The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-02

water. The canon would never more
have any terror for me-
OF the White Horse Rapids, three miles
below the canon, Jones says: The upper
end of the rapids does not look very bad.
but the lower end looks like a cavvy of
white horses all bucking furiously, each
one with a white rider who is repeatedly
thrown, but is continually remounting. We
packed our plumber around and let our
boat down with a long rope, walking on
the wall rock above. Some boats were
crushed, some broken in two like straws.
We got down all right
Jones tells of some more exciting eXper-
iences on the river and of the arrival at
Forty-mile Post He predicts that some
day this will be a great tourist route, 60
ing to the mouth of the river, over 1000
miles, and there taking steamer for about
5000 more by sea. He gives an account of
his first prospecting for gold and tells of
the unsatisfactory results Others, how
ever, were more fortunate.
Jones tells of seven kinds of bears which
he saw along the Klondike river and with
which he had numerous encounters. He
also speaks in detail of the swift and dan
gerous streams filled with hidden rocks
and trees and the great difficulty of naVi-
cation. On the 9Th of December, he says,
he saw the sun for the first time in three
weeks.
1T does not shine on US down here" he
explains, referring to the post but shines
for a few minutes on the mountain You
may rest assured that 1 looked and look
ed--until at last it was gone. love the
sunshine. 1 then turned around and look
ed at the moon-big, bright but cold and
desolate. Yes, the scene changed. Away
in the distant north under that moon was
a picture no artist has ever yet painted.
A world of peaks and crags away above
timber line covered with snow; not pure
white snow, but of a blueish cast which
said to me cold cold cold. 1 turned again
where the sun went down; still a warm
look in that direction; my heart went with
it."
After referring to the intense cold of the
winter in Alaska, the guide says: Here
in summer this is a land of roses and any
amount of small wild fruit, chief of which
is the cranberry, red raspberry, red cur
rants, and dozen other kinds. 1 should
like this country if I had no family, or
I should like it better than do if l knew
that my family had all the necessaries
of life, which they have not. They can
not rough it and wear the skins of wild
animals and live on meat like L can, but
if they all i've through this winter, l hope
to be able to do something for them next
fall
Three years have elapsed since Mr.. Dull
received the letter from which these eX-
tracts have been made and another letter
comes from his old guide. 1t is dated Daw-
son, July 49, 1897 and was received on
April q last. He refers in opening to a
letter received from Mr.. Dull few days
before, which was written on Aug. 30,
1896. He says the letter brings me back
to days when I was just a little happier
any everything was more pleasant" Those
were the days, he adds, when money had
no value for him; that since he had tried
to accumulate money he had seen more
worry and trouble than ever before.
Il have no reason to complain now.
What 1 have accumulated within the last
ten months would, if put into dust, amount
to $4,000 or $4,000, but 1t has brought
care with it. I am kept busy looking after
my interests but my mining ground is all
winter diggings, and really, 1 don't know
how much or how little my ground Is
worth l am located on Bonanza and Bear
creeks. l know what it is to see and
handle gold. 1 have seen one dog packing
forty pounds of gold and strings of men
with fifty TO seventy-five pounds apiece
1t looks now as though it might become
necessary to demonetiZe gold and remon-
etize silver, as there has hardly been a
starter made in taking it out No one
began burning until about February. Still
there were lots of dumps that cleaned up
over 100000 and $50, 600 is common Men
who could not pay cash for their grub last
fall have had TO hire men to pack their
gold to town for them this spring, but
was not so fortunate. l had only about
100 ounces-$l, 200. 1 worked on a dump
which cleaned up sos, coo. We worked about
three months l expect to have a dump
of my own next spring
Jones says the river Klondike is spelled
several ways among other Conedike and
Trondike. 1t is full of salmon, and he
writes of the bears coming to the river
for fish. He also tells of shooting moose
by attracting them to a '1ick' at mid.
night, when it is light enough to shoot
The stories of the awful ravages of e
mosquitoes which have come down from
the Klondike have evidently not been over
drawn.
1T seems" he says, chat all the little
devils in hell were turned loose to torment
US here from the middle OF June until the
middle of August. l have a sack made
of cheese cloth that fits over my hat ana
down under my shirt collar with a small
piece of mosquito bar set in over my eyes
to see through. and still they get inside.
IN spite of all that 1 can do"
Under date of Sept 10, 1897, he writes:
1--WE have put up 81 800 worth of hay and
killed and sold over $500 worth of moose
nine cows, two calves, and two year
ling bulls A good bull would dress be-
tween 1000 and LOO pounds" He tells Of
killing two large moose and hiring a boat
the way down he was swept out of the
boat by a log projecting over the river
and narrowly escaped drowning. the swift
water and submerged trees and logs max
ing it almost impossible for him to get
his head above water. He finally saved
himself after an awful struggle by eaten
ing an overhanging willow whose branches
whipped the stream. The meat Of the two
moose cows was sold at Dawson.
1.-TWO of the boys that | came with are
buried on the hillside back of Dawson;
one was the first buried and the other the
last making twenty-three since last
spring" This is the principal reason given
by Jones for a feeling Of homesickness. He
complains that the absence of civil officers
works a great injustice TO the miners
who lose many thousands of dollars
through invasion of their rights He las
this to say of Dawson City.
Il have spent some time around town
where one sees sights that only seeing
is believing; but one thing / viii say-a
quieter or better disposed lot of men /
never saw one can go into a dance hall
with probably two or three hundred peo-
pie and lots of DRINKS, both male and fe-