The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-08-25

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stopped just above the White Horse
RAPIDS at noon After dinner we
took good look at Miller canon
Mr.. Virgia ana IA man from another
! boat took the boats through the
great rapids, by helping each other,
while WIZ and stood on the shore
and watched them. We got our
boat through by five o'clock and
! then after getting our supper, we
| started on at nine o'clock down the
river which is very rapid here and
! for the thirty mics to Lake i.ebarge.
! We went on until II o'c,Ock and then
tied UP for the night. Cunnihnm and
! slept on the boat and the Others on
shore in the tent. The next morn
! ing we started on and went fifteen
niles In two hours. 1t then began
! to ran, the iirst that We had seen
since we started. We covered the
| boat with the tent and kept every
thing dry. The next morning, the
18th, we got good start and by
noon we were a6 Lake Lebarga. The
water was shallow and we hal quite
IL time in getting out in deep water.
~ this time the wind had all died
| down and we fooled along I'LL the
afternoon, and finally went into
camp on the left bank, having made
but two miles that day. On Sunday
the 18th,
We LOOKED FOR GOLD
and at the interesting sights. We
had a good days rest, and at Z p. m.
started on. At that time | could
count about fifty boats OF all kinds,
nearly all with sails and they made
"A fine sight. We passed on, sailing
and landing by spells al night, and
at half past six the next morning we
stopped for breakfast On the Goth
we were nG8r the foot OF Lake Lee
barge, and by noon we were at Thir
| tv Mile river. This is the very worst
river we have seen yet, and we saw
| many wrecked boats. BY six clock
| we were at the mouth OF the HOoti-
linqua river, having come down at
| the rate OF six miles per hour. Here
we had to stop and report to the
police. They were soon satisfied
that we were alright, and we passed
on our Journey, thirty one miles to
the next station called Big Salmon.
There we stopped for the night, hav-
inc made sixty miles that day.
| Tuesday the DIST finds us on the
great and noted Yukon. The run to
Bic Salmon we made by noon, and
by night we had reached and passed
Little Salmon, making a run that
day of sixty seven miles. On the
9th we reached the famous
FIVE FINGER RAPIDS
located three miles below Little Sal
mon. The five fingers are nothing
but huge ledge OF rocks running
across the river, with five passages
! through. All the boats pass through
the right hand passage. 1t is rough
after passing through but not dan
gerous. Passing on rapidly we go
through Link Rapids and stopped
for the night twelve miles below.
On the 23rd we were off by 6 A, NJ.
and by three o'clock wewere at Fort
| Selkirk, on the left bank OF the Yu-
| kOn. The Pellv river emDties in on
the'opposite side of the river here.
ARRIVES At DAWSON CITY.
arrived here June 25th. / have
been up to see the great gold mines,
but | would have to 90 about seven
ty miles to get anything. There are
ten thousand people in Dawson, all
in the same fix that | am. We all
came here two years too late. Boats
come in all the time but they 90 out
as fast rs they come. Most OF them
90 back home. | am going to Forty