The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-26

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utes before noon on JHIy 8 last Prince
La1ss. q savoy. joined hands with rs
daring companions aaa szIGte5 Ire Tta}-
ian Sag as il a2ttsred a the gentle breeze
fro-7 tne very crown ef Mount s.. Elias.
lAls feet a5oye tEs Ievsl = Iss sea RE
prince and his party bad sacGeeaed where
50 many before them haG failed. ard the
scaling Of the giant nlsant2sn ot The
Alaska border had been accomplished K
took oaly ten days 10 reach the eoast
again. although the greater part az two
months aad bsSn consumed IN the tea-
sosze ascent, and then Prince I-uist's
retInAs reached here. 4sGzEaally salts
ne1 Win their midsummer expedition ard
It's results. and counting uPon reaching
NeE York n time 20 catch the steamship
Ll1esraAa, sailing for Liverpool on the
evening OF September L
The Facts Determined
The expedition has determined two facts
q prime importance 10 the scientific world.
Il has axed once and for al the altitude ef
Mount 81 E4las AT Is 80 feet this Insight
aelag Indicated by a Eaercur1aI barometer
carried 10 the topuosS crag. The Esures
ate SUBJECT oaly 10 such slight correction
as may change the total thirty or forty
Ieet either way The expedition has also
answered definitely and in the negative the
question 50 long asked BY scientists as 10
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volcano. There IS IL The vicinity q the
wnite-hcaeisd monarch Of the range net
the slightest Indication 0f volcanic action
anywhere. The mountain Ike the rest Of is
neighbers would appear 70 have been
raised In the ocean. tangible evidence of
It's grading n the deep being found IL
many fossil shells. sandstone ard beGs OF
pebbles a new glacier. too. was dtscoT-
cred from the eFRlnence OF Mount St. Elias.
between the Augusta mountains and Great
Logan. IL takes It's course. apparently. 10
the sea, ana was named by the prince Co
iombo. This was the only geographical
christening during the trip. The party
had opportunity unlimited 10 perpetaate
thus sueh names as they might choose 10
homer. but modestiy Tefrained.
Il was al Fort Manly. on the northern
side Of Yakgtat bay. that the world heard
the last news oE lne expedition. ard from
this poinr-re2casd on June -r-ihe story
OF the climb iato the clouds Is thus taken
Up BY one OF the officers OF the party,
Which consisted of Prince Luigi. Mr.
cosnl. his aide-de-camp, vlftoFi Sella. the
eminent Italian photographer. Or. Phil
lppi. Ssgnor Corngella, Ar. E. s. n
graham. OF Seattle; five Swiss guides and
ten packers
Climbing Great Noraine.
We also proceeded u2 the sfalaspina
glacier 20 the foot Of Seward glacier. this
part OF the journey being simply three
. mile tramp up a glacial stream 70 the foot
CT great nloralns. The next three
miles took Us 70 the top q the nloraIne
whscb IS nothing more nor less than a
mass OF rock on the top q The ice deposit
ed there centuries ago.
From that point 10 The foot cf the New
ton glacier. a distance OF twenty miles.
the ice was covered wsth snow. and on ae-
count 0f the prevailing fogEy weather we
were unable 20 see the mountains and
running hy the compass was the custom
ary method Of advancing IN the mist
CelebrataR. the Foarta.
The Russell expedition landed az the
head OF yskutat hay quite a distance
from the point az which we made oar de-
barkation. our route vas absolutely an
known--a neS pathway IN the noun
tsirs. Advancing up these glaciers and
Fnoralues took Us thirty nine days or un-
I'll July Z on which the prince declared
for the entire party a general holiday.
We had tha lifted no more than SEQ
feet irl covering tramp Of = miles, but 20
difHcalt and rough had been the tourney
fhat we al were quite ready for the
twenty-four horus' Test The Americans
in The parts raised The stars and stripes
over our uTgie camp II TIE great hills.
and Prince Luigf and MS psTTy gathered
with Is ard cheersG again and again n
honor of The first Tag.
PROM this point our progress was up
the left bank Of the Newton glacier fer
distance u twelve miles 70 Psnrzcle
pass Here We found the hrst evidence
a. M- RusselI's expedition IN 1851 in TIE
si ape - q tent botfona and a slngis rasey
fork Froul rhsc paint we followed the
general course Ug~sra taken bv the Rus
So uarty. ard drI-Eeated on Eis excellent
n&p 0f that ftsle kr7wn rscicu. From
F1nr2cle pass We rrossed the Seward
glacier whieh. up n thss ttHae. y bad
been Impossible ~ traVerTe on account u
SIS deeply cr-saseeH condition After
crossing Newton glacier tae arst poas
* special interest reached Eas Daua
pass wtieh forms e low divide between
fhs Seward and the --@at Arasszz Eia-
r.sr-
They Meet frysnt's Party.
seTsree miles heycr5 D7ua pass VS.
crossed -1e Agasssz glactev. ead psrctoa
cf rsr rzrty .ne~e fe3 iu rtt1 " Bryant.
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