Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1898-08-09

meat. potatoes were more of
a luxury so We had them two or tire,
times a week. For desert we would have
Htewed drled fruit, peaches, aprlcots and
ppleS, and sometimes pie or pudding
in fact we lived as well as the ountrv
could afford. We never cooked ahead
which. | think, is a point to be remem-
bered. Some of the men would cook for
two or three days in advance, the food
would spoil and as a person has to be
careful OF his food, they would feel com
PEELED to eat it, from which many serious
diseases arise.
Inc amusements are very few the
lonely winter nights, the longest q hours
are passed by card playing and novel
reading without the novels. Sometimes
(once a week we would get Harry, the
steward on the steamer May West" and
his wind jammer and go the Indian
villas and have a "squaw drill' or dance.
They dance entirely the square dance.
with the caller ont. Some of he Indians
who do not understand English under
stand perfectly the terms, Swing your
honey" Everybody Circle city, Back
to Dawson"
The etiquette of the ball room is very
marked, instead of the civilized MAY 7
have the pleasure of this dance" YOU
simply walk around the room, pick the
Squaw you wish to dance with, take her
by the hand and pull her to the middle
OF the room. Then. you pick her up and
stand her on her feet-everybodv sits on
moor and your partner does not regain
her feet till she is put on them in the
middle of the The Indians dance
like fury, keeping time with their feet.
The squaws, however, are like a limp
rag.
clothing Is one Of the most important
details a man must look after AS turs are
not used as people generally ex1er+. In
the cold5st weather | wore asuit ofheayv
wooden underclotheS, flannel shirt. cor
dur"y trousers and a heavy mackinaw
coat, a good fur cap coming we'll down
over the ears, three pairs of stockings or
a pair of German socks, with moccasins
nlled with straw, to keep the foot warm.
and moon hide mitts lined with macki-
nav or blanket. Of course a man must
use his own Judgment on the Amount of
clothing he ought to take-better take too
much than toe little.
The coolest day we had last winter
was of degrees below zero. the average
for the cold months was about 30 or 81
degrees below zero. On the trail person
does not feel the cold as much a. in
thought, although when it is blowing it
Is almost out o: the question to be ont of
doors. Sixty degrees below is no worse
than ID degrees below but one must keen
IN action as a person will freeze before he
remarkable, it showed hard several
tltneS during the winter at 10 and 20 de-
grec> below zero.
hen on the trail a parkee is used
made out of drilling, worn over every
thing and keeps out the wind. Snow
SHOES are something a person needs as
the snow Is from 3 to 6 feet on the level
MY partner tried them last winter for the
FIRST time, he started off very we'll hut
got stuck at a drift and could not turn to
add to his misery his feet kept spreaain O.
further and further till they were about
or . feet from each other, and not being
able to keep his balance any longer he
toppled into the drift. His yelling
brought us ont of the cabin. and all we
could see were the two snowshoes wildly
beating the air, we pulled him out and
after that he practiced N beaten trail
where he could manage his feet.
The hunting up there is good for the
Indians, as they know where to gal
m OOSa and as -JInn Th,a It,
TO contend themselves with grousn Tn
NE spring thousands of ducks, geese and
swan went over our camp going north
W e were catHp ped about 80 miles soutb Of
he arctic circle and as they passed everv-
pne bIaZHd AZ them and a few were killed
As they flew very high.
Abnnt the last of Nav the river hroko
up and the water rose 30 feet in three
lays, the island in front 0fo1r cabin wsc
'wamped under five feet of water. The
iiei III the island PCT all their provisions
Oh me roofs NJ their cabins and sat on
ne top waiting to. he carried off. We DOT
line to to the island across the slotph
'hlrE was packed with ice and Q men
making a raft out of their cabin. poled TO
he Ice and with the help of the rope DOT
o the mainland safely.
The water remained high for ? DAYS and !
hen fell ten feet leaving the island out of :
water. a couple of days later the boat l
anne down a side stream. where they !
ad taken her in order to avoid the ice =
nj two days later we had her loaded I
mi were up the river again. I
during she winter months we pros =
'ctei the small creeks and streams and L
ga was found in one eff the two places. +
L located some claims on one of taesa I
'eekS which L think will turn ont well !"
Fort Harhbin is 80 miles above Ram
trt city, there is a trail here over ho
'ii river leading to the koyukuk river
hich is reported very rich.
Circle City is so miles from Fort Ynko,