The San Francisco call., 1898-03-18
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FORT YUKON, Jan. 2 (vfa Seattle, March D. Some intelligence of what has taken place along the river be- tween here and Circle City during the past two months has doubtless reached the outside or will have done so before this dispatch gets into print. It is only left for me to tell the story as l have gathered it.
 Fort Yukon, a few months ago the home of a trader and a missionary and the camping place of few Indians, has been the theater of much stirring events since I left it to ascend the river in small boat on the evening of September l. There is now a hospital here full of sick and enfeebled men, one of whom, Charles Lehman of St. Louis had his frozen foot amputated to-day There is now quite a little settlement of stranded people here and the cabins of woodchoppers are found at frequent interval for fifty miles up and down the river.
 The great exodus of the unproviS- toned from Dawson to this post caused the greatest anxiety on the part of the agents of the companies for the safety of their property here and on the part of friends. at Dawson for the personal safety of those who undertook the journey so late in the year. The anx- iety of both was more than justified. Between 200 and 300 men were caught in the ice jam in the Yukon on the night of October F, and the experience of every one of them was such as crowded the wear and tear of years into a few days and nights, aged, maimed and enfeebled numbers and people hospital. No immediate fa- talitieS are known.
 Gathered at Fort Yukon i1 front of the bulging warehouses of the two big companies this crowd of cold and hum gry men. most of whom had lost all of their possessions in the struggle against the icy river now become i'm patient and intoierant, organized and with guns essayed to take possession of the caches.
 The energy of two men. Captain P. H. Ray and Lieutenant Richardson, Eighth Infantry, met and overturned the plan, and eventually brought about the conditions that now obtain. A great majority of the men who came down the river in this extremity were destitute, and provisions were issued to them upon their personal notes, Cap- tain Ray guaranteeing the notes on be- half of the Government. Some few had money and paid, some of them voluntarily and others by compulsion. Others known to be trustworthy are al- lowed credit without the intervention of the Government. Still others con- scented to remain here or near by, build cabins and cut wood for the companies at the stated price of $5 per cord, which means about S5 per day, and outfits were advanced to them on that account.
 Following are the names of those who came to this place and received outfits together with a note as to where they have gone or what they are doing so far as could be obtained: John Po- latsek, remains here waiting the boat. These are on the trail for Dawson: Earl Cautcher, Edward Hagman, B. H. Moran, Andrew Johnson, John Peter son, Frank Hesmond, A. J. Cadenhead, Gray, H. Griffith, T. Bolland. E. T. Hansen, E. o. Weimouth, Andrew Paul. David Orr, J. G. Nichols, E. Wall, Thomas Torry, John Thompson, C,Iar- ence Worthington, John O'Gara, Will jam Borcovich, Peter Choquette, H. J. Schroeder, MT. and Mrs. R. Giddings
 These have gone to Circle City: Thomas Brady, T. Roland, Charles Brutsch, Charles Davis, o. McLain, Robert Lennon, Ernest Michael. John Sharpley, J. A. lesson, Henry Senran, P. o. Carlton, Edward Hall, Chester Warrington. F. L. Sanford. Andrew Douglas, Samuel P. Harris, Otto Will ner J. c. Hayes, M. T. Dodd, Dan Me- Emerson, George Livie, William Van Wrinkle, Thomas Eaton, D. T. Ander- son, Alexander Hoy, David Jones, Dan iel Casey, A. Nelson. Edward Sanders A. Mack, Louis Christol, F. Trumpf s. s. Neal. w. T. Price. J.