The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-23
Veterans of Yukon Turn Their
Faces Toward Dawson.
They DO NOT LIKE CRY LIFE.


Back 10 the xosa-gifhssa mountains q
the tor~a1 berth. 20 the sGaee--stusesd
Valleys OF the river Ypkca. the osd-f-fss
Alaska miners are turning sh@ir weather
beaten saees City lie. with sis many az
iuTiax delights nas paIsed 90 more tnaa
Gee kIcnsiske winner who came cat az The
yukon last Water. after sfamptng over
hundreds Of niles OF frozen plains. looking
Tor fresh vegetables. fresh meat and q
chanes TO spend sera~ OF ms nuggets Of
gold 81 the qyeas of pleasure.
The other day q grizzls1 veteran 81 the
eo.a par maa ssosss sat In a swss. sestaa-
rant Down town. The walter hfeagI.t nsnn
almost everything taeFs was 70 sat en- the
kai OF fare. Thrastiag aside i4ies
ha8ncA Of fat gcose. the klondskgf said.
Say. walter. fetch me som. salt pork aid
nesna i want s3mathing salty
Late last winter tksst were over two
dozen vetsraas of the Yukon In Seattle at
ONE time. Ali OF them had nioney. Some
Of them speai tt.na seek for "sater~
ia.nHeus." They hug sazetnsr ike sSsals-
men, viewing an outsider with suspicion.
They tad formed ties IN mutual endurance
81 the hssdshiss and good luck Of the
kionaike. and after a 500 81 3sy in
Seattle. they went To aew York. Suw
they are coming back. and nearly .seFy
steamer carries two or three of them 10
the ssIondlas- IA rule. thss are fever
ieh with desire To again .sat tbs lgali."
Fat Gavin and e. ". Thnbo are here.
preparing to so north. Mr.. Gaisints win
nlngs In the ksondke ere sxtlma,sa at a
qsarter OF a million. French Curly" DE
LArge, a iwe.ge-year veteran OF The fu-
kon. has asready geue. Arthur Cesane.
another osd-tim-r, In here getting ready 10
climb the rhsIkoot and fioa, down the
yukon in The spring through clouds Of
mosquitoes 10 bis cabin on the banks o.
gold-iIned Eidorado.
Andy Olsen, the big Swaen from Silver
ton, who said an interest In a claim On FL
dorado for $1,000 will salt with Gwa COM
pansorH ON the Victorian oisen's rise to
the dizzy but entrancing heights Of cp-
uience was sudden and romantic His
haas In level. however, and some Of the
ssoriea Of his alleged etcentrieiilsg are UNI
true. 0laen IL tired Of life in the city.
lie has heen a frongisFEpan for 10 wears.
nost az the time being spert In the noun
fains In cold climates Andy wants 10 ST.
In his cabin on Bonanza creek and gaxa
on the meay-hued aurora boreais again.
Paved street, big hotels. crowds. eunko
men and the csaseiess round Of Eaiety
semstimes pursued nv the wealthy klon-
Glker are all diEecrdsnt 10 Andy. He
Longs for rest an the Yukon.
Hiisy Ts~ak-. another veteran. Is in New
York. anxious 70 start west. Geasge Rec
ties IL ready fo return and Happy Jack"
and Henry Wtiieis. beth nla-tlmers in
Alaska. are expecting 20 star. for the
north any day.
city life IL no good" said Olsen yes
'eraay. I'm going to get back 10 the
mines as quick as ever can I. don't
agree with us here" French Curly" De
I,af.e, who has fought for his life through
many al arctic terror In The form of "A
blizzard. and who has RECALLED himself on
food that man I'm the states would throw
20 the dogs. was tending towards A decline
when he finally Eot starred fer the nortn
lie said before he sailed that another week
OF city life would kill HIM