The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-16
Capt. Glenn Opening New Trail
to the Interior.
VIA The COPPER AND TANANA,
Route May he Followed All the
Year and Would he Practicable
for q Rmiiroad-Nnkes the En-
tire VALLEY Acknowledgements
May he Easily Packed FROM
the Trail I'm Any Direction.

Gamer y.v@r people vino came down
sr,.,s g.ska On the Cottage city YESTERDAY
ray that rncie Sam Is opening horse tfa1.
from Coax inlet ny &aF oi copper aisI
Tanaua rivers 20 tae hloHAAe region
wn}ch may eventually become route .
he f,liov.- I'd all the year reand and would
he & practicable I4ne for an a+i~Anerlctn
railway 10 me interior
The governments expedition sent up tf3*
seasar under the command % capt '''e''5+
10 explore and open a trail through 10 'i'-
Et0naike 81 way c. Copper 'lVeF ahU Z"
1eadyateYr of the Tanaia, Is ehgAgfQ IL
cutting = horFe lTlE to Copper river cFf3
.na e.neraf route taken b. the Old Indian
trail 4 etaeffaent OF a dozen men. VIZ
3,Seutv faeh horses. ss in fne intetl3r ati
exf.ects 10 nn!sn the Work al least 20 @3..-
ner river before water II they suct'
/; vii open the whole Of the Copper rfF@t
country 10 prospeciora foF next r+aS'"
Cant Glenn gei!l return early IL NoFeHi3si
ON the steamer RIVAL
The mouth OF the Ttzhna, wiEre ~
trail strikes ths Copper. Is about -" mix
up b. river, from .He mouth Of The cop
,.er and II ls above t5a dangerous glaciers.
rauyou9 and yaplaz. supplies can he
boa ted sleddea or packed ~ any direction
from ma end Of the tr1f.. atiJ al pat - =.
the Copper fiser valley as Wtit As tIte
upper Tanana, can be reached "ish gum
the Gonp.r river indians. or Mi0noos-
kjes as Ia. Russians called them. have Tor
many years gone dawn TO me AUX aFhi.
M the northern end Of Cook Inlet. Tor theif
sapp.i.s OF tea. sugar. tobacco a1n AM
munition. They use thc iran wnaen the I'M
fort,IDate sseTebfyibikoff found and men-
Toned in fs4- leaving the Copper river AZ
the mouth 0f th. Taz.ina river and follow
ing that river up 10 Lake P!dVeZHl2, ttofh
there up a small tributary which comes
into the lake from the southwest. and then
over the divide 10 a tributary or the Aata~
nuska tMldnooskD river, ana down thAt
large stream to the stores On kuik arm
Several parties have undertaken TO go
IN the Copper river but Lieut. Henry I.
Alien OF the Second United States cav
airy was ths. first 10 lead successful e&-
pedition nearly 10 dts source. Ills party,
cons sting Of four white men and several
Indians. started up the river on the lee
March - $50. After incredible hardships
they reached Lake Sus.ota. near the pass
To the Tanana river and about $50 miles, by
river June 3. Lieut. Allen IN his valuable
report Of the expedition, says that they
were compelled Ia abandon the greater
part Of their provisions camp OUTFIT. am
munlti0n clothing. etc, on the second day
after starting. and iiVeG largely upon game
and fish. which were very scarce and hard
TO get. All recent maps OF that region are
founded upon Lieut. Aucn's observations
and report. He says that 1t would be i'm
possible to 20 up the rl.@r either by water
or on the ICE. for any great distance and
take more supplies than would be used on
the trip.
Coppcr river and It's tributaries cut
through several ranges OF mountains which
are known to contain rich veins OF gold
ore in their more accessible portions At
least ; CsA people attempted 10 get into that
country last spring by Aay OF the river
and Naldes glacier. but according to most
reliable reports not loo OF them succeeded
IN getting past the coast range of noun
tains with food enough II last them a
month
For several years. Is we'll known there
have been good reports coming from the
Copper river region Immediately northwest
OF Cook Inlet. but the extreme difficulty OF
getting In with seasons supply " pro-
visions has prevented !: rrom being much
rrosrectod Tho country dra;ncS by the
Copper river and It's large tributaries. the
Chs'tyua, f.ebigstag. kAtena klaWasina
Taz!ina, Gakonka. Chris ochira, Moutasta
ard several smaller streams comprises
something Ike a0ca.a2o acres of land
Tho earliest exploration ot that region
was made 10y the Russian Screherinikoff
who with n party Of eleven IN August. 1877.
started up Copper river from rs mouth
aud reached the Indian village az Taral
Just below the mouth Of the Chi.tvna river
where they W3nt"fcd. Aho0! The middle az
the next Nav they assembled the river a :
far es the mouth ~ the Taxlina and went
up that 80 Lake rlareznie near IS source.
The Indians told ham Il was twe.ve .lay~'
journey from that lake - kenA hay or
Cook inlet A. II is naw called Some time,
after. returning - Conper river this marty
- -. -