The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-16

Additional evidences OF the utter usa-
iessnsss o. The sslckeen river route to the
Yukon. exploited Tar ard wtas last fall
as an "all-CsaaalAn r0ste." are constant
~ being afforded. Al Fort wfangei. az
.be mouth az the i !cEesn. "a settlement OF
between 2,oeo add 100 people has gFoxn
up due TO the statements published broad
cast ever Eastern Canada that the fogts
~ way OF the river 10 Telegraph creek
and thence by trail 10 Lake Teslln Was
more adapted 20 winter travel taan that
over tbs chllkoot pass. Advises from
Fort Wrsngsi received yesterday Indicate
that many Of the bands or gold hunters
who started for The Yukon from Fort
Wrangei In Jgsuary and February are
returning and will await the opening 0f
steamer navigation on The river.
The Canadian police on tie ss;ckean fiv-
or are having life for them made Interest
Ing by tawlrss men who infest points 81
importance along the rolse Gun plays
are not infrequent Recently two men at
lacked an old man named Mcpherson az
Gisnofa and e,is his threat. nearly killing
him. One Of the witnesses Of she cutting
refused IL testify and was nned 81 The
cuipssfs. named ieawry and Mclean,
were iinad ti0o each
The big expedition planned hy com
pany In which Sir Charles Topper IS re-
ported 10 be interested. has failed to get
farther than twenty mites up the river.
This expedition was headed by ex-Iieut
Gov. Dewdney. 1t has been a complete
failure up to date.
II ths Stickeen river route had.Gne adj
vantage over those from uyea ard Ssag-
way II lay In the fact that from the head OF
navigation at Telegraph creek ID TesIin
lake. the trail WAS over rolling ground
and no mountain passes lay Ia the path
way Of the gold hunter Another advant-
use OF the route. though a minor one. was
found In the fact that hy travelling down
the Hoosaiinaua river from Tes!jn lake the
kiondlker strikes the Yukon river below
Miles csnyc-4 and the White Horse rapids
Many Selected the Rent~.
II is probably true that there alleged ad-
eansagas. advertised by the Canadian Pa
elno and the British Columbia cities %
making the stickesn route preferable to
all others, caused several thousand gold
hunters to select that route Since Tia
publication Of the facts In connection with
the route. travel u Fort Wransei on iae
part of gold hunters has fallen OF perccpt-
sbly ard the greater par, 90 those now
bound for the Stickeen are mcn who have
oussilted IN Canadian cities
Well posted Alaska travellers who have
examined ihe Sticksen route afe uuan!-
nous 1T condemuing T. either aS a winter
or summer route AS winter r1s4te
the failure of 1850 rren who iet4 FORT
Wran9oI during January and February
for Telegraph creek. 90 gvt their outfits "a
the TRAN leading 10 bake Teslin II he.d 50
Ice ample evidence ~ Tho utter irupYaetst.s-
txiltY and wp-tAssasHeza ~ the route dur
ing tha winter months. Climate canai-
stons prevailing along the southeastern
saAat % Alaska made the formation az
hard Icc during the winter extremely un-
certain and pfnhlsuniicat Without "A
nrm and fempar lively Nmonta crust. tEav-
Il tlufsns thc wlH,eY fvnna the uouth ~
the Stickev1 70 Telegraph treek Is o,st 81
the question
The pew8ney onth starting from Veto
ria laNt month WIS., weil Supplied MIA