The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-14

Wen t0E s4l1lA-. 10 increase Tie 0iS-
order tro Of The dogs began fighting. The
nea tried 10 step hem. al which was
surprised, fer II Is not the nature OF man
- step a dog aght. Presently, however
the w!ad began 10 IGn as We came more
under the lse Of The land. ana We shook
out the reef IN the sail In due time We
reached the place where VIC had landed
before. bet the travellers were gone 50 we
vent along the beach, outside OF the SUR.
toward the village. Finally, seeing 40
sign ~ orr friends. and observing that tire
sun was pretty near the horizon / dee!d-
ed 10 land. especially since nay orders were
% put the things ashore wherever pos
sihle, whether the people wers near or
net Landing then. at the first place
whore we could get in comfortably. | saw
tracks or the travellers treuding tcwar3
the village. OF course / knew that thsy
would not come fer the stsds and things
until the next day. perhaps not for cou-
pie OF days. But the supplies were con-
sidered nearer them on the beach any
where than they would be on the Bear,
especially II We had 70 get cut OF there
during the night. And the dogs would
live for az least four days without food.
So ashore everything went. ] hope that
Jarvis has them now. But / did hate
10 leave those poor dogs out there alone
in the snow.
The supplies consisted OF 20 pounds OF
beans. 30 pounds Of pork, cases canned
meat. cases hard bread, "a pounds bacon,
! large knife. "a dozen tablespoons, =
dozen teaspoons. 4 dozen knives and
forks rifles. ] shot gun. 400 rounds or
7 rife ard 100 rounds of shot ammunition.
/ sisds. dogs sleeping bags, cases coal
/ Oil / lantern. 800 ponds fish fer dogs,
/ camp stove and outfit. 2 sacks -four. !
! package leaf tobacco and ! large box OF
cigarettes.
They took with them only enough pro-
fa{z f.z sv~r, xfif. n
er. getting a fresh supply at each stop
ping place. Much OF these supplies may
he used in trading with the natives for
dogs. etc. before starting from Tununak.
AS they get further along articles VIII be
obtained. II possible from the natives by
means Of orders for supplies which Capt.
Tuttle will redeem in the summer as we
follow the track of the wanderers.
Dutch Harbor Quartz.
There seems to be good reason TO be-
/ lieve that paying gold mines will be dis
covered In the vicinity Of Dutch harbor
| as soon as the snow disappears there. Ac-
/ coraing to Chief Engineer II. b. Cloak,
OF the Lakme Mr.. Coley, a mining man
from Montana, who went north on the
/ Lakms, spent Il few days in prospecting
around Dutch harbor, and was rewarded
by finding what he considered an outcrop-
ping of rich gold quartz The discovery
was announced only few hours before
the Lakmes departure, and She brought
down no further information concerning
the ALLEGED strike, and no specimens or
: the quartz Rurnors of rich quartz rnGs
( in this vicinity have not been in1requent
for the past six months, but so far they
have apparently been without foundation.
Bark COiomn Missing.
/ The old bark Coloma Is long overdue a.
Z Dutch harbor. and grave fears are enter
tanned there that she has gene TO her
last resting place in the depths OF the
stormy North Pacific ocean. This Is the
news brought back by the steamer Lax
me yesterday.
The Colorna sailed from Tacoma on De-
cember e in command OF Capt. Mattson
with a cargo OF $50 oo0 feet OF lumber con-
signed to the Alaska Commercial Com
pany at Dutch harbor. She Is a very Old
vessel, and was u transatlantic packet be-
tween Portland, Or. and the Orient eight
cen years ago, before any line OF oriental
steamers was established north Of San
Francisco. According TO the reports
brought down by the Lakme there nave
been few storms around pntel harnor,
and no reports Of wreckage coming ashore
were heard there.
The Old Whaler's story.
An old whaler at Dutch harbor is help
ing the officers Of the Bear spend the time
that hangs so heavily on their hands by
telling them stories OF the Arctic one
evening not long before the LakIne sailed
he told the following yarn:
Il viatered ia the Arctic ocean in IS
! and '7s in he Old ship Mattapoisett, OF
| New Bedford. On the 4th and 9TH OF Feb
! ruAry, 1873 we had very dense fog,
which was succeeded at O'Clock in the
afternoon OF the 9Th By cold snap so
severe and sudden that the fog was
frozen solid. We had TO blast a tunnel
/ from the forecastie to the quarterback TO
get the man at the wheel; and when
We got near him had to quarry him
out FOR fear OF injuring him He :hawed
out sal right, and when he came to his
ne said he had never seen the fog
50 thick outside Of the Bay of Fundy'
Then. becoming serious. the old fellow
sad:
The Japan current undoubtedly sends a
warm stream through Bering straits into
>~-r e0HsD. Above the straits, close
In to the shore. the water Is cold But
intent warmer water and air
are found. This stream must warm up the
northern and western part OF Boring sea.
But in the Arctic I'm spite Of the Japan
stream, IL seems as IL the Ice pack never
changes. Each year vessels meeting IL
recognize, or think they recognize it's CON
tour So marked is this that a certain
pile of ice AZ the point where the leads
AfNtAr - f4Ascu igSfJiftCr point. FROM
there one lead takes you toward the Lena
delta. the other toward Point Barrow
Although the position varies slightly from
year 10 year, the appearance OF the point
OF ice remains practically the same.
In February or March of each year
the n0rtherly winds send vast quantities
Of ice down through Boring sea a. far as
the Pribisof Islands. when the ice ar
rives. at frst only a long. white lire is
visible along the northern horizon. Then
small detached cakes are sesn. Present
y. with almost Incredible s~iftaess. down
comes the pack and envelops the islands
seiTline around aud around the islands
WIFI the strong curreDts that always row
there.
In April and May The Ice gradually
draws back 20 the noTthward. leaving
the Prihllof Islands clear OF iCe in May
ard Jane. although Il is some times found
around ~ Matthew island. little ~ the
northNard. "a late ~ July. Strong south
erly winds wisi accelerate the clearing up
Of the zee. hut are apt 20 pack the drift
ice on the northern shore Of FeTing sea