The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-02
The Latest Swedish Creek STAN
pede Costs Five Lives.
MANY OTHERS BADLY FROZEN
M~ustea Police Bring Back Nea.
Who stsspeAea sGBthosf Blank
ets. 10 DIE FPon Exposure In the
HosvttaI NJ DaWsOs - W. &.
Whste's gp-te-Date story of Mat-
tiers In the klsnAike Country.

Death and auHerinK fosieWsd III 'tic
wake OF the stampede Of Dawson miners
TO Swedish creek. which commenced al
midnight on February Is II was the moss
remarkable stampede that has gone out
OF Dawson this year. AT least hve men
lost their Eves from exposure They were
brouxf, back 10 Dawson. along with q
humber OF others, by friends and members
of the Northwest mounted police. and died
- the bosusts, after parts of their limbs
had been ampatated. Three men lost both
feet as the result of their efforts to obtain
claims.
This news was brought to the city yes
4srday by the arrival OF the steamer
Queen from Skagway. with party OF
three Dawsoni,es aboard. The kiondiksrs
were ". c. White, Of Colorado Springs.
Col; E. r.. Emmons. OF Tacoma. aud Dr.
J. W. slayden. OF Tacoms.
They left Dawson on February "A and
fravsssd a greater part OF the way In
company with ex-Mayor Woods party.
which also returned On the Queen.
w. C. White gave the following account
OF the fatal stampede to swedizs, creek:
EVERY one In Dawson was very much
excited when the news reached there one
night that very rich claims had been found
on Swedish creek. The creek flows into
the Yukon about seven miles above Daw-
son. and several small stampedes had al
ready taken place.
ssThe story fhas started the big stam-
pede reached Dawson or February Is. and
every one who could get away started for
the creek. Tho weathes N that tine was
the coolest OF the year. The thermometers
hosered between ~ affe TT degrees below
zero. Many Of thoss w.o started out
thought they could get Il tic creek. make
their locations and get back The same day.
They were not thoroughly posted On con-
ditio-s and did no: make proper prepara-
ton for the trip.
s'Tha men got 20 the river and found that
locations had been made far up the creek.
They pushed on reckiessiy through the
snow ard cold, and most of them fna'ly
got far enough up to find uniocated
ground. They did not have food enough
With them 10 stay until properly rested up.
but pushed hack toward Dawson. The
s.lghs they spent around eampfires trying
70 do an impossible. thing-kssp warm
without b.an.ety. which had been left be-
hind II. their haasc. In the morning the
feet az many or the men Were sruztn ana
tome were nearly dead from exposure.
"a drtachmers or Canadian mounted
paEee went oBt and broushs In 4 nemher
Of Tire men Others were brought back By
ffisfsls and taken 10 The hospital. Three /
OF the men died sa1.siy after reaching /
nasssn. Two othess wsre sc badly frozen /
that tk~,. feet had 70 be aapulated, and I
the SHOCK Killed them. Three otsler men |
cost their feet. II vas the only fatal STAN
pesle Of the winter at Dawson, and was
caused by the folly o. the men themselves.
.Ao. la their haste to get claims. did not
make proper preparation. l alta unable 10
giyc you the names OF these men. as / /
neglected TO take them down when / |
heard them mentioned. They were all
Newcomers in the country. foo tie old
timers either did moi stampede O. rsepar-
Cd properly before going.
Whites story Ia confirmed By cvMayor
VOID -sd the Tacoma Eaen wl.e came out
with sae party. None OF them were able
&c give the names or the unf0rfunates.
Mail Reaches Dawson.
we iefs Dawsoa on February 81 with /
four dogs" continued NJ. White. "At /
Indian river. thirty-flye miles above Daw- /
son. an February ~. We fsiet government /.
party ~ish mails. They would react. Daw- I
syn by February y a, least. and the asx-
ious kiandiAeg would set letters from tie
outside world for the FIRST tim. since las,
August Judge Mcclure. with his par.v .
was Also passed near indIas river. We
met -four parties with mails on our way ~
the Yukon. All were making good ti,.se
down the river and most ,tf them have
reached Dswxen by this time We met
Montana Kid kgsn just below the Lit
tie Salmon river. HE was Fastening back I
10 Dawson with two oihgr men. We met
very few people Other than those mention.
81 below the isig Salmon Bat above Il
was q different proposition
We PASSED so many people that we
soen stopn*d paving any attention 10
them Above Lake Lebsrge the trail was
BLACK VITA people all headed for Phil
Walsh creek, Our trip Gu, Was pleasant,