The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-07-14
TWO WOMEN IN THE KL0NDIKE.
An Illinois Girl and Her Aunt Who
Went There and Stakcd Ont Claim

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This is part Of a letter written by an
Illinois young woman who started last
summer on a tour Of the Yellowstone
Park with her aunt, caught the ALASKA
fever. and went TO the Klondke. The
two women made the trip by themselves.
most of the time without escort and are
now at Dawson City:
The winter has passed rapidly. and
do not remember ever at home TO have
experienced "A more pleasant March. The
days have been bright. sunshiny. and pot
at all cold. 1 do not know whether 1
told you in my other letter that ] am or
gauist Al the Catholic church. We have
a very good choir, two of the gentlemen
in the choir are from New York, and
SANG In ch0irs there; they have fine
voices. The high mass We are pracucing
for Easter has some beautiful solos In IT,.
We have viOiinlst who IS good musl-
clan. and this adds much TO the music
Sunday Is one Of our busiest days. Aunt
Lou plays the organ at the Presbyterian
church. We both have 10 20 TO choir
practice IN the afternoon and % church
at night. so L told her the other day that
between our religion and stampeding We
would be used up.
stampede, which is one OF the longest
trips We have taken yet. We went up
the Yukon 10 a creek called Ballarat 10
stake IL. In company with Mr. and Mrs
Logan. Of San Francisco who came on
the steamer with us. but have been win
tering near the mouth Of the Pelly river
and only recently came 10 Dawson. we
left here on Monday morning at hall
past 9 o'clock. After we had gone about
three miles the wind began TO blow and
drift the snow 50 we had to break tran
from that on. which was very hard work.
About eight miles out from Dawson we
stopped for lunch on the river bank-had
a camp fire. cooked bacon, warmed our
beans and made tea, and this refreshed
us for the rest of the journey which was
to reach the only cabin We could Tor the
night. twelve miles further on. We trav-
elled along, still having to break trail,
and finally reached 1t. at half-past five.
pretty well used up. There were only
thirty-three persons in the cabin that
night. but as usual the men were solcl-
tOus for the comfort and welfare or thS
women: so after our supper We had our
beds made down on the floor In one cor
ner and here soon rolled up in our blan-
kets and slept well.
1.-THE next morning we were up bright
and early for the rest Of our journey,
about eight miles up the creek. This was
a hard trail. too. for if you stepped OF
the trail you were likely 10 get your feet
Eet. and that is q serious thing In this
,ountrv. We made &c all right. however
Aunt Lou stalking ON No. 10 below Dis
covery. and / on No. l6 above. two very
good locations We think; we had tips on
these before We went up. Mr.. and Mrs.
Logan had TO go further up the creek, SO
Aunt Lou and ! started back alone.
When we were within about three miles
Of the cabin we We're very tired and hun
CRY. and concluded we would stop at the
Indian village TO see II we could get any
thing 10 eat. AS soon as we
had stepped into one Of their skin tepees
/ think the entire village turned out TO
see us. and the tepee was soon filled with
men. women, babies, and dogs galore.
one of the young women understood
English. so Aunt Lou handed her some
silver and said Something ito eat The
woman dropped her baby Into the arms
Of an old squaw sitting near by, rushed
out Of the tent and sOOn came back with
some moose meat which she proceeded
20 cut in small picces-they have ilre IN
the middle of these circular skin tepees,
with an opening cut in the top 20 let the
smoke out She put on the frying pan
with some caribou Fat I'm IL for lard, and
soon had our meat cooking nicely. pep
pered and salted IL. asked US 81 we would
have some tea-they use no bread-and
this, with some frozen cranberries. was
our .repast. and as we were tired and
hungry IL satisfied us, and the novelty OF
the situation repaid as for IL also. We
reached the cabin in a short time. and
after "a good nights rest were ready for
our return trip 10 Dawson
1T had showed the night before and
was showing when We left in the morn
ing. so We had to break trail all the way
again until We stopped for lunch at the
old place After lunch the snow ceased.
the sun came out, and the Indians who
had been 10 Dawson with their sleds and
dog teams came along and as their sieds
are built like a tobOgsan they made the
trail much better. and from then on we
made good time. Reaching Dawson at
half-past at night, we recorded our
claims next morning and sent them out
by one Of the discovers or the creek
who was going out over the Ice 70 Chi
caso ana New York 10 be sold. II he sells
any; so you see II we do not make any
money here II Is not because OF our lack
oI enersy. IN. Y. sun