The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-30

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estrvz rersesary eetug pse~sff q Hsoass
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carpz 81 r~aegsrs-
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rsssrsrw has ceEae AZ tbss bnns. sahny q
-. nag esnseyw whom I net sn1 ta8s~8
-s-s.s. shss surrrrsr where GsE7ssss0s faesfl =
xsex are discouraged before fa~y naa seI.
fk@-s fwo Yaensfs. II = 3 e0unkFB f@sl p
*~-dafsts,s 70 birth sumner asiG winter. u.s.
$3.50 are xreaf an5 ne only Wy p
- ..rexs,. ~ ffse river, - an DreS fesss.
as ~exa~sJs reftsf exptsfitlcns 20 raw
-. esssz wgnfer there are ssveTa& r91tsH
49,, san fss taken. hHs 81 mv opinion ne
rses.o- srat1 q fhe rnosf feasible - thesn
- Dogs ear - used. hzit 7 zs3ld a9Hase
ssssnx horses ~ they car aaa' fargef ioatos
- : less expense AID ~ fsrtneF = al
asnAs A. weather thar days sifcS as can
=. -,s~m.se ~ sAe coast. Ar ice steam
49,, could BE- nssd Only n the Akes.
,ghars tic See "a smooth Thas would bring
shern a<ysne - r.lles into the country. Dur
4 eygfs BE necessary ~ pack over ne til.i~
tssss uaex 10 gel 20 fsake LsfnGfrnlaf- ifss
81 On ire Yukon Is VERY rough sonefi'siss
raaw fifty feet high. ard - e. train
ssya- fnga Yoagh fee would seen 70 ne
AarEly practicable.
s~rhe principal fhsng. however. r. 70 @s'
A. a. nan who have nerve. who are 1eli
trained ard who hsve Sc thelr head man
fzgngilzr sfsh via; Arctic travelling means.
eaA xha Il e. ~ inntlrtflV essTe9 win
such had sra wiEl sls1aeient number
q saeh rnen ho1zes and siesis. car see
NJ rear9n why there Should not Be plenty
a. xoosla gotten Into Dawson fbls wiiltes.
.ss a eoantry for the gainsb~nrssd.
Continuing on this train 81 thought. ar.
Gage spoke % the tHf6sfipz - Mining In
Asaxka There r gold in Alasks n pien-
fvs he satH .haf "a cant be gotten out
n two weeks nor 81 two months. neither
eaa e - gotten out easily, aaa the nan
VINO sayH its easy wor. getting e8la o1t
of Aiaxka ought not 70 b. believed To
be successful requires determination.
rerYe fostitude and q strong Constitution
A naa who shtnks be isn't able 20 chop
wood Tor q iiglna ahouid 81 he necessary
for hsEa 20 90 70 with tho many aps and
downs Of Alaska. had batfsr stay ~ hefne,
One gaaf came 70 ma AZ Port YUKON. when
our boats wsre being unloaasd. A. we we're
Eaabie to 50 ang further sna he asked
sae what he waa going % Do. a. re rad tx
peefsd 70 get 10 Dawson. where friend
of hss had good claim. I asked BIN u
h had any money and he said he had
tze-fsot esaska. ne thought. 20 keep him
through the Nfnfef | told him that cur
company would be very glad 70 pay him
= a cord for All the wood he would cut
this winter he very Indignantly told me
that he hadn't come % Alaska 20 cut
wood. ard didn'f propose 10 begin now.
When this man gefa az the end Of a long
handled shovel shovelinE ialiinRs out OF
slalce box. he probably Won't last much
more than tao hours To get gold In
Alaska requires lots Of hard work. pa
tlsnee and fsftitude; and unless q man
have these ne Wit never succeed In the
country"
In support Of what her husband says.
zfgz Gage speaks briefly but peinsediy Of
the shortage In supplies. There are women
and little children ~ Alaska" she says.
and the husbands and fathers wiii never
permit them 70 starEe. even II they have
20 fight - get food for them. fon can't
argue with a wolf or with hungry mob"
satsie Chance eft Escape.
