Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-08-11
MOSES TT TIE KLONDIKE,

1898.
MY DEAE Morukn We are here be-
tween these two rapids on small
nameIess crrek prospecting. Came
here Monday from Walsh creek which
is about liye miles abpre Little sal
mon All our parry ran Five ringers
Monday a. m. without assistance and
with no damages only fun /
am now sorry nat did not run the
White Horse also
There are about twenty on This
creek. some old miners, aud they pro-
TESS to brlieye that he chances are
very good. ore old Bouapza creek
miner saws the sand. rock aud all 9th
or conditions are just the same here
as there We will prove up before go
ing ON. Dur party began 70 sink four
shafts this morning, after about two
feet found frost aud will now keep
fires burning continually until Bed
Rock is reached. II so much
harder 10 swing pics e handle a
shovel here than to 20 out on the
roads there and work ont your road
tax there There is 40 comparison
and vet hat i lust what we have all
come down to- Besides much ~ the
time wc have 10 work with mosquito
netting over our heads and also work
in -smudgc" Of smoke The .skeet
crsn are truly horrible pest, 50 num-
crous and So fearless. regular Chi
nese" Gordons holding death in utter
contempt. They viii sit where they
light aud il yon don't .whack" them
the first Time yon can tire next They
do so try n man, patience. Forty
leven" will dance upon their wings
within less than one foot Of your nose
and worry you while a goud bee hive
full slip around and aligbt upon the
back Of your neck They will bite
through leather mittens. shoes and
felt hats aud rise from the moss in
swarms a thick as a swarm Of bees.
Old timers say they begin 10 disap-
pear in July and that il you simply
let them bite for time that your skin
will become 80 full Of their poison
and swell up so hard that they cannot
and viii not care 70 bother YOU any
more
The map will show the route we
took thus far aud some time | hope
to write some things Of the Grip.
Everybody back home is nuw talk
Ing Of com mencement and vacations
aud long before you ret this school
will be out and all AT home and then
YOU will have plenty Of garden help.
How would like to pick some Of
those Strawberries!
To those kind friends of the fair
sex in the church and Star who have
sent messages Of love- give any as
surance that their good wishes are APP
preciated and that /, well, ri this dis
lance perhaps. | may send TO them Il
message az love. but you need say
nothing about il To their "old men
or dads | often remember the little
kindnesses Of my friends here in this
wild wilderness where there are no
real social Joys | think Sister
Lowry : circle letter idea perfectly
splendid, . and may the sisters rush
1t ~ rapidly as the brethren sometimes
rush the case
Gosh, But it is lonesome old land
hat is peopled only by party Of
men who have gone oil to lock BY
themselves must be 20 when dry
old stick like myself can say it, Don't
think that | am ehoppng into slang,
Tor this is all exceedingly mild fot
this latitude. especially as the 'skeet-
ers" are constantly buzzing and drill
ing away furiously.
ike that bic letter idea, but got
no other at Tagish except Mrs Need
hams and got il To Dan the next
day. There were great many letters
AT Tagish aud | rot in the little 10y
office 1T side door (the mail is deliv-
cred regularly through an opened out
side Window and helped the postmast-
er To run letters for five of our party.
hndingin 50 doing two letters for two
other members who | knew had prev
iouslv called for their mail OF course
took aud delivered them. one was
to Nauert in the mail box.
In Uuelc Rolla', letter expected
10 give list OF all the party aud how
they started out on the trip Have
seen no papers since MAY 2ath. this
We gos before leaving camp 90 Ben
nett Read quite fully about what
was done by Dewey also about what
Sampson. Schlrv and Watson we're to
do Ia and about cuba. saw thgt the
spanish ileet did not return bun made
port nh right ete II seems 10 one
1T this distance that action in the
ncighbathood If Cuba was very slow
indeed but presume. Ill thing con
>idercd. everything has moved with
all possible speed The war may he,
aud hope il is over before This You
would - very pleasantly surprised a
see the flags displayed al along the
river and lakes ON the mast> OF bouts
some times = hag e. ) II run up
ana II - lively little cheer ana loud
clappjng j. very certain to greet it.
II SOM one is guilty Of mean OF
cruel act. .Oh kill the miserable
Spaniard. Or some equally expressive
neerb Il Sure to erect the car Rut