The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-03-28
KLoNDIKERs HEARD FROM.
All the Members of the Party are in
 Excellent Health and Spirits.

All the Members of the Party are in
 Excellent Health and Spirits.
 There was much joy in the King household in West Stamford, Wednes- day afternoon, says the Advocate, when the letter-carrier stopped at the door and delivered a letter from Alas ka. The letter was from Harry E. F. King, one of the members of the Con necticut and Alaska Mining and Trad ing association, which left Stamford January "A, bound for the Klondike. It is the first direct news received from the little party since 1t set sail from Seattle on board the Moonlight, and will be as great relief to the oth- CT families in Stamford and Norwalk, who have relatives in the party or gold seekers, as 1t was to the King family. The letter, it is regretted, con- tains little news of general interest. It is very brief, having evidently been written in hurry in order to catch the mail steamer. It reports that the party have reached Port Valdez, on the Copper river, March ii, all in good health and spirits. MT. King promises longer and more interesting letter in' the near future, but here is what he says in his present missive:
 Port Valdez, Copper River,
 March il, 12 D. m.
 We arrived here all safe and sound this afternoon. It is one of the widest, grandest places in the world, surround ed on all sides by tremendous noun tains, covered with trees and about ten feet of snow on the level. It is showing hard while write this letter. Every one is feeling fine. We are going to win out, sure, and the steam sled will work sure. There is q long letter coming, but I guess this will reach there first, as the other letter missed the steamer and went on schooner, but this one will go on the mail steamer She is anchored along side of us now and will leave in the morning. So good luck to you.
 HARRY E. F. KING.
 Relatives of several of the other Klondikers also received letters by Wednesdays mail, but all are brief and of private nature, containing little general news. The fact that members of the party had sent letters earlier and at greater length, perhaps, by sailing vessel explains this prob ably The opportunity to conlmuni- cate with their loved ones at an earlier date came suddenly and unexpectedly with the arrival of the mail steamer, which would reach Seattle ahead of the schooner, by which they sent their previous epistles.
 Mrs. Emanuel Moves, of Ludlow street, Stamford, is another one of those who received a letter from her husband. It was written March 9, and states that the party were then in ex- celent spirits and health. The letter received by Mrs. Patrick Moylan, of Ludlow place, from her husband, is probably the most interesting of the number, as it gives a brief account of the voyage. The trip from Seattle on board the Moonlight was evidently not a pleasant one by any means, from MT. Moylan's account. It was a very rough voyage and proved the worth of their vessel. The voyage was a much longer one than had been anticipated, owing to strong head winds, which made progress slow and tedious. It also caused misery to those on board. as almost all the party were afflicted with seasickness for six or eight days, and made them long for home again.
 Upon the date of the letter, however, all had recovered and were in better health and higher spirits than ever. None of the party seemed to mind the intense cold of that region as all are comfortably clothed in their Klondike outfits, and since their attack of sea sickness have become possessed of enormous appetites. As yet it has not been necessary for them to draw upon their stock of provisions. Fish is plentiful cod especially, MT. Moylan states, and fishing furnishes plenty of sport and Advertisement for the boys. Now that they have arrived at the Klondike every one of them is more eager than ever to get the gold.