Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-10-14
ON THE SAILOR BOY.
A Crowd who Were Glad to Get Away
From st. MichaeIs.

From st. Michaels.
Port Townsend, Wash, Oct. IL
The schooner Sailor Boy, Captain Pet
erson, arrived at o'clock this after
noon direct form st. Michaels, having
left there September 10. The Sailor
Boy brought nine passengers from st.
Michaels, who came to spend the win
ter rather than endure the hardhsips
incident to semi-camp life at st.
Michaels until the river opens in the
spring. The returning passengers had
gone north on the steamers Eliza An
derson and Merwin. Their names are:
J. Q. Barnum, of Murray, Idaho; DR..
Proof, of Michigan; DR.. Frost, of New
York; kaufman, of Chicago; Andcr-
son, of Chicago;; Kappapal, of Sioux
City, Ia; Robinson, of San Francisco,
and w. II. Churchill, of New York
city. All the returning passengers
agree that st. Michaels will never be
popular as place of residence.
Captain Peterson says the Yukon
river was still open to navigation when
he left, but water was so low that boats
of over Is inches draught could not
cross many bars which showed at irreg-
ular intervals in the rivers course, and
as result all efforts to 60 up the river
this fall will be fruitless. Captain
Peterson does not think either Captain
Frank Worths or Mayor Woods boats
will be able to go to Dawson City be-
fore next June, Notwithstanding the fact
Al h,t 1, 70 n IN
attempt when the Sailor Boy left.
The Sailor Boy did not sight or hear
ANYTHING of the schooner Bryant, which
broke loose from the tug Holyoke off
Kadiak island in severe storm, Sep
TENDER 20.
There had been no news direct from
Dawson City received at St.. Michaels
for four weeks previous to leaving, and
no news can possibly be brought by
river before next summer, as ice was
already forming in the salt water at
the mouth OF the river, and the fresh
water must certainly have been frozen
to considerable thickness at that time.
Sin a month form now" said he, Il
do not believe there will be 100 persons
at St. Michaels, as nearly everybody is
preparing to come back. A great many
will come down on the Portland. But
a majority left ere this on the schooner
Novelty, which was disoharging cargo
ut st. Mchaels when we left. The
captain OF the Novelty will bring down
all those having sufficient money to pay
their board on the trip, no fare being
charged This is done simply as an act
of charity and in the interests of hui
manity Many persons have not money
sufficient to even pay for their board on
the schooner, and unless they can sell
their outfit for cash, will be forced to
remain at st. Michaels during the
winter.
Mayor Wood, Of Seattle. manager Of
the Humboldt expedition, and d. X.
Howard, who had charge of the Eliza
Anderson party. are practically prison
ers in the hands of their irate passen-
gers. Only the presence of the United
States troops under Lieutenant Colonel
Randall is expected to avert serious
trouble.
The feeling against both Wood and
Howard is said to be bitter in the eX
trcme, and the miners have appointed
committees to guard both, and see 10 it
that they do not get out of their reach.
Thomas X. Clark, of Seattle, who was
a passenger on the Sailor Boy, said:
There is no chance for the Wood
party to get any considerable distance
up the river, although they had every.
thing ready to make the start Septem.
Der 10, the day we left. The men ere
disgust"d and dsheartened. They are
quite likely to do something desperate
before spring. Without exception, they
seem to blame Wood for all their mis-
fortunes. and it would not be surprisir &
if he were made the victim of their
wrath. would not be surprised to
hear of the death of Howard at the
hands of the miners. The feeling
against him is growing more bitter
every day. The passengers of the Eliza
Anderson paid their fares and freight to
Dawson, but the Anderson was aban-
doncd at Dutch harbor, and the passen-
gers were landed at st. Michaels by the
schooner Baranoff, with no prospect of
getting futher this winter. Then How
ard announced that the expedition was
a failure, and that he would not feed
them till they reached Dawson, as his
contract demanded. His declaration
caused great dissatisfaction, and he will
be fortunate if he gets out Of there
alive"