Father narnum does not see how suffer
Ing can be prevented Why cannot the
miners Ia DaW son ard vicinity move 70
Circle city, ard secure supplies By dog
sied from Fort YukonF' I asked him
1t II easier % suggest than 10 do things
ia this country" he replied, zone who
has never been In the interior o. Alaska
has no conception OF tbs dissiou les In the
way ~ travel during winter. The plan Is
not practicable"
Ii is thought la So. Michael that. with
the prospect Of starvation. s large number
% minsrs IN the Klonalke win start down
the river and IKE a swarm 81 ioeusts. de-
voar ersthlng IN their path Mr. Ingei-
stad sasa ud-tiEnefs viii nos hesitate, and
he cites the experience - ssveBty-ive men
who left Forty 8lle IL lsao after the wreck
OF tbs Arctic. and lnaliy arrived Ia 81
Michael
Experienced Yaksners are not surprised
ut the shortage ~ provisions. They say
there never has been a year xheu pro-
visions were plentiful, and The oid-tiner
rs trained himself 20 expect a scarcity.
iaf this YFar 50 many gold hunters have
f'afNs6 into tho country that the maehiu.
tET - tho transportation cufnpan1as.
lasked hx the low water IN the river has
sa lnaaeQuaio. Faminc has powerful
SIS in TIE ahoFtslEhts durss 81 the monde
Flpt multitude that has sNarmed into
Alaska searching Tor gold IN the rraas
TCats or ~ the surface % the frozen
ground, AMONG she threuws pushing for
ward throgEh the mouih 81 the river has
iseh many poor FELLOW whose provisions
eoasistea az next 70 nothing and Who's
naltnt comprised only ordinary clothing
with perhaps a mackgnaN coat rubber
boeta ard . blanket 10 keep of the cold
al 3 country where - degrees below zaro
II regarded an open weather Scores ~ the
newcomers ara helpless because they do
not know how 70 take care ~ Themselves
and among the residents az ST. Michael
There r. more than one prophet ~ evil
nsgs and Horses VIII We Enssa.
There Is sure 90 he extreme privstf,n
AMONG tae miners this year" Jaws Mr
ingelstad. "and there Nili De- .,avatian
hesause mer sre feinlesr nee sfar,sf fs,
pNfe and simple. from the sMaos aisre 20
irsufHcieHt food. tlt death because % an
usual and sttaiteara Jia. Jack nf atten-
tiaa. worry, disappointment aud caase-
qaent sicaasss. Evrn are ratvcs ca
Alaska lie s~cn the slnc causes ana
there sAoeld be no sunrise that an nm.
trained Chee-ehaeo ahoHh uaw and "a :,
peilah. predict thss IN the spring rot a
haree eT Dr. rili - leff Ia the Yaken
'ssa keFythNg wiu - eaten
arrivals - nlaers freua Dawson ana
etsser efF-stver reiats NAV he expected az
-. NieNsel as late an March ard ArrIl
Nsfeu WORD vas received hers 90 Cant.
Hiait Hansen. sctsoU in bBrrying back
50 The river frca Fort Huhon 20 tel th,.
people q Daesoa thst the Margaret could
net make the ascent. lie vas universe Us.
cHtunacnded. and e was though. me min
efs would bold = meeting - outline "A
pan - action. deciding either - 'satvvr
np the supplies available or &c start
down the river gt "a believed thar those
VIE ara naturally tiusld VIII IS cBcs Gsavo
~ row t7aS eT Tatt. IS hong az there IA
oaFn water, whHe those who sra staatf
Or reckless. ~ wac thlnk they can 'r.nrA"
safeGEa Wit stay g. the hast Pres re
conditions test tho rrovevhial frec- hand
es3ness sid generosity - she miners f7r
fseir comrades face a uccessity shat rec
eshises - law save tsat 20 seig-1 ecserya-
fian
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