The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-28
HORRORS q TRAILS
Cannot Be TOLD.
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pirate iEaSslsTs. III s6.alt0 on 10 muse p"1
iisiled Ia the Pos:-fnfel.sgeEcsr yesterday.
we're the following selected by Grey ~
sypes; . =.
tha slough q Gssl0TsG- go,
a little farther or ne came &c a n'sis
bIaze9 tree. and on II was saG ktory. a
mound o, esartn al tie fSoi q iFls tree pe<s
RsJ9y contained tins writer The sfofT fs@H'
'sffere l. another fool who left home 10
xesE fortune o4sr tnis Goai-sorsaKEa tTal4.
after borrowing al th@ money ne co.Al
squeeze out of MS friends ara poor fe4a-
tons. God help you; poor 'si49a jig iii,s.
I asked Grey to give me the particulars
OF the suicides On me trail. HI. san ne
knew or them. bat could TANK % ;is hans
" only of.e. This was James tIaraine5 q
dry goods clerk 81 Chicago. The poor ie.-
low had actually sgruo4ated tnt d4EcHi-
ties OF the trail. Dsis a. tie cost OF ms out
~ and health. and VAS IL s'sht o. D.Sf'ss.@
when he blew hts brains out. This oC-
CURED August - lie left letter aa-
dressed To sis old mother IN chicago, u,
which he bemoanef the fact that ns nad
sraortgaged nta property 10 start out On tne
exposition and had ANONYMOUSLY '4lte4.
lie also left an1s8er letter s1sStFaetlng that
- be buried on the spot on when NJ saot
himself HIS story Has peculiarly sa0, as
he was 8 Enan fun OF grit and although a
tenderfoot had taken al the n.artishsps like
a veteran.
Another young nan, whose name was
never known. although II was ascertainet
that he was a Canadian went cut back Of
his camp aod deliberately hanged hisnseil
Ills EfS8aElAt@J Bpt4F 6As isSA Ss1t1f'tes
for two days when IL wAs seen ny TWO
miners Idly swaying Ia the breeze.
Ii IL known that three OF Charlie Ross
party have persisted either BY suicide or
starvation. Ross himself reached Gienoca
and sent back relief to ms distressed com
rades thorough search was made. nut
rot even their bodies vera discovered. IL
is understood that they were california
men, bat like many others IN that strict
they were only known by their first names.
Grey says Toronto. Ont. party was In
Asx< a f.sE sfaft eZ
he passed them. Their names are William
Drufy Shoemaker, Toronto. George Daw~
son, Peterborough. ont. James waters.
dry goods clerk. Wfthy. ont. and Will
lam Thornton. Peterborough. Ont, AS
they have not been heard OF the supposl-
ton Is that their bones are mouldering In
one of the Dogs on the trail.
II Is estimated that early in the present
year fully 2a,Dca people started out from
Edmonton. Northwest erritories. for the
kiondike OF this number three only are
known To have reached Dawson. One OF
these three. William sundstgom. reach
ed this city by steamer HoFza from Skag-
way. Sundstrom SAYS that when he reaches
New York, his home. he intends TO expose
Che Of the most hideuis frauds every perpe-
trated on the public. meaning. OF course.
the booming of the Edmonton route 10 the
klondsko BY Canadians who were interest
ed In having IL opened up. lie travelled
2..-0 miles through country ia which
white man had never been. and endured
hardshps which have completely broken
down his health. Suntstrom left Edmonton
January IL last and arrived in Dawson
August "a. Had his party followed out
the course mapped out for them he thinks
they never would have reached the klon-
dixie. To the Post-Igtei,igencer correspond
ent Sunds.rom told the story OF one OF the
most remarkable tramps on record.
Il think" hs said that we were the
only party that ever reached the kiondike
by the Edmonton route. l believe that
fully coco people started out over this
much doomed route. and II 700 ever reach
Dawson will be very much surprised. Yes.
the number is large, but l am speaking
simply Of what / know.
Where are they now? God knows.
]; IL nearly 900 miles 10 the klondike
from Edmonton. the way We went, and
there Is lots OF chance for three times
201S people to die without exciting much
remark. We met them at all stages OF
the route 81 disguised, hopeless crowd.
when we first started out-seven Of US
we managed to get along fairly well over
the snow with our dogs, although IL was
bitterly cold. We made hundreds OF miles
before spring, and then our troubles com
menced. Men who had started out be-
fore US In December We overlook. they
had horses. and being unable 10 obtain
fodder their animals died. Some of these
men | have actually seen sit down on their
packs on the trail and cry like children.
Some threatened suicide but it was too
early In the game for that then.
We overlook one Fresno, Cal. party
which started out from Edmonton with
IL horses. Before they reached Fort st.
John they had lost ninetv-two They had
no fodder for their animals. and what with
the intense cold-it was frequently 30 be-
low zero ami hunger. the poor animals
could not live
Well, Va struggled along. sometimes
over trackess prairie and sometimes
through forest Through the latter the
tratl was not even cut out ana 4 pack ami
mai attempting To- set through would be
caught between two trees and held fast.
Along in May we made miles az portages
between the rivers and lakes and on these
p"rtagcs W. struck miles Of slippery mud
holes and miles Of messy bog holes In sue
cs'aSion. When Il was not mudhoies It was
parade over fallen timber, with occasion
ally short stretch OF dry trait. And stiil
we were told that W. had nothing to do
but make kind ~ n tourist trip over roll
ing plains and through a chain of rivers
and lakes ami noat Down - Dawson
our tr"uhle~ dia not end when We
struck the waterways. At lesser Slave
lake we decided ga map out course for
ourselves ana after crossing she AXE with
in1iaa guides We directed our way towards
the Peace river Reaching the river. We
travelled up K distance of about - miles
ana Then left II 20 follow Halfway river
fer = distance ~ eighty miles We met
possibly =" men al this point who intend
ed striking due north They have never
h"en seen s,nce and some - them were
very short 81 provisions they may never
We changtSi our footsteps .,i. VA
AID struck into the Rockies I Will never
Forget the horrors of nay exper4,rles tr1.ag
She mountains For ~ dsys W. " tn5efe1
around completely ioet ana almost with
Out hope Hat ~ nat possessed sooA
up ha5'- just "5jen things looked th,
worst " struck hand Il wandering IN
Gtns. ana they ie0N up Through the noun
tiars 10 Lard river From there &c esra-
c'eded up ~ &nc.s river and lake un;t "
r~erhoi TIE ttl.N banks At The fuu.-ftn
II ihe felS and NJ NJ Lam rivers our PARTY
'rtct and three psorrr3t-iE - Dawson I
was Ia "a latter paris Ne have never