The San Francisco call., 1898-08-06
BY SAM w. WALL.

DAWSON CITY, July 10 (via Seattle Aug. 2.-Almost a year from the day they started for this place from Seattle some fifty people arrived here June 30 on the steamer W. K. Merwin. They had wfntered at Minevek Creek, near the mouth of the Yukon, where the Alaska Commercial Company's steam CT Alice and the Columbia Navigation Company's boat Dwyer were also held in the ice The Merwin left Seattle on the 10th of August last, and was ice bound November IS. She was released and started up the river June s. Her passengers had hard experi- ence. Three of them died. On Febru-
 ary 24 W B. Robertson of San Fran cisco. 60 years of age, died of exposure and dysentery. On March 28 V. F.. Nordhoff perished while attempting to cross the portage to Nulate, and ms partner Morgan was badly frozen. April 14 George Derwin of Massachu-
 sets died of dysentery, some say for lack of proper nourishment-in other
 words, starvation. The entire party
 was reduced to the plainest living, hav- ing exhausted sLch luxuries as milk, ! the passengers went ashore and built cabins. while others stayed aboard the boat the entire winter. With the spring flood those on shore were compelled to camp on the tops of their houses for
 several days, and many lost all they had. On June 2, from man in small boat that had come down from Dawson behind the river ice, they received the first news from the outside world since
 they left Puget Sound in August, learning that the United States was at war. Following is the brief history ot the passengers who shipped on the Merwin last August, as learned from old Hiram Robbins of Little Rock, au- thor of the Arkansas Traveller" who
 is one of them: The following arrived in Dawson: Mrs. Bertha Turner and Elizabeth Carr. wife of Jack Carr; Hi
 ram Robbins, Dr. H. c. Bowers, c. E. Knapp and J. L. George of Louisville,
 William Moody, Evansville, Ind; Oliver Ouigley, Joseph Baker, Fred Oberg, Grant Trellinger, Martin Pedterson,
 Peter Peterson, all of Astoria; J. W. | Story. Marysville; J. B. Service, Leb- 1 anon. Ind; J. A. Dwyer, San Francis co: Charles F. Snider. Salina, Ohio; 1 Patrick CarnS, Harry LEWIS anu OHIiSt Kennon of Butte Mont; James Blu | chanan and E. H. Hunt, Asheville, N. e: J. s. Partee, St. Joseph, Mo; l.. | Benneman. Thomas Severan, Los An | geles: William Bartells and L. Hasgin ] New York; M Kappeld Sioux City; w. | E. Williams, Benton, Wash; Henry Schumbart, T. H. Simmons, Thomas l Malarky, Washington; MT. and Mrs l Sam Kirk, Charles Slaughter, Jack | Lawrence, William Boyden, w Nc | Cilvery, Paul Stein, L. Carson, John 1 Stewart, Ali Rowell, Rudolph Hanson and Captain Nugent.
 The following stopped at Circle City;
 Allan Tucker, Archie Heath, W. H. Els
 worthy, w. H. Weldon and c. W. Me
 Murrin.
 The following stopped at Eagle City John Howe, George Milfs of Tacoma, F l P. Haverner, Boston, Thomas Ed
 wards, Shamokin, Pa; Robert OShea New York; w s. Phillips and William
 Shebert of Buffalo; Thomas J. Breis-
 man, New York; William Francis anc Captain Bob Thomas of Colorado; Will liam Clifton.
 The following got off at Minook: H B. Porter and three brothers, Scot
 Hartman. c. Seaman and John Barnun l-of Idaho; J. w. Snider of Tacoma.
 I The following went back to St
 Michael: J. A. Vail of Cripple Creek Thomas Clark and son, Seattle; J. c
 Garvey and brother Of Chicago; c. A ] Whiteneck, Christ Ceaser, J. A. Nep-