Stikeen River journal., 1898-06-25
IN FROM TESL|N LAKE
Many Have Wrong COnccp.
ton of
OUTFITTING FOR THE TRIP
The Reported Tcslin Lake Find
Without Foundation.
UPLIFTING FOR THE TRIP

!. GlenOra NCWS. june TO- loSo
Last evening there arrived in Glen.
ora the leaders of one of the best known
of all parties that have gone over the
trail to Teslin Lake. The arrivals
were J. H. Everett, Esq, and John
Bone, of the Everett Rogers-party from
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, and they had
made the trip from Teslin to Tele-
graph in less than five days. To a
News representative they told their
story.
ave started from Tcslin at $50 a. m.
last Saturday and reached Telegraph
at 7:l5 Il. M, Thursday. We each
packed forty pounds on our backs and
walked all the way. Equipped with
the proper footwear we could have
made it in less than four days.
Mr.. Everett then told the story of
the trip in detail, as follows:
STORY OF THE PARTY.
THE Everett-Rogers party (often
referred to as the Dr. Rogers party
is composed of J. H. d. Everett, DR..
Rogers, John H. Bone, U. S. Peisch,
Sam w. .Kirvin and George Gotta, OF
Sault Ste Marie, Mich, Ed. Rogers of
" inncpeg. Andrew Nord of St. Paul,
Elmer Trana and Andrew Hogan of
Minneapolis, and Mr.. Johns of Mel
bourne Australia. They left Cotton
wood Island March s, and travelled over
500 miles on the ice relaying. to reach
Glenora, which they did twenty days
after the start. They left Telegraph
creek April with 63 dogs, and mule,
and with the largest outfit that has
gone in over the trail. They made it
to point on the Nahlin 60 miles be-
yond Telegraph before snow quit.
There they gave away or killed
all of their dogs save six, and bought
u pair of pack horses. They cached
their outfit at the Nahlin, leaving Mr..
Peisch in charge, and started in light
to build boats at Long Lake. They
were three weeks building their boats
They built two boats at Long Lake
packed their outfit to the boats and
started up the lake to Teslin. Nord
and Bone were the captains in charge.
They made two portages, one of a
quarter of a mile at the falls and one of
three miles at point four miles farth-
err up. Two miles from the fails, Nord s
boat capsizcd. Ia tree fell on it, and
spilled all the goods contained therein.
NEARLY DROWNING THREE MEN.
Hogan was on an island twelve hours
before he could be rescued. From
there on they had no trouble, and
reached Teslin all right on June I.
That was on the winter trail. The
river is not used any more for floating
goods to Teslin. New trails have been
made that shorten the route, and over
them YOU must pack
AT TESLIN CITY.
Teslin City is a town of about 100 in
habitants. The population i. constant
= ,
prospecting or travelling to Dawson or
Selkirk, their place being taken by
new arrivals from Glenora. There is a
shipyard and sawmill in towr. Thr
mill has capacity of about 5000 feet
per day, and the shipyard has just
turned out boat as large and fine as
the Ogilvie. This boat is for the Can
adian Development Co. 1t will be
launched today, and will go into COM
mission next week On her first trip
the Captain will run her only as far
as Five Finger rapids, where he will
turn her around and start back up
stream to try her power. If she can
travel up stream all right; he will make
the run to Dawson at once. If not, he
will increase her power before he
makes the trip.
FOOD is SCARCE.
In Teslin City food is scarce, and
the price is high in consequence
Everything is 81 pound or higher. Salt
and flour, and even nails, are 81 a
pound. Bacon is $l.25, and tobacco
$3.50
So far no gold strikes of any
magnitude have been made near Tes-
lin, although it is early for prospect
ing. One party who had prospected
the hores of the Nih-sutlin-ni-ni river
found colors in every pan, but not
enough to pay for working it.
THE TESLIN TRAIL.
The Teslin route, so far as the trail
is concerned: is in first class condition.
The Donnelly party have cut forty-two
miles of trail ten to fifteen feet
wide from the Nahlin to the farther
end of Spruce mountain. 1t is by far
the best part of the trail that side of