The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-02

gEACWAY March 2i.-Afief one "
| ,ony.st and most hazardous trips e's'
taken in Alaska in the winter, aip
stretching for over 1.4oo miles along 'is
frozen hanks of the mighty Yukon RIVER
o.,a- tha mountain range and down 10
| ,,aswa,er. two travellers have Just ar
! rived They are Judge Wood, Formerly
| mayor of Seattle. whose hasty determines
| ,san TO forsake public life in Seattle iast
year and start for the land OF gold, Went
! a long way in bringing the new mining
! country into prominence and II. WINS
| Carr. almost equally well known In Seattle.
The two men were three months on the
way. They left the mouth of the Tanana
river, where their boats are frozen In
for the winter, on November q last, and
arrived here March &c. The trip was sue
cessful in every way. and although 1t was
one which few men would undertake, be-
cause OF It's perils and hardships, the two
men stood the rigors very well and ar
rived here fun of strength and energy.
though very much tanned by the wind
and exposure. They take the Queen to-
day for the Sound.
Owing 10 the fact that they stopped
couple of weeks at Dawson on the way
out, the announcement of their expected
arrival had preceded them some days. It
was brought out by ii. !. Miller, who left
Dawson about the time that they arrived
there.
Following close after the two hardy
travellers Is another, who has come thou
sand niles further than Wood and Carr.
II =. ~.
who comes from St. Michael. AT Daw-
son he caught UP with this party, but
was not to leave for two days after they
did. As he was fixed for swift trav-
cling. he Is expected here daily.
As travelling companions part of the way
from Dawson, Messre Wood and Carr
were accompanied TO the coast BY j. w.
Siayden and f. T.. Emmons, OF Tacoma,
and Captain w. c. White, OF Cripple
Creek They all left Dawson on Tebru-
airy a. Wood and Carr had the best dog
team. and they bid good bye to the other
party several times on the road. but by
hard travelling the others managed 10
catch up with them, and after travelling
with them 4 few days, would drop behind
again When they got to the lakes. Stay
denis party took the Windy Arm and
Lake Too Chi route. while Mayor Wood
came over by way of the chlkoot pass.
| All arrived here about the same time.
The news which the ex-mayo- and Mr..
! Carr bring IL summed up briefly as fol-
| lows: Great activity In prospecting all
| along the Yukon; rich creeks everywhere.
| especially in the Munook district: good
| health In the camps below Dawson. with
| plenty OF provisions: five men died in a
stampede from Dawson TO Swede creek,
| some seven miles up the Yukon from that
/ city. the arrival or the Canadian mail 70
/ within a day and half journey of Daw-
| son.
/ From Muaeok to Dawson.
| Judge Wood and Mr.. Carr started from
| Munook with sixteen native dogs and over
| i.ooo pounds Of supplies for themselves and
dogs. They brought an Indian along with
! them as far as Dawson. They were "A
/ days In making the so miles 10 that place
At ore time for Two weeks they did not
| see sign OF human hahi,ation, or even A
| trace OF Il deserted camp along the trail.
| Il was solitude, deep and prolonged. Hap
| PLY. the cold though severe. was not SO
| bitter that ~ caused them any suffering
Mr.. Carr had his nose frozen once but
! not seriously. They had heard Of the
| great scarcity of provisions mt Dawson.
| ard 50 laid In supply 10 last them the
entire trip. As their load WAS reduced Ell
| route. they sold of their dogs one by
ore, When the summit was reached they.
i HtA@ Hut -3A lex. anu tUtSe tbsy SOFA IN
bunch. and came the remaining fifteen
miles on foot
Mr.. Carr kept diary. and the best DAYS
travelling on thu trip was - miles They
had 20 guess ~ the mites, for ihere was no
| way az measuring them. rnttl they got
10 FoYt Yukon they Rad no Thermometer.
TIE coolest day after that was 81 below
| zsra Captain Ray was seen AT Fort Yu-
kaa ard Mstor Walsh at Bennett +. H.
Clear. Of Cleveland. O. with his dog team.
| came part way up the river with them
stopping al Fors Yukon. From THAI point
20 Dawson they had the company Of
young Macintosh son - the lieutenant
| governor of tf7ss Northwest territory.
| While at Dawson they took trip up on
Benanxa ard Eliorsio creeks. and say
| that they mel many Seattle people that
! IL was Nas walking along u street IN tnt.
| Queen City.
1 They saw the river steamers Bella
\ Wear 81. Miehaei and Victoria in wFsg-
| ter quarters az Csrcts city. The various
men in TIE crowd that owned The st
MAsasael bad had ID end of dissensions aud
tFgnhiv. The Se1itis Ne T. Mayor Wood 3
\ boat. ard ths Nay Nest. Pref Richard
seas. apaa whsfa Mr.. Carr weat uD the
river az psirser. we're safely Fytng IN me
| tSs fr small river. a6ant NJ miles below
tbs mouth % the MHnoog. TnEs small
r.Ysr breaks up before tae Yukon. ard the
lussa2Aan b. TO start up the beats "a Sosa
IS ths river - epsn ard TO get up above
| tbs reach 90 the drifting ice IN the Yukon
\ anti tue danger IS over. ard even ~ coue
| hack and sscerd the river 10 Dawson
| TIE sSwa where the Ssearaeys are In wsn-
sev quarters. consisting og ~ or ~ cabins
| was NAMED Mnssswortn zfte, Judge Wood
| ard Captain Frank Worm