The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-18

al The feed. 80 that horses c,uIs -.
through. \ tew parties. h0weyer ~
10 make he trip. Al luTlan was ~
guide them. but or learning that II
Of Beaver Indians had been seer ~ Il
trail looking for the party WHO ssa. i
chiefs horse AZ s.. john. he refused :. Y
They were. therefore. left Il the,; -
sources. The best information ~,
trader could give was mat ne ss,s.. 81
was a little over 80 miles; that 81
led up the north fork Of the Fiplyv =, n
summit and down a tributary Of 10 =.
on The ether side The leaders 10y
by mistake followed up hithe.,, II
known river and discovered tba,, II
only after cutting q trail Tor fertv ~
They found the ricAt trait ana nrss~s II
TO the summit, cutting me trail 81
went SO as 10 allow packhorses IA III
through.
Whether or not the Indians fulfilled II
threats cannot he proven. hut certaIn,.l
:hat after the first party passed the Al
country was set aiire AZ most reguls, n
tervals, and those following had 81
times 10 run through the fire. some ~
parts OF outfits and even horses n
flames. II
After the fire had been passed, tea i
HANN- RCAA@ nam fNAStA ~ trees mat ~
filled in the trail they were suhiecsasI
constant danger by reason Of the trees
were still falling. This condition ex,sl
all the way down the middle fork OF nj
river. Long runs were necessary in ~
TO make feed for horses. and as e,s,
the trail Of fallen timber was more al
ious than cutting q new trail hut a
progress was made. The entire iis,an,ly
20 miles heightened into 80 miles hssI
the pack trail leading from The I'll
river 20 the Dease was reached, ana I
fore the tramp-iike aggregation reac1
sylvester landing they had Travelled al
40 miles from Fort Graham. II was al
her, and the snow was already falI
Their horses were not in shape 10 con,I
farther, provisions were higher than \
traveiers-now reduced 10 poverty--esI
stand. and as they found themselves 81
denly emerged near civilization Il was l
Cided by many 10 so on. for the winter
least. y few however. cut hay FOR ~
horses winter use and prepared 10 n
ter Others left their horses on al
and trusted 20 their wintering them~lJ
and set out line OF traps. hoping TO nd
a gruhstake by a catch OF fur Mona
tempted to so farther until spring.
>titl ON the Trail.
While nearly all those starting en- II
route have abandoned il early, there l
still some wintering on the way. A, ri
Graham there are a number who n
cabins ana are prepared 10 make Deb
river next year, but they will have hi
time, by reason OF the trees which !
have fallen with the first heavy wind n
the long stretch of burned land. AT Del
wood lake, midway between the Black
81. II Z
which are intended for the Dawson d
market. These left Edmonton in Fehrut
and were packed from St. John. 0t1
are located back ON the Black river, WI
they expect TO hunt and trap this wiat
Their position is rather dangerous, II
ever, as these Indians are very jealoG1
white trappers and only last year k}
two men who persisted in IL.
The only party reaching Dawson n
Edmonton by that route was the exped1
sent out by the Northwest government
see ii a trail was practicable. lie had
limited means at his control, thereby n
ing access 10 al the convenience 0.
country. such "a guides. horses. dogs. 4
visions ana outfits OF any kind. They
Edmonton IN August. 1897; st. John In \
vember. Fort Graham in July. 1S&:
vester's landing early In September Fr1
els lake September p. and reached ~
Selklrk on the Yukon October g, the 4
taking just fourteen months.
T.RTTC'E 81 WARn