Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-08-13

DAWSON CRY, NV. T.. June 10. 1898
We landed here last Saturday after
noon all o. X, thank the Lord. We
started on the last day Of May. lost
about day and a half at the canyon
and White Horse rapids; we ,landed
there at noon and did not get through
till the next day afternoon. / tell
you this is rather frightful place to
one who is not used TO handling a
boat. We hired pilot TO take our
boat through and gave him $50, thai
was only 81 30 each and thought it
was "a good Investment To make the
boat as lignt as possible the two
! pilots only wanted five men at the
oars and the pilots steered from fore
and aft and you may depend on it
we felt good when we saw her plunge
out Of the White Horse Rapids all
safe and sound. She did not even dip
any water.
Three Of our boys ran the small
boat. A Mr., Lamb went through 2 or
times the first day we were there
and seemed TO enjoy IL, he was used TO
boating on rough water Mr.. Lamb
aud wife and little boy Joined us at
Caribou crossing.
/ think the little boy is years old
he reminds me of Lewis, always busy.
Rench went out t. Skaguay with Mr..
Lamb and helped them in. He said
when they were coming up tie Chill.
cottpass:the lttIe'felow got tired and
turned back and said he had enough
OF IL. Poor little fellow / did not
blame him. When they got to the
Scales he and his mother got Il ride
TO Llnderman Oh deg sleds. Mrs
Lamb seems to be nice woman al
ways in good humor and cOntented. |
They came up from Portland on the
same boat that we did and brought |
up Il fine span OF horses and he got all |
his feed burnt up besides some other
things at Skagway, and business was
so dull there that they concluded to
try their fortunes in this big country.
1t would take long letter to tell you
all the particulars of our trip down
through the lakes aud river,
the Ice crowded us on sand
bar twice on the lower end
o. Marsh Lake. Most OF the boys
pulled on their rubber boots and soon
got her of. The Ice was not dangerous
rs IL was all ground up like mush.
We ran on another sand bar little
above here and we all mad 30 hunt up
lur rubber boots and push her back.
The water was SO swift that IL made
10 pretty hard work. We did some
If our cooking on the scow, but IL was
90 crowded To do IL so we made TO
lie shore about or . O'clock.
lnd got supper and fought
mosquitoes till we went TO sleep aud
covered up'heads and all,
With one OF our tarpaulins so they
ould not lind us. They did not bother
IS much when we were out on the
water, and so far they are not so bad
IS expected 20 find them, aud one
lecularity about IL there are very few
lere. We aye still Lying on the scow,
We hardly see one, we were back about {
nile yesterday evening aud we :
ound n few, l have seen them just as /
'ad in Kansas, as any place up here so !
ar,
They say there little steam
-oat came down today with 80 sacks
I mall. IL viii take several days
efore IL eau be distributed. | am Ia
opes of getting several letters from
on, have only gotten Que from you.
We have seen George Bayne aud Mr.
Velsh and they are up about mile
fom MS, have shack To sleep In, aud ?
ave staked four claims each. 4
gorge tells me MIR. Welch Is work
X at the Carpenter trade and gets
3 per day, George is singing hash !.
q restaurant gets $50 per week aud a
Is board. Mr.Ilall was out on some q
the creeks aud did not get 10 9,
q him. They nave not developed 4
ny of their claims yet. They =
" they want ga ScTape up
500 "a huy them grub stake aud n
ley have ucarly that much now. d
zen they are tfoiuo IA ,saf r.aay for -.