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and he'd consultation with the cannery
men and the tyone. or CHIEF The tyone
informed US that We could easily reach
katmai by way of the Igagik river and
Lake Becherof. so We Sent back our Car
mel Indians and arranged for a new start
On April We got into three bi,iarkies and
started. / had two Indian paddiers with
me and Mr.. Ha~.ey had an Indian and
an English fisherman. Tie weather was
very stormy and We were soon Obliged to
go ashore and camp The next morning
the weather had not improved, but we
vantured out into the sea I'm the light
canoes 1t seemed almost Impossible for
the bidarkies 10 live in the raging storm
After beating along the coast for TWO
hours my Indians headed out for sea-
There had been some consultation between
them and the Indian in the other bidarkie.
and / supposed the other was to follow
US / wedged myself down where l could
keep reasonably warm and took a nap
when | awoke l looked around for the
other boat. but could see nothing OF it. I
tried by signs to find out from the In
dams what had become Of IL, and under
stood from their answers that IL had not
followed US, but had kept along the coast.
! arrived at the cannery at the mouth OF
lgagik river late In the afternoon. and
several hours later Mr.. Haw.ey and his
party came In on foot. Ii transpired that
they had started to follow us, but IN try
ing to turn had nearly capsized. His In
dian got frightened and made an effort to
get into the mouth" OF a creek several
miles down the coast. few minutes
later they were capsized. and only sue
ceeded In getting ashore with the greatest
difficulty. They were nearly chilled TO
death. having been c!ingins 70 the over
turned bidarkie for long time before
they reached the shore. They were
obliged to leave the boat and their stuff
on the beach.
In an Indian Village.
April we started up the Igagik river.
travelling in the bikardies where there was
open water and with the seds when we
found good ice. There was firm Ice on Lake
Becherof. probably one OF the largest
lakes in Alaska. 1t is sixty TO eighty miles
long. We reached the head of the lake
at noon. April ., and crossed the coast
range 10 salt water the same afternoon
The portage Is through low gap In the
mountains and Is only three miles long
We took the largest bidarkie over the
mountains with U.s.
Arriving on the coast We found our
selves in a small Indian village about six
" miles west of katmai bay. Here we
were stormbound eight DAYS. The last Of
our provisions had been consumed before
crossing the mountains, and as the In
diens had nothing whatever except the
fish they caught from day 10 day. we were
on r,ther short rations. Our diet was
boiled goldfish straight, not only once dur
ing that time. but every meal and we
seldom got enough of even that 10 make
us think We had eaten anything. Finally
the storm abated and we got away in
bidarkies on April II. arriving at katmai
where there is a Russian trader, on the
evening OF the 18th. Here we were storm
bound again unit. the ED. when we start
ed with two Indians In an open boat for
ksdlak island. The trip across Sbellkof
straits is a very dangerous one and is
only attempted under the most favorable
circumstances.
The route is along the coast for about
twenty-five miles to a group OF islands,
and then directly across the straits a dis
taDce OF thirty miles. The trader warned
Us that while We might make the cross
ing in two days. that we might be held
on the islands two weeks or month, de-
pending on the weather We made the
group OF islands at p. III and went
ashore and had lunch. BY this time we
had given up all hope OF catching the
April mail steamer at ST Pauis. on Kadiak
island. But as there were indications for
a reasonably calm night. we thought that
We had better push on at once. After con-
siderable difficulty We persuaded the In
dian TO make the attempt. We were IN
lack. for after pretty hard work We found
ourselves ashore on the island In the mid
die OF the night. We had just finished
breakfast about O'Clock the next morn
ing when we heard the whistle of 4
steamer One OF the Inc.ans ran up on
the bluff and reported a steamer coming
from the west II proved TO be the steam
er Dora. The same storms tina. had kept
us in camp had delayed her. Fortunately
the captain was on the lookout for "A party
ne had landed on his way 10 Cnala SIX a.
and was running close enough 20 the shore
10 see the signals we made.
I'VE reached Sitka on April - Owing
TO the accident TO the Cottage City and
the consequent interruption OF the mail
service. We were kept at Sltka until
May Il
Gen Carr is very confident tina; the Mum
COX country is 10 be enc OF great richness
in gold. hu1 he showed A Discrimination 10
make any statements on that subject for
publication.
"Au I care 20 say Is said Mr.. Carr
that Gov. Mctiraw and myself are very
well satisfied tha; we were unable 20
reach Dawson last fal. Rampant City Il
at tuportan; place on the river and the
district there Will turn out well con-
siderable quantity OF gold VIII be cleaned
up there this spring from claims On the
Little Munook creek Rampsr; is an or
Derby community. good health prevails.
and all the Seattle people seem well salts
fed with the prospects
Gen. Carr says that there are many in
cscations that the Yukon will break I'D
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