The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-19

~tsoyerieS and succeeding excitement haes
gotten through. although rev are Ssia
TO havs attempted TO so overland from
from Fort Yukon. the highest point
reached by the later steamers. The larger
part OF the supplies taken UP the river
has been left at Fort Yukon the re-
port being that Ernest Russell, or Seattle
was in charge OF them for the transport
,ation company. The Hamilton. which
carried up the passengers leaving Seattle
on the Portland. left half OF them at
Munook creek. some thirty miles above
tina Tanana river. The remaining half
wen: 10 Fort Yukon, and were forced
TO return because of low water Ii Is
reported that all the Seattle people leaV-
ing on the Portland and Cleveland nave
located at Munook and taken up claims
on that or neighboring creeks Chapman
creek near Munook. has recently turned
out fairly rich. and news CT quite .
stampede 10 that district was brought
down hy the last steamer. The Heaiy.
which was passed two days ago. bound
down, had on board y. Degginger. of
Friend a Degginger. of Seattle. He had
been at Munook over two weeks ana re-
ported It 10 be the center for all those
coming up the river this year. All the
Seattle people were sad 10 be doing
we'll. Gov McGraw and his son Tom
are reported TO have taken up seven
claims. with good prospects. The others
have also made locations AMI are pre-
pairing 20 settle down for the winter.
There are now 600 people in the place.
which number will probably be doubled
before navigation closes. The Alaska
Commercial Company has opened a store
with good stock OF supplies. and there
is no likelihood of any suffering thsre
through a scarcity of provisions Deg
ginger was on his way 10 81 Michael
for stock OF goods. There Is no~late
news from Dawson. no parties seeming
To have gotten through either way. Miss
Healy daughter OF the Yukon steamboat
man. and who was in Seattle some months
during the spring and summer, was
Obliged to turn back from Fort yukon
and return TO the Sound without seeing
her father. who is in charge of the n
A. T. Co.'S affairs at Dawson. A few
newspaper men are said TO have started
to reach that place with dog teams.
among them being Sam Wall, formerly
of the Post-Inteligencer but news is
likely TO be scarce. as the lower river
reports are TO the effect that everybody
is leaving Dawson who Is able to do it.
The Seattle people on the Humboldt
expedition are all n good health Mayor
Wood has, OF course. been overworked
and his clerk, G. H. Peck. has not en-
joyed many hours OF leisure or vacation
G. NJ Anderson has been busy surveying
for the trading companies at st. Michael.
and in laying out claims for w. u. and
George Wood. on the mainland near ST.
Michael. where the Seattle and Yukon
company will, conduct it's operations In
the future. Mr. Anderson also surveyed
Claims at Anvik on the lower Yukon
where G. ID. Pckant. formerly with the
Merchants National bank. has begun
trading, with his brother. Anderson will
get off a; the mouth OF the Tanana. TO
continue work for the " A. T. Co. 7.
W. Martin the well known Puget Sound
steamboat steward, Is in good health in
spite OF the fact that II Is over n month
since he furnished his party with fresh
meat.
Just where Mayor Wood will winter
his steamer has not been determined
upon. With the exception of Wood Peek
and Anderson, all the other Seattle peo-
pie are said 10 have determined to stop
al Munook They include Louis c. Ander-
son. Thomas Smart. T. NJ. Marshall, r.
G.. WOODBURY. and s. w. Edwards
Quite a number of the other passengers
talk OF passing the winter on the
Tanana
ON THE YUKON. Mouth of the Frozen
River Oct. 3.-What seems 10 have been
the first piece of real Ill luck met Mayor
Woods expedition on September So Fair
progress had been made up the river, the
boat running day and night, and although
with navigation. the new station on the
north side OF the Yukon opposite the
mouth OF the Tanana was reached Sep
TENDER 30. Here the first ice was noticed
running In the river, that coming from the
Tanana being threateningly thick and for
midable. Five miles above the Tauana
the steamer May West which left 81
Michaeis September iG. was met coming
down. She had been ten miles farther up.
and her captain and pilots reported the
ice was such as made the ascent of che
river impossible. Thereupon, both boats
turned back and ran down the river some
fifteen miles 10 the mouth of the Tozekak-
at, where they now lie frozen UP.
The flow OF ice has increased from 9ay
to day, and 1t Is generally believed abat
these are the winter quarters of the Sc
a'tle No. l. May West ard Hattie Bell.
which latter boat managed to pull up to
this place on the same day the other
steamers turned back. Ice along the edge
OF the river has already fastened the
three crafts In eight. and unless there Is a
thaw. here they Will remain for eight or
nine months. They are not so far I'D the
small river as the owners might wish. but
as the tributary streams break up first
IL Is hoped that the ice-Iocked steamers
may b" able 10 elude the great ice rush OF
the Yukon In the spring.
The Humboldt party has not yet de-
where the ma iority of the passengers hat.
expected 10 land. is some ~ miI.s away.
but Il Is impossible To reach il with pro-
visions either by land or water. As the
ice Is running now, the Yukon cannot be
crossed so that IL Is doubtful II Munook
can De reached even by person gong
light. The reports are to the effect that
the ice rgns for two and even three
weeks, so II would appear that this expe-
Gition ia anchored here for some time 1T
least. Certainly. until the river freezes
and there il n fall Of snow 10 will be i'm
possible TO use dogs or sIedges for trans
porting persons or provisions
Preparations are being made for unload
ing the cargo of the Seattle No l. and
many Of the passengers are building log
cabins on shore where they may ,empo-
rariiy store their outfits and psa-
sibly reside when the boat. with no steam
in her boilers. has become uninhab-
liable Up 10 the present time the wealth
81 has been fair and not extremely cold
In the staterooms IL has recently register
ed about freezing. Outside during the dav