Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-03-31
ON THEIR LONG TRAMP
Grant oountu klondikers Leave Dgea For Sheep
oamp-Ths Moses Boys Lose A Dog-Foroed
TO Divide Grub.
FLINNIGAN's PoINT, ALASKA,
March 5. 1898.

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breakfast and turn to write this line;
the last | expect to pen for some
weeks at least. We are now six miles
north of Dyea, nearly halfway to
Sheep-camp, which is at the foot of
Chilkoot Pass, over which people are
rushing every day. One of our boys,
Case, went up day before yesterday
Just to look at it. and said you never
saw such a sight. Goods all along
the line for miles and miles with
every opportunity for stealing. No
body in Grant county would think of
piling up goods worth many dollars
along a roadway and 60 away and
leave them; simply pile the goods put
on a cover, and go away for another
load, leaving over night. We will
not leave any of our goods this way.
At each station some of US will camp
with the goods, because there are so
many of us. AS yet we have not much
to do because our freight is not all
landed and we cannot take any OF it
away until landed and checked eff.
We have been here since last Friday
and may have to wait two weeks before
all our freight IS landed; and if we do
not have to wait any longer will con-
slider ourselves lucky. Many have
been here from to weeks and others
longer, waiting for freight ordered
back in the states. Landing can only
be made when tides are out. Large
ships cannot make docks, and goods
are unloaded to small scows and rowed
as near shore as possible and wait for
tides to flow out and then teams haul
in. Tides remain out only two or three
hours and high winds prevent landing
day at time. We were very lucky.
Our checked baggage came ashore
with us and it is this that we are
bringing up here to have all our goods
moving along the line.
If l could start over | would do
some things differently, leave some
things and take some have not taken,
although on the whole think we did
remarkably well, having had no ex-
perience in even camping-out trip,
which is all this is so far or will amount
m nO+;I Xva ,rat on,. olo INC located md
log huts built, and then we will be
rig hit in town. After dinner we go to
town, six miles, to see if we can get
some more of our freight. The Ca
madam government have moved their
custom officers to the summit of the
Pass, so we are informed, and unless
you carry 1000 pounds to the man OF
groceries, mounted police turn you
back. This will not effect Halle and
l, if it he true. We have about 1900
pounds not including our sugar, tea,
coffee and soda. If there be any fault
to find with our outfit it is that we
carry too much. But | am quite well
satisfied and the farther we go the
better like the way. All our boys
pull together. We move along just
exactly like one party. Those who
have an excess of 1000 pounds will
loan goods to those short of 1000
pounds, and we have some in our
party.
The weather in the valley is wonder
full and to look up to the mountain
tops makes one cold. All sorts of
people are here, old men. women and
children, and all look healthy and
strong. The Dyeans are as obliglng
people as you ever saw Four diff
ferent parties offered to loan us BOYS
sleds to draw our goods to foot of the
Pass because our sleds are not yet
landed.
We are told 1000 men have passed
the mountains this spring and there
are certainly that number along the
river now.
Last SUNDAY we lay quietly in camp
but in looking after ourselves, dogs
and baggage we found our time well
occupied. We behave quite well.
think; but in this country little if any
attention is paid to Sunday, and ex-
pect when we get to following the
trail we will move along on Sunday,
though many of the boys would prefer
to Law in camp Sunday: but if the
greater number say move on, why
move on it i. When we get on our