The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-26
giving description OF the lively camp AZ
Skaguay. Among other things. be says:


giving description OF the lively camp at
Skaguay. Among other things. ne says
This is a great burg about 1900 people.
been 50 degrees yesterday. Our paTtg
bought two carts, paying SO apiece 1oI
them. and we viii have no trouble IL IS
a hard scramble. l can tell you. but our
party are all in the best Of spirits. and an
rustlers. We have doubled up with Mr..
mo king eight men in all. and eight horses;
making a good-sized pack train. Hear al
kinds of stories about the trail 1t must
be in bad shape, sim they are getting over
IL. Hardly any one is taking their boats.
but we have decided TO take ours. Meals
cost % cents-bacon and eggs coffee. and
sold yesterday for ST. 900 cash. We can
haul about 500 pounds on one OF our carts.
All Night in the Mountains.
Frank Egan writes to his friend. Ed Cos
grove. OF this city, an interesting letter,
extracts from which are here given:
4 went oyer to Lake Bennett since
worst mountain trail ! ever travelled.
built a boat there, and we took In about
300 pounds of tools and grub ! packed
fore e ing l contracted TO have our OUTFIT
packed in twelve days. but the trail be-
came So BAD that i was impossieie tS 90
nesday without grub or blankets TO come
TO the coast. The summit has an elevation
most always fog or clouds hanging on. its
top. 1t IS 2.0oe feet above the timber line.
nothing but bare, barren granite rocks
side Welt I got caught on the summit
above the clouds. They were so dense l
could not see two feet ahead. so had to
pick out shelving rock and crawl under
it and lay down and shiver until daylight.
when | started on my way, wet, cold and
hungry | got here at $50 p. m. thirty
three hours without eating.
Il am afraid that we won't get our stuff
packed in before March. They are killing
Fe pa ahq sf Is ra a. 70 x cents rp ana har
are not one-sixteenth enough horses here
TO do the work. | would not advise any
cheaper than in Seattle. as many are going
back. am going to stay and get in in the
spring. II not this fall
Tacoma Man With Money.
A III. Roberts who went up on the VIII
lamette. writes that he had a prosperous
and pleasant voyage. The steamer was
greeted by fleet of twenty boats at skag-
uay, and the thousand passengers cheer
ed the visitors Justify. Boats are imprac-
ticable to take over either pass. and lumber
IL s75 per thousand at the lakes. Mr..
Roberts says that Tacoma man named
Berry had come out OF the Klondike with
several others each bringing $50 600 in
gold. One nugget was worth SIC II cost
81 10 land a horse az the wharf Despite
that the Skaguay tran was being packed
over every day, and that II was reported
on good authority that no duty was being
charged on miners outfts-onIy on goods
sent in for sale. There are about fifty
women in the camp.
Indians Killed by Rad whisky.
At sitka the men on the steamer learned
OF a horrible case Of poisoning ard when
the steamer left there were indications
that Judge Lynch would try the cuiprtt
who did the poisoning. Mickey Niece
a saloorkeeeper at Sitka sold several
bottles OF liquor to the Indians. ard thex,
became violently sick. Just how many Of
them were dead wher the steamer less
the passengers did not know One said
that five were dead. and another that
two had died and that the others were
dying The Indians were greatly excited
as weis as the white population but Me
Gee was out n 81 800 bail He claims
that he did not know the whisky was
poisoned He admits selling them the
stuff The fatal whisky was a mixture
OF whisky, coal oil. lemon Juice and al.
cohol. II is claimed that II was mixed
70 be sold WHISKY. but some claim thar
MCGEE had II in FOR two Indians for In
forming on him the day before. and gave,
them the deadly dose TO get them out or
the way.
n.sf From the Yukon.
The Thorp party came aboard the
steamer at Skasuay and wanted 10 he
taken 20 Juneau for supplies As the
steamer I'D not then intend 70 touch ~
Juneau the party did rot come orc
miner who was reported 20 have come
ont az the Yukon with s. 90 IN dust. ala
come down IS far as Juneau TIE
Willamette brought down about 2 81 let
ters and mailed them here. The package
was as large as a haf-bushei measure
Capt z. y. Holmes. who took the WI
lanette north. took sick on the way, and
al Sitka he became 50 bad that Captain
Edwards and Thompson. Sitka piiots
came aboard and brought the steamer 70
Seattle Before the CAPTAIN reached prrs
Re became 20 bad that upon his srylval
pr. Esgleson vas called ana the doctor
advised his immediate removal 10 TIE
hospital
II was learned from ore OF the officers
OF the steamer that Sylvester ScoyfIle
the New York World correspondent. has
20 pay 1850 fer having his oa-poune
OUTFIT taken over the PASS and down tire
river. Scoyills started the day the VIII
lsn1etiis left. and be expected 70 make
tae lakes r. five days and the Kionclke
In fifteen more.
No particulars could be learned OF tn&
reported suicide On TIRE Chuk0ot pass
TIE tragedy occurred on the 18TH. A mar
went insane from anxiety ard hard work
ard pEt a ballet through bis head
Mel Ericsson. oEs OF the stewards rnst
. man az Dyez who ted him us two help.
less n1@n re had come across high up or
the Clslkoat pass. Ore % ts1 men had
broken hts ankle and the other was lala
up with rheumatism Both men were en-