The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-08

taan Just enough for his present Reeds. 70
matter how rzch mercy he had NO
Gre was allowed 70 see n shs warehouses;
An armed guard sszr3S By ERE doors day
ard night and no ere ss allowed inside.
The o-sce-s az .ha company VIII not say
how much they hare. We only know that
they vii rot give cut enough food 20 last
= rnan more thaa q meath or Elk weeks. a.
. t1nae-
s~TTas fact o. THE mater L that the min
s~s who WIZ I've n Dawson this winter
are depending ard have depended. on what
they e. from the newcomers from odt-
side Men have eoxse into the camp with
coed outfits. and have sold them for 81 70
Si-58 pound and thea turned back IRIS
Is how X IL that there is now no suffering.
But La spite Of this. do not believe that
there Is enough food 20 keep the residents
Of that Slstric. throggh the winter. Whefa-
er shs government can ger supplies into
Dawson In tine 20 avert suffering Is a
question. without eo1sbl. tire miners viii
give the government party 1oyfll wei
come IL 1t succeeds"
French Carly Conservative Views
None OF the Yukon pioneers that have
Come Out from the norrhiand are more N
tersstlnz than French Curly De Lorge
He Is rrodurs CT the glacial
lined wales of the land OF gold.
From Forty-N.le te Stewart river French
Curly Is known far and wide as man OF
few words bat Of square dealings. he has
mined freighted and traded II the ukoh,
and no man can get along with les ana
make light OF a hard proposition with BET
ter grace than De Large. he is type or
the hardy rench-CanadlaR woo3snan,
found in the logging camps and frontier
life Of the West-sinpie. plain rugged ana
true with a knack o. getting along under
the most adverse circumstances. and wfsn
a physique that enables him TO htDernafs
comfortably through raging blizzards and
make good tine over the ice-gorgeo
streams and wind-biown plains Of Alaska A.
French Curly" speaks with great reu-
cence OF the food shortage IN the kiondike-
lie said last night: 81 hardly believe any
ore In Dawson will starvs 20 death Pro-
visions are short. Every one admits that
Rut there are many good. hardy miners In
the kiondike VINO are not wholly strangers
70 short raticns. These will treasure ev-
cry ounce OF food. They will make two
pounds OF -four go where FIVE would be
necessary to other men. There Is this diff
fcaity-thsre will be no variety. ard men
viii get mighty hungry for change OF
diet before the supply boats get up the
river from Fort Yukon
DE Lorge went To Juneau IN isSS The
following year ne went up TO Forty-Nile,
and Was IL the first rLSn 10 Circle CITY.
lie went up from Circle City 10 Lawson
over the ice III January last. For 40 he
purchased a hAlf-interess In No. s.. Edo
RADIO. he has a number OF promising
claims on other creeks in the district. On
the boat he sold mis- interest in the Edo
raao property TO Mr.. kepner for si5,ooe.
Why They Are Leaving.
IF there 10 no danger OF starvation Ia
the kiondike. why Ia it that so many peo-
pie are coming out over the snow and
Ice? The truth Of the matter is that pro-
visions are scarce, suffering is ahead. and
the people are coming out because they
have not enough food 10 carry them
through the winter. Some are we'll sup
piled and will go through all right. but
there are more who are not. I would no.
be surprised II people died in the klon-
dixie from starvation. The government
is certainly doing right in sending a relief
expedition"
The speaker was ex-City Detective John
Roberts. one OF the best known and most
conservative men who ever brayed the
dangers OF a trip over Chllkoot pass and
down the river TO Dawson. He arrived
on the City Of Seattle. and was immedi-
stely gathered in by the officials OF the
United States government and taken 10
Assistant Quartermaster Robinson's Of
fee There he was closely questioned
regarding the condition of affairs in the
Klondike In general He f. well fitted TO
Speak on rlGn matters, because ne mas not
only observed the conditions In Dawson
alone but also in the mining districts.
II do not desire to pose as an alarm
ist.'' he said. but 1t is my firm belief
that there liz going TO be want and suffer-
ing in the Klondike. They talk about
bringing food up the river to Da wson from,
Fort Yukon by dog teams. Just think
OF the job that confronts those who enter
into such an enterprise. They will have
- r4f{r y vii r,trA -rI
IL no end to II, and the progress will not
only be tortuous. hut extremely slow OF
course the situation has been relieved TO
some extent by the departure OF men
down the river and those coming out,
but in the face OF all this II cannot be
denied that there are many people IN the
district without sufficient food TO carry
them through. There is plenty OF gold.
When spring comes Il will he brought ont,
not only BY the pound but by the ton, but
gold Will not buy food when there Is
none 20 be had for love or rnoney \
sack OF -four has sold "a high az sis0
came ont because ! did not believe had
enough food to carry ne through ard
know that had more food than many %
those who have remained there have
seen the stories Of those who have come
out and said that there was TO danger Of
suffering from lack OF food. DO not un-
derstand II. II Is true that there are
some who are well provided and who will
q through the winter All right On the
ether hard, there are very many WHO
have Nttle or almost no provisions and
what are they going 10 do when the last
naorSei Is gomez 1t IL hard problem TO
face and hate to think Of g. II will
not surprise re IL deaths occur from
actual starvation
Roberts said that the trip our vsx at
tended Nah many hardstips. and ira; re
WIS 1ot surprised TO notice how hollow
his checks were II am in perf@c. health -
he continued "ani you can see for YOUR
self II would BIZ foolish for me- 10 risk a
trim cat overland. when have AT m
pro$pecJed claim a; the mouth Z Roranra
creek. II believed thar I could ct pro-
Visions enough n carry NE through the
winter.
There we're about thartv-ffve - ur that
ne down or me c1tr ~ Seattle today
I l-~ow II several "a ks 4 gold ard large
drafts n he possession @ rs-urnirE Kior~
s kees : estimate that the gold brought
ort ~ tais party : fClIy 60 90. The
drafts VII run wei VI. Yes I ,h;af
$50 80 viii about Mt the vaiue u Tho
drafts slfh1uSh do no' care 70 be quoted
e. tse natter"
SIR Roberts was asked about the con
5stson Of srair@ IN tha r-i1As I US
taFough ne mining districts" he said
and discovered that there waS Ht+la Tod
sn he cabins I also learned hat the min
sFs had SrssI stocks = n-ov. sfcsss n t7a9
This Is ora - ;he reasons why fear thai
taers VIII ~ suffering before the boats
Gene ~ in ~ zpr{n<"
N speaking ~ ne r.chuess OF ~, cce1.
:rv Nr Roberts ~aid that K had not been
exaggerated There So gold there by me
ten" he continued ara vc,l VII see -
IN TIE <v-f-r A. n tate ffscnvA~f.a ar ?