The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-02
His Long and Perilous Journey to
the Interior.
HALF FROZEN. HALF STARVED.
Former Member of Jmrksou'x Worth
Pole Expedition. Who Was sent 10
Alaska by a i-oudoa Newspaper.
Encounters Hardshtps That
Wouid APPEAL the Hardest Veteran
klondiker-FIght iag With Death.

SkAGWAY. April "a hard luck ex-
/ per:ence. with circumstances more terri
be than these experienced by a lnan
/ who has Just arrivet. from the INTERIOR
/ Is seldom heard Of. even In thEs country
/ of bitter disapposnsments a-ei unexpected
fortunes. That he has lie and eompsF-
/ ativeiy good health IS almost miracle.
/ after undergoing the bitter har3shsps of
I a lonely trip into the interior OF Alaska
and finally escaping, after freezing his feet
| and being nearly starved 10 death
j. W. Hayward. who in 1894. was a
member OF the jackson expedition TO the
| north poe IN search OF Nansen. was sent
/ TO the klondlke :as; fail by the London
| Daily Mail. lie arrived on Lyan canal
| after navigation on the lakes ana river
| had closed and IL was impossible TO set
| 10 Dawson by that route Nothing
/ daunted, he determined 10 undertake "a
! trip which would appall even an expe-
rsenced Yukon trave.er. lie made up his
mind 10 go lit overland on the Dalton
/ trail Il was Christmas time before he
| had secured two men 10 help him, had
| collected a six-dog team and had his oat-
| Iii together.
The start was made from Haines Mis-
/ sion. Every thing went we'll for a Few
days. Then the cold weather and the
| hardships OF the trip commenced TO DIS
! courage the other men and after several
days OF complaint they left Hayward aud
started back fos the ceast. Hayward
| pushed on ana reached an Indian settle
ment There he rested few days and
| let his dogs loose. The Indians did not
! like his intrusion into their camp ana
/ through their mechanism i've OF his SIX
dogs were poisoned. They told him that
his dogs had eaten poisoned meat intend-
ed Tor wolves.
! Hayward IS nothing IL not gritty. He
| took an inventory or stock. One dog. II
| sled. a pair of blankets and a months
provisions. Could he reach Dawson N
| a month? He thought he could. Al any
rate he might be able TO secure more
! provisions along the route. and with n
| light load 10 pail he believed he would
get through. In the face OF the aston
| ished Indians adInonitIons for HIM 10
! go the other way, he plunged into the
(, wilderness OF snow and was gone,
Day after day he iFtadged on. often in
| the deep snow. sometimes over noun
tains. always in the face of a keen. Bit
! ter wind from the north. On and on he
| lead with him and rapidly diminishing
the scanty store Of food. The exposure,
the fearful strain of the perilous trip and
the hare work broke him down and he
became sick He had heard OF small
/ Indian settlement. off the trail some dis
lance. and about l75 miles from the
coast For this haven he pushed and
/ luckily found it, But the Indians had no
! food to give him. After resting for a
week he ventureo TO proceed or his
/ journey.
/ As z to utterly destroy the courage OF the
/ young man the fates had more bitterness
in store for him. Alone on the barren
waste OF snow. separated b. miles upon
miles OF desolate trail from help or any
! kind, he froze his feet. How he ever en-
dured the terrible ordeal OF attending 10
his injured feet and Of keeping body and
/ soul together he hardly knows He
made camp In a little deserted cabin
which, by luck. he came upon. and there
for ii week he nursed his feet. crawling
/ about on his hands and knees TO get hts
/ food and keep UP a feeble fire.
/ At the end Of IA week he got so that he
could bear TO stand on his feet again,
! although excruiaiingiy painful But the
end Of his misfortunes not Yet ia
sight. He ran out OF provisions. BY
! this time. convinced that he could not
get through ne reluctantly turned his
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retrace his steps.
| After four days travel he fell In with
some men who were out on a gold hunt
I Ing expedition, having heard OF a sur
( paSsing,y rich find in the interior some
/ 100 miles One OF these men declares that
Hayward had been compelled by hunger
To kill and eat his dog before they found
him but this Hayward denies emphat-
! ical,y.
He got 70 Haines about week since
/ and came to Skagway four days ago.
/ Being reduced TO poverty by the expense
( OF his unsuccessful trip. and with his
credit seven thousand miles away he has
gone 10 work At 81 day shoveling sand
/ and mixing concrete for the dam az the
] new water works reservoir. He IL an ed
ucated and scholarly young Scotchmsn.
His purpose now is 20 work here nntil
he gets remittance from London. when
! he will buv horses and so overland In
the summer 20 Dawson,
Steamer Queen brought I'D a %, Of raj
road ties and has unioaded them at the
( Pacific Coast Steamship comraHy's
/ wharf They are consigned 20 r. G..
/ Hawkins. who. with Sir Thomas ranered
( arrived a coupe 81 weeks ago. and com
( rneneesi the survey fSr rsslroad up the
valley towards white pass. II II said
I that there are T. On tons OF rails az Seat
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tire new railroad. Sir Thomas and SIR
! Hawkins are bath Oh. Of thu city AT pres
en.. The arrival OF the railroad material
has convinced the citizens that the rgI-
rnors Of a railway at skagway are
founded on fact
Word connos frorn pyea that a new trait
| has been found which Is shorter and low
or than the Oh lkoot. Very little stock IN
! taken In the report, for & is admitted
( that the new route goes over = glae,e-
and there are men IN Dyea whe, declare
thai no man ran cross the glacier de-
sor!bed. The report ~ the new tra.l has
greatly excited the people.
The raid on the saloors which hss baer.
expected daily for nearly week. ia s;In
IN the future. Or perhaps Is not TO take
place. Collector Ivey gave his subordi-
rates directions 20 secure search war
rams fru.n Commissioner Srn.ts with
which authority they were 20 search tho
saloons and seize the liquor Now II APP
pears that TO one but the marshal or his
deDuty ss authorized 20 serve a search
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