The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-05
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his rled, and they fixed a place for me on top Of
the, load. did not want to ride on his SLED;
he would be more careful II he had mc for a pas.
senEer.. Harry had two sleds-one behind the
9thsrI,he&yily loaded and papa had to wF itch
proceeded about four miles when over went the
sled, but l jumped of in time, and was not
more of hay wero added to his load, and we
stared of with myself perched on top OF the Load;
Presently Pr over l. went; robert b t h was aaLnIlr ans
paying little attention to his sled. uttered a
scream and tumbled over turning =
l had u terrible headache the rest OF the day.
w have just eaten supper. ! promised tho
many man some II keep nhe me tr ,Sh s"P PpT a "p long I'D Time. . / |
made some syrup Of sugar. | dont make them
thought 1t nice. l made It. from beef extract
and put in some evaporated vegetables and a
little bread. | never saw men 30 hungry us
they are at meal time.
LAKE BENNETT, May 9.-At last We are over
that terrible summit. 1t was not half so bad
a sort Of granite or basa!tic hosback. It took
nue. about an hour to climb to The top, had
Two sticks or stats TO assist me in climbing:
Tho day was 80 beautiful and the scenery so
sublimely grand that | really, enjoyed the ad;
venture much. The weather has been good MI
single storm yet. We will build our boat here
and camp here for some time. ] am SO glad to
little While. This thing in OF packing up and NOV:
ing every. few days is something terrible, l
vas sick for nearly two weeks, but MANAGED to
do the cooking for the men. Most or the time
had cramps and dysentery very badly. In
fact, nearly every one on the trail has been af-
days, and Robert was sick in bed one day.
I'VE sold our two horses for $iOo. Including
the sleds and what feed there was left. We
could not use them any longer. Papa earned
considerable money on the journey with lbcn,
besides freighting in our own goods-irom $50
hire some hand hauling done, after the snow
got soft, as we could use the horses no longer.
So a day. don't wonder that they charge
big prices here. Papa wanted to buy a case OF
tomatoes from a man, but he asked sl5 for it:
We made u great mistake in that we did not
bring some canned goods with US;
1T is real warm: The snow is nearly all
spns d n sSmo PtAs seem. ~ SO & nice oa to pet on on t e9FS
frma again. This has been a hard trip; but
not SO bad as ! had expected The dry we came me
Myl l was tired, and I was very lame for sew
eral days. 1t is the first time have walked so
far. They have always insisted on my riding;
but we had sold the horses the day before and I
had to walk. did not want papa TO sell the
man had worked one span of horses to death.
| told him he could not have our poor horses to
kill by overwork. He lust laughed. While he
was at the tent he heard me say | wished that
we had some tomatoes, and. notwithstanding
the fact:that l had talked 80 mean to hin. he
Il am baking bread to-day. Yesterday We
h hnd e s3eM. pie ar TiGs puf E1s4y e ,1@s iib si'G ms5
come TO the tent they complain of being so hum
cry. There are many gamblers and wniSkey
ever saw. 4 man is going 10 Dyea to-day and
l must send my letter back; II is now 6
recently established al the head Of the lake
has just blown. Papa, Harry, and Robert are
out in the woods whipsaw wins timber for our
boat A part OF their timber will be sawed 1T
sand feet for lumber. worth about So in Sc
We are all very we'll and hearty now.
Don't worry abou, Us. The trip is not half 80
hard as had thought II would be am SO
that you would scarcely know me. l just wish
you could see our tent on a little hill on bare
1t is very cosey. | don't allow the men to spit
on the floor OF, carpet, If you please. of green
boughs, and II Is clean and tidy.
p. S.-The lake Is beginning to break up.
They think it will not be very long before We
can get started in our boat. Papa is rushing
again until we reach the klondike. II Is n
beautiful day. and as warm as a May day in
Seattle. 1t is light all the time. We went to
bed at half past 10 last night, and it seemed like
going TO bed in the afternoon"
Dawson CITY, June ls.-We have arrived
at our destination. and you cant imagine how
thankful ! atm. oh. how those turbulent waters
terrified and appalled, me. | rode through all
those awful torrents that the men did. and we
went through all the rapids excepting White
Horse; Every b"dy made u portage there. Papa
said these rapids were much worse than last
year, and he deemed it unsafe to attempt 10 20
through. The day we crossed Lake Btnnctt-
this lake Is twcnty:stX miles long the wind
blew very hard, and the lake was exceedingly
rough. How the great waves rolled and tossed
our boat about like a feather, though ii con:
tanned six tons OF freight besides ourselvesl
You can imagine how terrified was. From
Lake bennett We entered Three Mile River.
We had d. no sooner entered rn It. thai n,c, our VA boat got 20
into tho cold. Icy water. waist deep, to get the
boat Off. We got stuck on sand bars several
times after that One timo we were delayed
for three hours.
lake Le6aree was terribly rough. and we
fifteen long miles. I cried nearly ali the way.
Finally WI reached the canon-that terrible.
awful, appalling canoI; This Is fan a roar roar
sides. and forming n cone In the centre.
Nearly every one lands above II, and looks 1t
half way through when a big swell struck the
boat, causing the right oarsman to, fall just as
suit was tho Lont struck the rocks, turned
around, and went back ward. In Crying 10
turn the boat papa's oar broke like "A pipe stem,
and they had TO Jerk one OF the oars out and
give II to him. When the boat swung around
] surely thought my time had come. ! did not
scream nor utter an audible sound; They say
! olasped my hands together and did bravely
and palsieI with fright. / hope may never
thoughts travelled fast. There were dozens Of
swamped, as tho walls are, perpendicular. OF
sOllu rock, anu lnt space DtlNtCn tnch uO'
much wider than our boat. We were just three
minutes going through. The distance Is three
quarters of u mile. 1t seemed an age to me
Ono corner OF the boat struck against the wal
OF rock and wHs smashed IN. The boat WA
soon repaired and we proceeded on our journey
"The next bad place was Five niger Rapids
We went through 10 the right, through II pas
sage among the rocks, not much wider than oul
boat. This Is another roaring, seethIng torren
of water. i was again terribly frightened.
Just below Five Fingers is the Rink Rapids
Here we had to keep to the right shore, a wal
81 nnl hat "a .ln.N NJ kNa fIllI In "a avoid m
great boulders over which tho water madl!
plunges, In Il white. sccthing foam. Tho mel
had to bend to the oars, and they had all the!
could do to keep our craft oil the rocks. on
how the water roarcd, DO 80" wonder tina
/ was frigh enedi Thank heaven, II is al
over. ! would not take the trip again for al
the gold In Alaska.
Our prospects are bright. New strikes ar
being made every few days. some OF III
diggings are exceedingly rich. Eldorado AM
Bonanza creeks are the richie 4. but The claim
are all taken. They have taken, out A. mucl
as 800 to the pan on those creeks, The boy
saw "a nugget taken out on Eidorado treel
as large as u mans hst-pure gold. Every
body here has pleni y OF money.
II am going to start II little bakery II ca
got a place. Lots are selling for $1,000 eacl
out In The swamp and for $4,000 apiece on III
"a 80, Can't aHnri hint. Our boat is