The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-10

A small party from TIRE Yukon arrived n
the cGfy yesterday on the sts2msasp City
q Topeka TAey had hurried through 50
fast ma even their costumes had rot been
changes. People on the streets seemed 20
fnd their nakA-aps queer. for tneT turned
and looked or stood stock sttl and stared.
There was an arrangement % white c4oIa
on TIRE feet Of the returned prosfectors,
above which rose legs wrapped 20 -he Knee
iH thick stockings. then knee trousers,
sweater and cap. L looked Ike a good
costume for Alaska travelizgs but seemed
ike a storm signal IN the streets OF Sc
Rttle-
The party which reached here was CON-
posed OF r. c. Richardson, A e Carr. A.
McComoer and d. ellis. The trip out
from the Yukon was remarkable in that
" was undert AIKEN about forty days in sd
vance OF the season when such journeys
have heretofore been considered possible.
The thermometer lowered around ~ de-
grees below zero al times, yet al members
OF the party came out in good condition.
Carr declaring tha: he gained several
pounds.
A McComber. when asked at the North
ern hotel yesterday for description %
the trip, produced a written statement.
saying he had put things down in order 70
get them straight. He tells OF the new
discovery "a the Klondike river. a branch
Nile. It Is regarded a. the greatest find
yet made Ia Alaska His statement is
In substance as follows:
The Trip Ont.
Eve left Circle city November -. carry
ing the United States mail. Our party
consisted q FIVE persons. j. J. Mckay. OF
Tacoma; Curly Munroe, formerly OF Seat
tie; Duncan ellis. r. A. Carr and myself
We Travelled IN the customary Arctic way.
our outfit consisting o. twelve Eskimo
dogs and tao Yukon sle5s, carrying about
go pounds II provisions, dog feed. etc.
The thermometer ranged al about 80 de-
gress below zero and high winds prevailed.
But we managed TO make good tine 10
Forty-Mile City, averaging twenty -four
miles a day.
at KIondike ws made stop OF twenty
days. the marvelously rich new diggings
being the cause Of our delay. Here J. j.
Mckay and Curly Munroe decided to stay.
After Quitting afresh we. on December
q. resumed cur tourney. 2 c. Richardson.
Of Seattle. Joining our party. Remark
ably fast time was made to Pelly. consid-
eriHg our heavy load. We had the adj
vantage OF a fair trail a. a party headed
by r y. Nash was ahead OF US. After
resting couple OF days az Pelly We
struck out on the last day Of the year
for the last 800 miles. This il the worst
part Of the Journey. for the country IS
usually unlnhs hited. the Indians always
moving back into the mountains in winter.
On our second day out We met Hugh Day
and Howe. earring the United States win
ter mail In. They were forty days out
from Juneau. Their provisions were ex-
hausted and their dogs could scarcely
crawl We gave them eight biscuits and
oue-half pound Of dried meat
AT the mouth Of the Hootal,ng, 90
miles from the coast, we overlook the
Nash party. composed Of A. y. Nash. ".
NJ. C0wley. OF Seattle and two Indians
Following them were II Hyde OF juneau.
and a man named Bigelow When we
overlook them they were IN a bad way.
They had been on short rations for two
weeks. and only had three days provi-
sions left Their dogs having entirely
played out. they had dlsca rded their sleas.
tent, stores. etc. and had started 10 pack
out. each man carrying about twenty-five
pounds EiEhty-five miles further on We
fortunately feH in with "A band OF Indians
and purchased part OF a carcass OF moose
and p the White Horse rapids We met Joe
Goldsmith and Capt. GiSer going IN Thai
wss great luck, as * insured a hard bot
tom for as, and did away with the ne
cess3ty OF breaking trail twenty-four hours
ahead - the team. the snow being so dry
in the interior tha; II viii not pack. and a
snowshoe trail VIII not hold up either dogs
or sled
On January q Ne crossed the summit at
dusk, just IN time to avoid a storm.
Arrival re Juneau.
After resting a couple OF days at Dvea.
the prospects Of q steamer not hefrs very
good We hired an Indian canoe. ard after
three DAYS and nights OF hard padding in
the worst weather ina giaable We landed
at Juneau February T. a happy bat tough
looking crowd
There are about I 100 people. including
natives. winteriug IN the Birch creek DIS
trirt. and about go IN Forty-ATue ard
Klondike. Times are fairly good or the
Yukon generally. although Circle City is
greatly overdone
Mob Law.
The most pressing needs Of the country
on the American side Is civil lew Of some
sort. Mob law now prevails. and the rank
est inJusticeS are perpetrated. 4 minerS'
meeting in Circle is farce. 50 disvepu-
table So disgusting that respectable cft5-
zers have long ago ceased 20 attend. J-su-
ally the man who can dish out the most
free whisky wins his case THE better e!e-
acnt wants civil Jaw. and wants IL bad.
on the Canadian si3e they have Il govern
m"nt agent. backed by the mounted uoE-e
and everything runs along smoothly and
satisfactorily.
scarcity Of Provisions.
"As usual every winter. provisions are
very 50 -. The coast Indians Y,s yr7e sa-