The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-16
GoRGED IN THE ICE.
...o 5 OF BRUCE M'Laov's TRAVELS
's" ~ THE KLoNDikE.

Hb Ei' ps,,s : Minuss Through
and u,sd In and rumbisd About
,,,-Hor.ss Died Iihs SHOP \
y. Bruce Milroy. formerly an attor'
M :, Carroll county. Ind, who Is In
nsy v,ondike goldfields, writes q letter
To To. si n't brother. Harry Milroy. in which
be says .ka thu "a miles
Stagguay to Lake Bennets IN 10
rom %. instead of getting through IN
days VS. U IL took us just 60. Our five
w ua' S;ed We got two more. and they
S S;ad Then we were fortunate enousn
~ oct six more horses when We were -
70 se' from Lake Bennett. We got
mls ",b with them before any more DIED
tnroa .sar sold them. Altogether we lost
anu w horses. which was considered very
sew az compared with the expert
s s Of others. Our horses all dieo .a''
o. oa, thew had been well fed and cared ior.
~ ' .n the hard work and kind OF
mau that killed them. 1t was
puo saot horror to see the way the horses
pei md we're killed ON that trail, and
a .l;.t T saw at least 4. 900 dead animals
VIZ. !. after reaching Lake Bennett we
..wed our own lumber and built boat
o. feet long. There were four OF us TO
90 Sown the lake and river together.
~ H. started from the head Of Lake Ben
"" on Oct 81 and ran through the
, ,"no that day, 80 miles. with the wind
.aAs stronp that other boats were afraid
10 venture out. We were so late IN the
season that we felt we had to. risk the.
~;nd and weather if we got through.
W. ran through 1870 miles of lakes and
40 niles of river to the foot OF Lake La
RarOa in eight days. II ran our boat
18th full cargo-4,000 pounds, four
men and dog-through Canyon, Wild
Horse and White Horse rapids, though
the water was low and the rapids dan
1--WE ran through Canyon rapids,
.hree. ouarters of q mile, and about 100
cords heyond in minutes and 40 Sec
onds by stop watch. Every one who
rims the rapids leaves notice posted
on a tree, with the date, number OF
nounds and size of boat The White
Horse rapids are the most dangerous OF
all the rapids and very hard to run, as
the thirty odd graves below attest. Two
men were lost the day before we ran
them and have not yet been recovered.
A tramway is now building around the
rapids. SO the danger will be overcome
"From the foot of Lake La Barge WE
ran successfully 30 miles OF the river
which is dangerous on account OF III
swift current and the number OF rock
and Five Finger and Reef rapids. AL
the way from Reef rapids we were trav
cling in floating ice, which got wors'
each dav. The river was nearly sole
mass of floating ice, and it was impos
sble to use the oars. We became wedg
ed in the floating ice and had to drift
with il. At 4 o'clock in the evening tn
river gorged, and we were stuck fast Il
the ice in the midchannel, where tn
river was over mile wide. From tina
on it was crushing and jamming 9
ice, and the boat came in for ful
share. We managed to get the boat u
on as much ice as possible to prevent II
being crushed and moved about tw
miles in this crushing, grinding mass
sometimes being reared up in midai
and at other times let down, not know
ing at what time we might be dumpe
into chasm of ice, which was contin'
ally opening up all around US.
hA 30 cfoflnnar,
and the boys turned into their blanket
leaving me on watch. A little after mi'
night the ice started again. arouse
the boys and we stood trembling viii
watching our fate. The ice opened ju
below the boat and began crushir
above us, steering our boat right I
into the air over this chasm. Then
began to upset the boat right into Il
chasm. We stood on the gunwale {
the upper side, not knowing but q
next moment boat and all aboard wou
be in the water IL feet below the ice.
Fortunately, just as there seemed
hope for us the ice stopped again, al
the river locked solid. We waited awhi
and saw there was no further movemer
and then tried the ice and saw cou
walk away toward shore. A rope W
tied around one of the party, and
started toward the shore, but at d
lance of 100 feet or so he came tc
chasm that could not be crossed, so =
concluded to wait until daylight befc
making further investigation. VIII
daylight came, we again tried to ma
shore, and after a long time found
way and succeeded in landing. \
made sleds and hauled our freight
Dawson over the ice gorges, as the tr
was destroyed by the ice gorges runni
over it.
Famine is staring many in the fa'
and they are leaving by the hundre'
Inc stores will not sell provisions,
all they have has been sold on orders
think we have grub enough to see
through. - Cincinnati Commerce
Tribune.
Bachelor Maids Entertained the Boy
The Bachelor Maids have made
manV frien6s opl o-oIyoOoJ or, mr.