The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-20

saw the one legged man one of the boys
said:
"'Weil. wonder how he got over
"At Crater lake we saw man with
a small boat. The wind was blowing |
very hard. and we asked him if he
would take us across. He said No We |
insisted that he should take us. No,
he said, mot for 500. am tired.
$50 we crawled into a tent and had |
some coffee. From Crater lake to Long |
lake is three miles The trail goes over
"a succession of small hills. When you
get to the top of one, you see the top OF
the next one. If you are carrying
pack, it is very tiresome, but part OF
the way there is stretch of sandy soil
We were ferried across Long lake. The
ferryman charged a cent pound for
freight, and some fellows made 500 a
day in the rush. The Indians never take
the ferry They just keep on walking.
Between Long lake and Deep lake there
is little portage, perhaps quarter OF
a mile At Deep lake we met fellow
coming in with boat. We asked him
| if he would take us across. He said No,
|
leave it on the other side, We took it.
When we got to the end OF Deep lake,
we were only - miles from Linde-
man, but the trail was so bad we con-
| cluded to camp where we were.
1.-THE next morning we went down TO
Lindeman and met some people that
| we knew We met q man who was car
rying a pack that he said weighed 62
pounds. He told me that he himself
weighed l27 pounds. He was a stenog-
rapher and typewriter. He weighed
1I5 pounds when he started, he said,
but had picked up IL pounds carrying
that pack around. He kept up with us
easily.
"M Lindeman everything was busy,
although it was late in the season. IL
was the last week i'll September when
we were there All the men were work
ing on their boats ! believe there were
about so boats in the course Of construc-
ton. Some were very well made, but
some were decidedly lopsided The
average boat was about % feet long
and 4 or feet beam and would carry d
tremendous load. Some fellows who
build boats at Lindeman offered tc
build me one for from $275 to $3.50. Pas
3 sage to Dawson City was offered to me
, for 500 Oakum and pitch were very
scarce. At one time oakum brought al
high as $40 pound. People were very
anxious to get of, and there was N
: oakum to calk the boats.
= "They say from Dyea to Lindeman
= 90 miles and fraction, but my impress
y sion is that it is a good deal farther.
think the 23 miles is the distance up Z
q the summit. l believe it is 30 mile
:. from Dyea to Lindeman. know ha
- been told that from Dyea to Shee
Camp was Is miles, and when &C
!" there was under the impression tha
- Lindeman was only eight miles away
J, but it took us from 2 o'clock IN II
- morning until dark to get to the foot
- Deep lake, which is still two and ha
~ miles from Lindeman. do not consid'
it at all hard trip to make II you ha'
q nothing to pack. OF course it is not cal
~ walking, and you have to make yo'
distances
I, .'It was at Pleasant Camp that v
70 had our most curious experience WI
40 Indian packers. The bridge had be-
=. washed away, and we couldn't g
y across Some Indians had waded aero
with their packs and we asked the
No TO carry us for the usual price OF IL
go riage, so cents We had low shoes al
oh couldn't wade. But they wanted
y, apiece. so we went along up the riv
~ and found log and got across.
'.o Most of the trail is very desola
20 The first sight of timber that we
!" was lust before we got to Lake Line
~ man, and that was only miserable lit
op scrub evergreens. Over the summit
:" miners have to pack stuff to build tn
Is fires TO cook over. Around Linden
'ol and from Deep lake on the timber
Iio fine little way back from the sho
ne On the whole. the trail was IN mt
AS better condition and was much less I'll
ho cult than | had believed it to be.
'n saw a good many men who had reacf
oo middle life and who had done nothl
Ii but office work and who were tota
D" unfit for the hard labor they were
;, forming and for the great change
no their manner of living, but man
'ho customed to hard labor would not I
l,y il at all difficult. A great many ov
'he work themselves at the start trying
III do too much and do not look after IL
i'n personal comfort sufficiently in pref
ny. ing their food and selecting place
'ais their shelter. New York Sun.
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