The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-15
ALONG THE YUKON RIVER.
THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF WA.
TER IN THE CHANNEL.
MONTANA hid Egan Driven From
Dawson. Conecals Himself on
Soufhbonnd Schooner-Boats That
We're Passed ON the Voyage Down

Fred A Seigel ana James Thomas, prcul-
inent citizens OF Mount Vernon. TWO o. the
lucky klo13ikers who arrived al San Fran
cisco last Sunday morning OF the schooner
Hattie /. Phelps arrived IN this city last
night and registered a. the Dsl!er. While
both OF The Men are backward In giving
the sums they brought in. il viii be safe
TO say that S..o in dust and several thoa=-
and dollars in drafts was a good amount.
Mr.. Thomas Is the owner OF several good
claims. and just before leaving Dawson
sold his interests In them. Mr.. Selgel has
two claims on Sulphur which viii make
him independent for the rest Of his life.
They state that during the food at Daw-
son the first two days Of June the water
was twenty-four feet above low water
marx. and the streets were overflowef
Travel between different places was made
in boats, but when they left. June . the
water was recedirg very fast
Another piece Of news is that Egau. tia
Montana Kid" was driven on; ~ Daw-
son soon after he arrived there. One man
had him arrested for stealing dog and
after ne was convicted of that charge the
same proceeding was gone over again at
the instigation Of another man He was
fined $3.50 and told 10 get which he
did He disposed Of his property before
leaving. and II was said that ne realized
N1,"o- He made his way 10 81. Michael
and was row@d out 10 the Hattie I. PheIns
in the dead Of night by squaw and stow
cd himself away IN the hold. He was
FOUND AFTER the schooner had set sail Ar
irving NJ San Francisco he wake? ashore
Win the remark that he wanted to see A
lady friend. and was lost 10 view While
claiming he had 81 ESQ. he showed al diff
$3.50.
Fred Seigel and James Thomas left
Dawson June in company with Capt.
watson, former chief OF police of Port
land. and his partner Derry The Jour
ney. was made 10 Circle CITY in n small
skin At Circle City the stern-wheeIer ST
Michael was just leaving for the mouth
or The Yukon. and paying a fare OF 81
each, they took passage. On board were
twenty others. most Of them having ba =
or nuggets. ST. Michael was reached Juno
IL. The water in the Yukon was sixty-
TWO Feet higher than the low water point
j." fnie ii was receding some the river will,
De higher than in previous years.
me following boats We're passed In COM
ing down: May West. with a large crowd
II miners on board and sixteen barrels
80 miles below Dawson The boat was
hard and fast on a bar. with poor hope Of
getting on. There was a large crowd IN
board. nearly ali of them men who left
here last year and were to be landed -
Dawson before the river froze up. The
next met was the Hattie r.: then the
Weare and Bella. The latter two boats
mad been pushed on the banks by the Ice
and had just been pulled off At Rannart
the Hamilton. in charge OF George Han
was JUST swinging up the river with a good
cI0W1. ne last boat passed was the w
IN Merwin. which was loaded down and
making good time.
"hen the st. Michael reached Munook
ave miners boarded the boat with some
dust. They stated that the outlook was M,
s'ie brightest. but that some rich strikes
had been made.
Mr. Seisel said: when our marty Ia..
the miners were coming into Dawson h,,
me hundreds. about $40 arriving in FIVE
Jays previous TO our departure. MAY - a
saloon WAS opened and six barrels OF good
WHISKY was put on sale, and I'm less time
than it.takes to tell. ii had all disappeared
ana good drunk on good whisky was in
duised IN by nearly all the Dawsou,tes Tho
rare from Dawson TO Seattle Or San Fran
cisco is $500 and long before there were
slgns OF the Ice breaking up hundreds of
miners were willing 10 buy passage when
| ieit our party was advised to purchase
drafts on account Of the war. MANY win
hflng Their stakes in drafts. and possibly
little gold VIII be brought. was one Of n
party OF twenty-five from Mount Vernon
who left Seattle July % last year. Long
before we arrived a. the lakes we had
parted. and two Of us reached Dawson in
f0r'v-tvo oaVs. one Of our Marty lin
McCurry viii undoubtedly arrive on The
Roanoke with s9ee in gold. He owns No
y, Eld0rado.
Most Of the river steamers will reach
Dawson and perhaps make one round trip
but they VIII have hard work. on tho
st. Michael We had two pilots and four
si"ashes, and We were constantly humping
sand bars. All that Is needed is a good
pilot. and then the trip IS hard The bars
are constantly changing and navigation is
therefore very hard.
1T Is hard 10 estimate what Will be
brought out hy the boats this year Fully
sle.n0.o"o VIII he taken out OF the Giggings
this year To nay knowledge there Is moth
ing that can he located on within a dis
lance Of thirty miles from Dawson / an
glad 70 get hack 10 civilization again, and