The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-13

or. years sarziy o. p-o~txsozs: shs-s vsth
sosff@sy. Industry and health. hiz saccssz
l. sl-ost asszs-F6- TIE possts.A-zss AID
PROBABILITIES are great far c7snpsseacy.
The Hair-Hai<fnx Points
J5tn E. Miller, CO Sea.tEs. who want IN
over cnIikest p4zs. wrsung from Da.so1
CIR J1re f7th says:
IT'S 51fv places On the rip worthy CT
being czFlsa snssr-rzlsing< are ire Summit.
Wtz9y Ar--. Lake LsazrEs. shs Czaysn.
White Hsrs@ Five Fingers ard Pink rap
IDS. CT a. t5Azs ne Waite H5-Es s. q
course. Tie rzess fo-Tl14aas. next re Fsvs
FTnxsrs. fse1 the Csnys1, etc. A. tes Can
yo1 ere took oat zho1z I.ss peuz1z carried
Il over re hFfiA thsn seat through vtEh
Ire boat rs bad place. 20 &c sure. bat
net Dangerous Il ore ezfy exercises COM
nron zenss. TIE White Horse vas fr-raxs-
abe. We tosk eut our goods. Ene6 Ehe
5osf dcwn az far as possible. then took
portage ard pgt & Il osiew the rapids.
sne 10 ss1xsT O. possible loss cos.s ce-
sz~. Hnat Is known a. Talrsy-Tiis river.
between Lake Leasrgs ard TIE caoath %
the Esctalir19& river. l. the v0Est water
On tire tip. not dangerous to htss bslt 10
goods 20 many beats are wrecked o. ire
rocks We we're fortunate enough &c e.
cape without hitting a rock or getting
fast On sand bar.
'B41 ct essg Il Is long. long trip. We
left Lake Bennett the 31st OF May 81 .
oclszk ;. n. We were GsI&ysa nearly two
days a. the Windy Arm and one DAY at
the canyon sn5 rapids. They are three
niles spsrs and = troubled water they
are. Il Is tas trip Ct afsSims ana
variation Of experiences from siding over
O. feet % STOW 10 breathing incense
amongst song hlras and aowers-say moth
fng o. The boiling hot sun Altar we left
the mouth % ths Hoosallneua we ran day
and night The nights are as light as the
days here. One wosld not know the sif-
ference, save the s1u IL not shining fer
about two hours We are both feeling
well: not quite frsc out b. the long run
Song Birds on the Yukon.
The Yukon IS grand. majestic river.
and displays some OF the granaess views
! have ever behelG. Il has Z terribly swift
current but The water is muddy, like the
Missouri All day long and all night. TOO.
one could hear song sirds singing their
pleasing little notes and apparently almost
hooking me trials OF mankind-it seemed
a rnocksry 10 me. Saw no game except
ducks and geese. II we had only brought
a shotgun we could have had game almost
the entire way. We bought moose and
caTibco meat from the Indians, trading
them some raisiTs just think The distance
We have come Ia that little boatl on yes;
I said the Five Fingers was piece Of
water to De dreaded. Well Il II worse
than the canyon, and the bad feature is
nat Z Is s place where il Is impossible 20
take out any gooSs. There were some
boats thsre When@ws came along. They
had Inspected Il and told Us the rocks 20
avoid. We followed the course and the 1t
lie boat came through Ike a swan. The
river below the Hooalinqua for perhaps
20 miles Is q wei-deaned channel with
out Islands or sandhars then all sorts az
distractions. save rocks; then more Islands.
bars and cross currents until Sixty mile;
han Ess..rer
mainder Of the way. Some met with loss
IS. most OF them ia Thirty-m!le river. A
Mr.. Peters with several tons Of merchan-
dise, such az clocks, knives silverware.
dress goods. groceries biankets-in fact a
general merchandising outnt-was wrecked
IN the canyon He managed TO get his
boat through but all his goods were wet
and greatly damaged. While lying above
The White Horse helped 10 secure an out
~ which came floating down. A couple Of
fellows were wrecked and lost most of
their possessions and wearing apparel,
boat. etc. But with all this loss. each In
stance can be traced 10 awkwar5ne.ss or
neglect As ] said before we had no
trouble In the least. There was no need
whatever OF our carrying our goods
around the canyon, puJ we took no
chances; We did 1t as precautionary
measure.
The little boat Is now tied up here at
her journeys end. II seems & shame 10
destroy her since she has been such a
faithful little craft"
EN-Goy. syxineford's Advice
Ex-Governor OF Alaska swineford writ
ing 20 his cousin last July said.
II your friends are going. they should
be prepared 20 buy a claim already staked.
or they should go with 4 view OF prospect
ing new ground elsewhere than the Klon-
dixie. The hionGike Is only a starter and
those discoveries VIII be repeated on many
other streams. or ] am mistaken in my
views Of that country and natural condl-
ions which prevail
Great fortunes VIII be made. many dis
appointments. and suffering and death viii
be- the fage or a larger number What do
you know about placer mining or where
% look FOR undiscovered gold? And what
30 your friends know You should weigh
all these considerations carefully bsfore
making up your mind 10 go
In my opinion. your friends would he
much wiser 70 put the money It viii cost
hem TO reach the nlines into the develop
suent OF one Of the many rlcn gold-bearinr
quartz Lodges 60 be found Immediately on
he coast and concerning which reliable
information Is more easily 10 be obtained"
The Dalton Trail.
Great possibilities are expected from ne
Dalton Tor ChilksD trail Many parties
went in thar way last year and though IL
ia longer tnAn SkaEW0F or Chllkgof trails |
no bad reports have besn heard from ID.
one n The best-equ.pped parties that
lefi Seattle Tor the Eloudlke this wear was
aat headed by WINS Tnorn which started
september I'll The party consisted of VIII
lis Thorp. his son. Ed Thorp. his TWO ueD1. /
ews. ". G. Thorp and $ =. ThoFp. George |
Stewart. a Stewart. II. Fletcher. g.
+" Roberts. and 7. HerdinEer IN
addition so tals party were two news |
paper CORE pon3snts = A. Throc},-
moTton II tHs Cincinnati Enquirer. ana /
t. z. Radcla on ihe s. Iouis Reoublf- |
and Richard AEassiE VI Morgan and 4 !
stevenson ~ this city. who have obtained |
permission to travel wiki Thorn's nar,v
AZ taey believe th!s Is taa best chance they |
have OF aching pawson Cry THIS wear |
rhorp is taking up 81 head Of cattle ara |
there arr - horses i8 the party 20 max |
the thrce ana ane-half tons of provisions |
wt.eh .aey are taking along Thorr-s |
plans Ners 20 START from .he moutn o. - [
CaaSst river, so up IRE river and then |
on ar me t.lkst valley Uu.ll they strike /
ne Dalton fr0A. whleh they fa5lox urtn 4
he Yukon is reached al Fore SalkIrk. II 1
re wo2thEr IS favorable they Will ford ne 1
river sni drive down the east bank Of pa /
Yukon. crossing Stewart river ana stra ~ /
Hansuga creek, u the weather Is uaftv.,~- |
ah'e they MI slRaE tsT the cattle a. Fort /
s Kirk and aasi down tbe river 70 va0.- /
son CTS. taorp confidently expressed "a /
cflulan thar taey would te az Dsv-sf, b. |
tween October S,h and Oc.obsr I8th.