Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-05-28

out befcp', the middle of January were
entirely ignorant of the excitement In
the world at large and were not able to
see any reason for It. OF course there
was gold In the interior and new strikes
every year, but that had been known
for years and the amounG OF hard
work, hatdships, sufferings md dam
gers a man had 70 90 through for
reaching those placers with PROVISIONS
enough to last from one year 10 the
next were go immense, tnAt only rich
gold mine was suitable recompense,
and lots of them thought that even
gold could be bought too dear All
Yukoners coming oT later were either
"bOomers" or men who came 10 take IN
| their usual spring supply. Furthermore
| the Canadian government has made me
| pretty uncomfortable for the Americans.
| Besides the duty, they collect taxes on
everything, A man has to pay tax Tor
the permit 10 build log cabin and Tor
the right to cut timber. For every
foo of lumber In the sluice boxes
there is a tax. The claims are
reduced to 100 feet and the royalty Is
20 per cent, which gives. in fact the
miner a mighty poor show to make
anything
ON my coming back met on the
coast side of the Chiicoot Pass
the wild spring rush OF
people. Sheep Camp, CANYON
city and Dyea, peaceful, small towns
were Just Wild with excitement. es-
peclally Sheep Camp, which in fact ls
only the last place in the pass where
timber Is plentiful, was booming. Real
estate was out Of sight. About 1.OOV
men were camping on the snow, and j
doubt the world before has seen a
bigger camp of tents In the snow
region. Even on the frozen creek were
pitched tents, and sometimes the IN
habitdnts were surprised to find q
al..ss 4
be the melting ice. Gambling huuses
and saloons were running freely and
in full daylight. Shell games and any
kind of "surc thing" game could not
be stopped, A man killed his partner
and friend In cold blood right in tht
tent next to me; stealing ana hght'
We're an every day occurrence. EVcrA
morning started the gang of men witt
horses. dogs, burrows. billygoats, oxei
and human teams to drag their pro
visions up to the scales, and there wa!
a string OF human beings three mile'
long, all fighting, swearing and laugh
ing, and AL Inspired by the goldthlfs
. that always has and always Will Sc
! the world crazy.
had recovered from the Klondlk,
fever and was able to see how ver!
few of those men were really fit for tn
trip and stood any show to succeed
but advice and warning were Just a.
useless ON them, as five months previ
GUS they would have been to me.
Taiia nnd Sltaguay were grown con
siderabiy since / was there and al
though the houses were very poorl,
, constructed, they Were grown UP in al
Immense number. Looking back OF
; the excitement that now is story o
the past, I don't think very man
! made money The boom was too shor
,, to justify the Investments necessar
! for a start. When the boom was goin
/. down. the travellers got away and onl
the gambling houses, saloons an
prostitutes were left. i don't thin
there ever was a more God-forsake
a place. ON earth and place more unfi
for civilized beings. don't doubt tina
thousands OF people will be going owe
:. to st. Michaels, and the first treasur
! vessel coming out with gold will agai
start some people crazy, If not thi
= war. in which every patriotic citizen
!, Interested with his whole soul, is abb
= to shake people up and show them tina
> gold is not everything.
I Finally, only short story about tn
+ Indians, those poor, sickly, ignore
beings who are hardly recognized a
human. l mot ON Lake Bennett
{ small tribe trotting along with the.
=, children and dogs. and bought fe'
curiosties from middle-aged woman
u Two days after they crossed the Chi
i. coot pass in a snow storm, and in spit
!, ! Oh tneir GU preNAutloH 10 Tie tlle gan
II together with rope, the same woma
~ with the pappoose on her back got los
" Coming down to Sheep Camp, the
- first missed her and a gang of mlnei
=. was organized and went up after he
Z She was found frozen to death, but hs
u taken all her clothing off and wrappe
y around her little pappoose, who sti
= was in pretty good spirits. This herr
y ieal deed of motherly love worked O
y the gold hunters more powerful tina
ie the best sermon, and they all unite
y and gave the Indian woman a roy
" funeral When the repo
;. reached us on the other sic
"a our small camp lighted
= campfire and my young America
4 friend from Harvard made a song
8 honor of the poor Indian mother.