The Dickinson press., 1898-01-29

your eyes as you lounge in the main sal
Don. The Seattle is a spacious boat,
with large saloons, comfortable and COM
modious state rooms, and the carrying
capacity of seven hundred is crowded to
eight hundred on this trip, besides the
crew of seventy men.
Vancouver, beautiful as dream, was
reached just after dark. The fair city,
of probably forty thousand, lies crescent
shaped about the bay upon which it is
built and has magnificent business
blocks, public buildings etc. Here the
custom-ofhcers boarded our boat, seized
a large quantity of liquor, searched out
and arrested stow-aways, etc., and we
weredetained until long after midnight.
From here we steamed on without a
stop until at Ago on the afternoon of
the third day out we reached the dread
ed Queen Charlotte Sound. This rough
stretch of water, always unpleasant to
cross, becomes doubly unpleasant and
dangerous as we'll, owing to to the over
loaded and top-heavy conditions of the
boat. Soon the sounds of things fall
ing and rolling, the cries and screams
of children and those who are frighten-
ed, the smashing OF crockery in the
dining room and the reaking and strain
ing of the boat make perfect pande-
monium. The horrors of sea sickness
have engulfed a large proportion of the
passengers. Just imagine lying in your
berth and feeling yourself going down
down, head foremost, until the windows
in the side of your state room are in the
ceiling; and then reversing your position
until you are almost st nding upon your
feet and the windows are in the floor;
and try to imagine how you would feel
when this sort of thing had been kept up
for three hours. Our "worser" half who
is never afflicted with seasickness, went
down to dinner when the gong sounded,
and had just made grab at something
on the table, when an unusually heavy
lurch of the boat shot him into the mid.
die of the dining saloon, chair and all,
while at the same instant crockery, eat
ables and all were swept from the table
at one fell swoop; so he was obliged to re-
turn to the saloon, dinnerless and disconso
late. Two fatalities occurred during the
crossingof the sound, which saddened the
hearts of all on board. Two of the pas
sengers, both in-going Yukoners, were on
the hurricane deck, when heavy roll of
the boat threw one into the sea. 1t was,
of course, impossible to save him, or
even recover his body. The other was
standing under signal-light that had
been insecurely fastened to mast, and
the lantern fell, splitting his skull and
killing him instantly. Charley Ander-
son of Dickinson, who was out on top
with his dogs, was one of those who wit
messed the accident.
After the crossing of the sound two
more rough stretches of water had to be
encountered-Mibank Sound and Dixon
Entrance-and these crossings were ac-
complished safely and with considerably
less suffering on the part of the passen-
gers. We touched at Mary island, at
the head of Dixon entrance, to take on
custom-inspector; and the next stop was
at Fort Wrangel, on Saturday morning.
Here we parted with Mr.. Granteer, who
had been our companion during the voy-
age. He was met at the wharf by Mes
srs Benson, Copeland and Paulson, who
had arrived at Wrangel on the Topeka
about two hours previously. From
Wrangel the journey has been without
special incident; and here we are on Sum
day evening, with the lights of Juneau
shining before US and our voyage al
most ended. Here we shall part with
Messrs Williamson, Anderson and N.Y.
ers, who are going on to Skaguay, on the
Seattle. We shall write from Juneau,
before we start in; and after that our let
tiers will probably be like angels visits,
in the sense of being few and far be.
tween.
ELLA H. CUNN1NGHAM.
On the Seattle"
Juneau, Alaska.