in com
rassnd established Two posts. one st
Cu6shy and ons ct FoFty-Miie creek.
ara proceeded 70 administer laws and col
iect revenues for the customs department
Die collected about &iss.tsS1 the f3rSt year.
Encouraged by the prospects OF revenue
TIC government in 1855 appointed u. W.
Davis. former member OF parliament
fsr Alherts, 70 the position Of customs
osiseer for TIA district, and his returns.
feceutiy recsis@s, uweileG the total cogisc-
ti5ns TO about ss5 GO
This work az organization was first sug-
geatad to the government by the North
American transportation * Trading
Company. which was anxious that the
British territory Should be administered
10 guarantee the nafety OF It's In
fcrsata. IL was not undertaken by the
notsiuson authorities. however, until the
Surveying party then in the field had
with great difficulty located the fast
meridian of west longitude which forms
the boundary between Alaska and tina
Canadiaa Northwest territory from
Mount 81, Itias TO the shores OF the
Arctic. When This had been accomplish
ed and the sslectton Of the police posts
began grunihlinxs from the Seattle and
other Coast papers reached the ears of
tha government here II was boldly
charged that the Canadians were grao-
hing territory Ia Alaska. which did not
belong 10 tile3a.
William cgtvie chief OF the Canadian
International boundary survey has set
ali doubts at rest as regards the Cana
dian posts by reporting that tho ohser-
yatiens OF tie American and Canadian
rariies as to the boundary differed only
few feet, six feet 81 Forty Mile and the
aUws at Cndehy. Since then nothing
has been heard az the alleged grab.
0giivie stayed IN the country last win
tar, ard busted himself In SHAKING OF
ci4irns for naa@srs In tbs newly discovered
placer grount}s the latter being we'll IN
Canada. aud The rivera and creeks flowing
into tire Yukon from the east namely
fl0naf1sa, BOULDER, Eldorado. clondyks
and Stew art
OF the naosnted police who formed the
f'Fsg defachuesat not one re-eulisted uron
the expiration OK their terms this spring
i was noi expected taAt ,uen would con-
tinne 10 work Tor fha government AT 81
a day when WAGES al around them were
SO ard So five OF the returned police
men are ~ eert~d 70 have brought back
S4@.aa a. The result ef their work IN their
share ~ tne mines.
0EtlYte was s~aered 30 return to OF
taw2 lAEt fail. hit instead Re determined
10 fer.ain "a the country ard forward
- feil report 10 th8 government Of his So
81 -e.aR r-ff
Tracts
Starring from here. say February !. IL
wo1gd be fehTHary before Z reached OF
fawa, aad darirg the thirty-sevan or
forty days Sc This flma / would D., ex-
fased go suarh cold ena har,lShfg, and
sagnc hazard feoru storms. The tourney
has hteH made. and I would not hesi-
tata to undertake lg wera things mere
reasonable hers ans deg food plcrty. by,
4 woHH saaa us ~ Iebst s. 40 % eau.a
rs ~tu trsn~pogt aaa outfit which sam.
lhsuk ca8 spend nYore tea the interest
ot she coautry ~ rerra ainr here
Fhe Ctonsagka. a galsrronunr,stlou az
tav indian words Txoan-Autck which
IT. aHS plenty 81 fish from tire fAct THAT
81 IS "a fanseas saIfnen stream. IL marked
lE'9aaike ga o5sr mrs, II Joins The VI
ken fev nsles aaceo the site OF Fort
5,Fts1ee HCsR rsiies frcns hcre. TIE dt,-
e7veTy - god 30 fh3s stream. I believe
Na* da@ - taa resorts q Indians
white Foan named george Cormack. who
worked w'th usst, ln 1857 VAS FIRST 10 take
advantage - tbs rutaor ard located
ctairs u0 fAe first branch watch v-As
ranase c~ teo miners Bonanza craak
s'cewack reached his c'aysn IN Aueus..
h1f hA hiss 20 loEat aonsw logs sna set
provisions - enable hsra so D-girl wfe~k
go ht@ Sissm II" retained vlxn a few
srrHks F~o1 .a3tsas tag himsetf We ana
hsstter-fr -1zw ftndsans go fhA last II
ef - ~ s.s-~ 3 ga