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and he'd consultation with the canaery
men and the tycne. or CHIEF. The tyone
informed US that we could easily reach
katmai by way OF the Igagik river and
Lake Beeherof. so we s-ns back cur Car
mel Indians and arranged for a new start
On April we got into three bidarkies and
started. / had two Indian paddIers with
me and Mr.. Haw.ey had an Indian and
an English fisherman. The weather was
very stormy and We were soon obliged to
90 ashore and camp. The next morning
the weather had not improved, but. we
ventured out into the sea In the light
canoes. It seemed almost impossible for
the bidarkies to live in the raging storm.
After beating along the coast for two
hours my Indians headed out for sea.
There had been some consultation between
them and the Indian in the other bidarkie,
and supposed the other was to follow
us. I wedged myself down where could
keep reasonably warm and took nap.
When awoke I looked around for the
other boat. but could see nothing OF 1t. I
tried by signs to find out from the In
dams what had become OF it. and under
stood from their answers that II had not
followed us, but had kept along the coast
/ arrived al the cannery at the mouth OF
Igagik river late in the afternoon, and
several hours later Mr.. Haw.ey and his
party came in on foot. 1t transpired that
they had started to follow us, but in try
ing to turn had nearly capsized. His In
dian got frightened and made an effort to
get into the mouth OF a creek several
miles down the coast. A few minutes
later they were capsized, and only suc-
ceeded In getting ashore with the greatest
difficulty. They were nearly chilled to
death. having been c.ing.ng 70 the over
turned bidarkie for a long time before
they reached the shore. They were
obliged to leave the boat ard their stuff
on the beach.
In an Indian village.
April We started up the Igagik river.
travelling in the bikardies where there was
opeE water and with the sleds when we
found good Ice. There was firm ice on Lake
Becherof. probably one OF the largest
lakes in Alaska. It IL sixty TO eighty miles
long. We reached the head OF the lake
at noon. April 2, and crossed the coast
range TO salt water the same afternoon
The portage Is through a low gap in the
mountains and is only three miles long.
We took the largest bidarkie over the
mountains with US.
Arriving on the coast we found our
selves in small Indian village about six
" miles west of Katmai bay. Here we
were stormhound eight days. The last OF
crossing the mountains, and as the In
dams had nothing whatever EXCEPT the
fish they caught from day to day, we were
on rather short rations. Our diet was
boiled Goldfish straight. not only once dur
ing that time. but every meal, and we
seldom got enough OF even that to make
US think we had eaten anything. Finally
the storm abated and we got away In
bidarkies on April II. arriving at Katmai,
s1x so a..
evening of the 18th. Here we were storm
bound again until the I'D, when we start
ed with two Indians in an open boat for
kadiak island. The trip across Sheilkof
straits Is a very dangerous one and Is
only attempted under the most favorable
circumstances.
1.-The route Ia along the coast for about
twenty-five miles to a group of islands,
ard then directly across the straits a dis
tance Of thirty miles. The trader warned
us thar while we might make the cross
ing in two days. that we might be held
on the islands two weeks or a month, de-
pending on the weather. We made the
group OF islands at 2 p. n. and went
ashore and had lunch. BY this time we
had given up all hope of catching the
April mail steamer at st. Pauls. on Kadiak
Island. But as there were indications for
a reasonably calm night. we thought that
siderable difficulty we persuaded the In
dian TO make the attempt. We were In
luck, for after pretty hard work we found
ourselves ashore on the sand in the mid
die OF the night. We had just finished
breakfast about O'Clock the next morn
ing when we heard the whistle OF a
steamer One OF the Inosans ran up on
the blu6 and reported a steamer coming
from the west. Il proved 10 be the steam
er Dora. The same storms ,nat had kept
the captain was on the lookout for party
he had landed on his way 10 Unalaska,
and was running csose enough to the shore
to see the signals we made.
I'VE reached Sitka on Apri, .. Owing
to the accident 10 the Cottage City and
the consequent interruption OF the mail
service, we Were kept al Sitka until
May L."
Gen Carr is very confident that the Mum
oak country $ 20 be one OF great richness
in god bat he showed Discrimination TO
make any statements on that subject for
publication
"AIi / care 20 say Is" said Mr.. Carr
that Gov. McGraw and myself are very
well Satisfied that we were unable TO
reach Dawson last fall. Rampant City is
an important place on the river. and the
district there viii turn cut vel 4 con-
siderable quantity OF gold viii BE- cleaned
up there this spring from claims on the
f..t,1a Muneok creek. Rampant Is an or
DERBY community. good health prevails,
and nll she Seattle people seem well salts
fed with the prospects"
Gen. Carr says that there are many In