The San Francisco call., 1897-08-20
GREAT EXODUS FROM SEATTLE
STILL GOES ON.
Determined Men Crossing the Trails IN Quest
of Gold Cause Packers to Keep Con-
tracts by Display Of
Arms.

River, who he says took out ninety-six
pounds of gold in three days work.
James Slorah, VINO left Seattle on the
steamer Mexico July 25, has written THE
CALL correspondent, the letter coming
down on the Queen. 1t is dated August
s, Sheep Camp, to which place Mr. Slora b
had just returned from Lake Linderman,
where he >prained his leg. He says: II ar
rived at Sheep Camp after two days hard
travel over rocks, hills and mountain
streams. You can scarcely imagine how
bad the trail is. Il could not be much
worse. If people now in Seattle reallz ID
its condition they would never start at
this season of the year.
II am sorry l did not wait until after
winter. 1 carried CO. pound pack from
Dyea. to Sheep Camp, eighteen miles.
This place is situated between two noun
talns at least 2O0O feet high, with noun
tain torrent running both sides of il. 1t
is almost impossible to get packing done
! there SO many people are on the road.
At Sheep Camp there is at least fifty tie nts
and over 200 people at Lake Linderman
waiting to get boats built. The price of
packing has gone up to 80 cents per
pound from Dyea to the lake, so if any
others intend to come you mi ht tell the m
what toexpect. Boats al the lake are sell
ing for 500 up. The trail from Dyea TO
the lake is lined with people and proyi-
sions. 1t is very hot here to-day, a fact
that may be surprising to those who
imagine that there is only cold weather up
here"
Ad Baker, who gave up his position as
Deputy Sheriff of King County, has
written some of his friends from Skaguay
under date OF August 7. Among other
things he says: I'VE arrived at Skaguay
Friday morning. In all my life | never
saw anything like it. They unloaded our
goods against a stone pile opposite the
camp, where 1t was impossible to pack
the goods along the hill to solid ground.
Small boats were there in plenty, bu.
| their owners demanded $50 ton to carry
the goods about 500 feet. We finally got
scow and loaded it at high tide anu got
| our goods across. Then we had to wad t
! in after them. We paid 81 so ton for our
goods on the scow. They put our horses
on scows and then dropped them over
! board, for which kindly act we were
mulcted in the sum OF 81 per horse We
got all our stuff together by II NJ Some
of the boys have not got all OF their goods
ye:, and many of them lost some of their
! paraphernaIia. great many are dis
! gusted and are selling out. Some are
going to stay here and some have hit
! the back trail.
'One mile from the camp is a river
| about 500 feet wide, and it is very danger
! Gus to cross. There are some very bad
places and people take chances in fording
it. We rowed all our stuff up the river
yesterday. Kalberg got on one horse and
led another which carried pack. He
started across, and when about halfway
over the horse he was riding stepped on a
bowlder and went down about thirty feet.
l ran into the river ard came TO little
| island and intended to run over TO assist
him. A man grabbed me and said that l
would be goner If 1 went in, that horse
could hardly live there; but Kalberg
foundered around the horse and cut the