The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-31

the summit. TO the number Of several hun
ared. have driven on the Indian packers
Who have been packing goods here every
summer for years.
Chiikoot Jack, one Of the Indian pack
sss. has appealed to Gov. Brady for pro-
lection from the white men and the gov
ernor has promised to hsip him secure his
rights. The governor referred him 10 Dep
uty Marshal cadihee first and instructed
him that II the marshal failed to give him
the desired profession thar he should then
appeal to Col Anderson. 1t IL understood
that Col Anderson will not tolerate any
such action BY the white men. even e
they are American citizens.
Gov. Brady SAYS that he believes that
tho Indians are entitled TO fair treatment.
They made living In dealing in furs
until the white man came: then when that
trade wxs gonA. the Indian turned TO pack
1u& the white mans goods over the noun
tA1ns a vocation toe hard and mental for
the proApectors. For many years the In
dians have been doing this They even
made the trail over which the white man
packs today and assumes that he owns 10
the exclusion Of the daTk-skinned red
man. The governor Gays that he Is ae-
Quainted With nearly or quite every Indian
who packs on the trail. ard that because
Of their ions and faithful service he would
himself employ ono Of them II ne had any
DAokinx TO do.
The price for packing from the scales 70
the sumsnit 4 two cents per pound at pres
egk There - q perfect stream Of men
gokng ~ with packs on their backs. As
son ~ a man TITS his foot another man
puts his In tho track. Packers make from
3 TO ei6 per day. The Burns hoists are
working-one bv horse power and one by
eteasa. wEile the Dyea-Klondike Company
has tIlst gotten its aerial tramway into OPP
GRAFTON. The Chllkoot Company has not
gotten IT. tramway into operation yet
The Burns hoisfs only runs from the scales
"a tho Ainnie and the Dyea- kiondke
Company from short distance below the
scales to the summit.
Threats are heard that n the tramway
companies set 10 working soon tho packers
VIII take means 10 stop their work II IL
limited that they will wrap cloths soaked
In acid around the cables and break them.
The packers believe. and their belief IL
shared by others. that the successful oper-
alton OF the trans will throw practically all
the packers cut Of employment. As they
aFe making q Erea. deal Of money they
do not want TO be oussed from their jobs.
A NV days AFRO the Dyea-klondike Com
pany complained to Col. Anderson that the
packers were interfering with the opera
tton Of their tram, ana we're threatening
20 tear Il down. The packets claimed that
the heavily loaded buckets were IN danger
Of falling down on their heads and that
n the company ala net desist they would
remove thu apparatus. Col. Anderson adj
vised the tramSay company to treat with
the men to see X an agreement could not
be reached which would be satisfactory -
both etdes An 4 result the men agreed
60 work part OF the day and let tho tram
way run unmolested the rest Of the time.
Over a hundred teams came in the past
week and Joined the crowd that has been
employed at unloading the scows and haul
tn9 freight to Sheep camp. The price for
hauling from Dyea 10 Sheep camp dropped
dut1ug the week from three cents to two
cents per pound II huctuates according
the condition OF the reads and the demand.
Teams have bsen making from 30 TO $i00
per day for several weeks and many tons
are We, piled Up awaiting forwarding. The
price fot having freight taken from Dyea
TO Lake Bennett has boen II, the neighbor-
hood OF ten and half cents per pound.
A large number of men have been taking
their own outfits up the trail. either by
their own muscle or by dogs. horses. oxen
or goats.
Every one IL apprshsnssve that the road
IN tho canyon win give cut any day. when
feAming with two-horse a.eas or In fact
with any sleds Win have 20 be abandoned
IN the eanyan and the sraii resorted TO.
Prices win advance then some four or dye
cents at least a pound. 1t IL estimated that
tha Ice Ia the canyon cannot last more
than ten or twelve days more. II the present
mild weather continues.
Travel L. proceeding regularly on the
Ekagway tran. by the use OF part OF the
wagon road. Goods arc hauled clear
through 20 Lake Bennett. Pack trains are
coming into use as the Ice snelts and makes
the use or the yukon sieds imrracsiease
Prices for taking goods through TO Ben
nett are a little higher an a rule than On
che other pass but the great iscouvenienro
OF reieatsng onto scows and unloading the
eeoWs on the beach again at iow tiae' To-
gssAer with tho expense or mat move,
make the advantages rather win tn@ Skag~
way route. Probably three-fourths OF The
people who have come here the last monta
have gone up ny the pyea route, bat nine-
teushs 81 shose who have reached Bennett
have gore over the SRagway rnnte- Many
very LARGE stocks OF goods nave gore by
tia White PASS while the ether trail has
S,ona naorz, OF the small business When the
bottom, falls eut Of both trails. The Skas-
way wagon road and the trans, IL thew
are done Nv that. uDse. VIII have their
hagas fun OF business.
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