The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-15

Tie bark Seminole. which will take chs
government herd Of sx reindeer to Pyra-
{ md harbor. ID tied up 10 IL buoy In the
kay. .ss=s!:.ss tezss. :s=ss. ss-e: sus..zy from
Everett. The deer rested yesterday at
Woodland p&rk. and Will be this morning
PIT IN cars al Fremont aad shipped 10 Ar
Haytca dock, there TO he loaded aboard
tbs bark. 1t is hoped the Seminole will
get away tomorrow az the latest.
~ has b,sen stated, the reindeer are
taken 10 Pyramid harbor TO give them the
advantage CT moss for feed. They will
remain at that point only = short time.
and viii bs then divided into two exp.ds-
tsoEs, one or 5s deer and ~ Laps to
start over The Dalton trail for Circle City.
! under the leadership Of William kjellman
the reindeei expert: and the other 40
= selected reindeer and 80 Lapps TO go by
I steamer 90 Prince William Sound to pros
secuie thorough search under Capt
~. *. A1srl0snbie, T.; g. A.. for an all
American route 10 tha Yukon.
No bstser selection could have been made
by the war department. for the latter duty
han Captain Abererombie. He liz thor
eugniy familiar with the country. having
/ tn isss ard 1885 made an exhaustive es-
! ploration q the Copper river and sur
grounding country. Physically he In pos
sessed OF great strength and endurance
His study of the advantages and dLsad-
yaaiages Offered b. the various routes has
led him 10 favor going by way OF valdes
pass 10 the Copper river and ascending
the river 10 It's headwathrs whence the
Yukon can he easily reached descrip-
ton OF the various routes and the ehsrae-
ter OF the country was sought yesterday
from Captain Absrcromhie.
Early Exploration ims AisAka. :
Il VIII begin atshe bessnniss.r he sald.
'snd give 3ou some inside h!s.aTy. In
! tie sxiiea this country vas In much the
same position that Cuba IS now. Eng
land had recognized the beIiigcreacy OF
! the southern states. and Seward. TO check
mate that. went TO Ruasia and Induced
that country 10 send lis white feet 10 New
|, York harbor. AS coiup@naa ten for sand-
ms the fleet, he agreed that the United
States should give sa,6o0. 30 for the
nfriioFy OF Alaska The Russian
I American Fur Company had been
paying no dividends 10 amount 10 any
. thing. and tae English were doing well
Ia the country and wsrs extending their
held at operations. 40 cover his point
ueiess. and the payment ~ stipulated was
paid 10 the car after the close OF the
rebellion
TN 1857 General EnsSeau OF the regular
army. received the territory from the
Russian government with the understand
| Ing that such Russans wished TO re-
main could do 50. Ills headquarters were
At sitaa. or New Archaugel. as then
called, with one post at Fort Renal. Cook
I at IL a.f tsk sysS
hAisuilan islands, About this time tina
ALASKA Commercial Company leased the
territory from the government for Il term
/ OF twenty ycers which would carry their
lase until August 1851. In 1855 nrigadisr-
! General Neisan 4. Niles. commanding the
4 department. 81 The Columbia. foraseeing
the ultimate rush Of people Into that ter
ftiory, started a series OF military rccon-
! naissances, headed by Lieutenant Schwat-
IA third cavalry. who left Vancouver TO
ma 4 pass oyrr the head Of Lynn channel
schwatka went over what Is now known
a. chllkoet pass and Down the Yukon
Over To Vt. Michael. where Lieutenant
fRay who hnd been stationed the year
before 1T Point Barrow on astronomical
duty. picked The seh*a;ka ysr.s So ard
returned 20 San Francisco
seat I" Prince William sound.
In issl and Isss Was sent into Prince
william Sound 20 Iook for trails Up the
Copper river valley. with me were four
white men and about loo Indians Start
rs ut point on Hsuehenerook island.
We spent the Summer u 1884 exploring the
Sepper river delta. This delta, formerly A
I ssrSe bay. has Ia the course Of tifus been
| hiisd In With glacial depesgjs for a dis
lance OF over ninsiy miles from where
ssa fossils were teune % what Il now the
Present seashote II was about thirty
| mites broad and iIied with bars, thu aver
ass depth OF the water helng about elgh-
teen Inches All these liars contain mere
or less fine gold with piles og dylftwooa.
| Wong W stream the rfss glacier or any
magnitude i Gooslmaus on the left
Asad side and about thirty miles from the
mouth ~ the river. After passing Good
mar glacier he waters beconae rlore con-
hhva sad very swift Thirty miles farther
VI stream you stglke fhnds glacier. to the
! TT. ard Miles glacier. ia the right. lap-
pms esch other Through th!s Ice CANYON
zee Wat PUSHES with an estimated veloc-
NF OK Hiteta rai.es az hour Miles eta
eiss Is ~ elye miles bread IL liz mouth ana
u f9as mack aaant seventy five gn!!e$ head
Mg In the Maunt =. F,ilaz range. TIE
@Fefa@e heisS' y aho,is &c Feet;
= Passing up me sserf ;aa mountains
es.ase Is. insk,nz tae current very rau:ti
asnnt ninety miles 4hoYe Mikes GLACIER
We Ceit'yaa river romgs - feaFa ne.
Fgh' tp ghiF ysVTr = trait leads cross
rs ever .o 'hs White river. Keeping on
ss ETvan1. t'se CQppeT riser makes a Zig
q eeHd 20 tes lsf, TIE right bank sk.;tw
'@FT" &c.. 90 ne 'untsios among which
81 Eo~>d laatnRfk wiN - Oh a <.s,ak.
Il - Fo'eAn@ z" tae icft IS . toiilug 0u..h-
a sass country Nfcp'us an ard follow
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