The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-03
The Moonlight Leads the Fleet,
But Goes Ashore.
SCHOONER WATSON RETURNS.
naooplaght sails 10 the Northward
and Gets Through the Ice Pack.
hut Comes To Grief within Twen-
~ Miles of the kowak-WtH Get
Passengers Take to small Boats.

The itNs schooner Moonlight, which
sailed from here d few hours before the
sll-fated Jane Grsy, Oh May 10. was the
first Of big feet 30 reach Kotzebue sound
and was the only one 81 the Kotzebue feet
- come 10 grief. After passing through
all sorts OF dangers in the North Pacific
and Eefinz sea. and after inding = pass
age through the ice b. coasting on the
northward, while the other vessels walt
ed for the lee to break towards the south.
she stuck her nose vel! into q sand bank.
twenty miles from the nouta o. the 10
wax river. and less than mile from Ho-
than Inlet. The news OF the Moonlight
was brought down on the schooner q. ".
Watson which has just arrived from kot-
zebue
II was or the afternoon % July that
the Moonlight went ashore. she Was run
ming with the wind At the rate Of six miles
an hour. and had every sail set. There
was no sea on. and 80 excitement among
ghe ffty-fIve passengers, After waiting for
high tide Whch failed to bulge the
schooner, the men decided To unload and
take their outfits 10 the mouth of the river
In ANAL boats. IL was believed al the time
the Watson left hat tn. Moonlight would
get off as soon as the ago was taken o;it.
There are many Seattle people or the
Moonlight. and number Of letters
from them were received mere yes
terday. From these the details II
the trip from Dutch Harbor were
learned. The letters tell of beautiful seen
cry. wonderful Islands and more wonder
full natives. The men seem to be- very
much encouraged and feel very fortunate
that they got north safely. great deal
of floating fee was met within the Arcs!c
and sharp lookout Aad 10 be- kept. Seven
vessels were Just south of the entrance of
kotzehue sound when the Moonlight went
Off 10 the north and found passage.
The Watson followed her. and dropped
anchor on seeing her danger signals. AS
she passage through the ice was beginning
10 close up. the Watson unloaded her pass
engers and hurried out First Officer
Thompson, Of the Watson. was seen yes
terday by -tntellgencer representa-
tive and said
We made very quick trip both ways.
of our iad passengers who went north with
ns from Seattle. forty-three went to kot-
zebne. We had no opportunity TO leacn
much about the country. for cur stay was
too limited.
we got into the sound proper through
an opening In the Ice about 10 O'Clock IN
abe morning. We had scarcely pushed In
when the wind shifted and the Ice began
closing In on US. SO We rushed our work
OF discharging passengers and freight Be
fore night We got outside again and came
on down at once. 1t was jus. a lucky
chance. our getting In at nj. We landed
our people naar small stream above Cape
Blossom. There's A little trading post OF
aome Sor, there, and some half dozen
white men there. our hurried departure
prevented us hearing much from these
men We had heard of some rich dirt up
there, though. and saw some dust
There we're several vessels ahead of us.
lying outside. but none had get inside
when We left The sound was full of Ice
Among the vessels lying outside were the
bark Guardian. the harkent!ue Leslie u
the schooner Charles Simpson and the
bark Highland Light. Several other YES
sells were also in sight. but did not make
out their names.
The only vessel 10 get inside ahead al
ns was the little schooner Moonlight She
was heached when We saw her We iid
not ssight any vessels coming down but II
was foggy in 3efng sea, and vessels could
have passed Us easily without one seeing
them. unless close by. No W did nos sea
the Haydn Brown
We left III of Our party Of forty-tnrce
In good shape. They were all we'll out
lifted and had supplies for fully two years.
some came from around Chicago and @0rne
from Iowa. y party of twelve Sve1es
was from tho Central states
We lost four Of our crew ny deser;lon
NJ - Michael en- our way up. hut We took
on instead two desaArtev., from sou.a what-
Ing craft Then the cook and cabin hoy.
VINO sailed with ihe Iowa party came back
with us. thus filing out our crew"
The Moonlight carried the Graham AMI
Rhodes parties Including the following
pr i f.. Franklin George II Grirrfths
F. GRAY. " ". Rhodes 4 l. RGnhes
J.. + McFaEgard. Z II Wac ] II WI
sou J. ). Johnson T. T. Simpson Y II
Shns&on. Walter Richardson T F Enh-
ih*an, WILLIAM Thornjug g T Wells
Ihcia8s Meade Il. W case W & Narra
NJ. \, Hartuett L II Mi.irr II : IIIen.
e.. J. =. sheridan II NJ t,1fhv A!hert
Vance. T. A. Brown. J " Spragels. a
5iook ! y. Sheppard r r Grafam g
W Indfn5on " ligl,n. August P.ndS