Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-08-11

consin jim These three are the
only boats named hv any 81 our party
50 far a. euow E.wel printed our
name and on the day We sailed
nailed it mp on either side OF our
boat's bow There are a. many
Bills" upon the waters a. there are
adieeliyes. Sufficiently wild and ro-
mantle a. distiL guish one from thu
other, we wanted A Jim" and !!
think il a very happy hit. Nobody
/ see, the name 70 forget it, Ne are
constantly passing and repassing
crews all along the route, and ever so
often Hello there Wisconsin Jim i
/ shouted and we. not recognizing the
! speaker, are told. why don't YOU
| remember we passed Tor camped) at
/ such and such q place MANY very
! pleasant acquaintauces have resulted
simply from the name Of our boat
| Three er four sons Of old Grant county
citizens that | have known or heard
Of have introduced themselves aud
hardly "A day passes that some one
does not hail up 70 ask what part Of
the state we are from and various
other questions.
Every one Of the boats of our party
pas ed White Horse in fine shape.
Most Of the boys had pilots Elwell
had the only mishap, and had to take
ont his good, and lay the boat on its
side 70 repair a small leak. and while
they all made light Of ii am con
WINGED from what they say that they
rem 4 !
as they could and vet avoid it, Mrs
Elwell rode through and was the COO
est member on board Jim let the
boys run the boat through. but
noticed that ever afterwards I'm swift
water he took the steering oar him
self. | have slept on boat every night
since starting. | sleep in my sleep
ing bag in small skin we have on
one corner Of our sc0w. 1t is lust
about right for these nights upon the
water. but TOO warm for sleeping
upon the warm dry soil. As my
sleeping place is thus higher than the
others and just right for one person.
claim to be the only one on this
craft enjoying first class passage, and
rs we all vowed after our experience
on the Australia. never again to ship
second class. | also claim 10 be the
only one that has not broken his vow
at first chance
Mrs. Elwell was yerv kind to Us
boys dial and y while in camp at
Bennett. She made doughnuts. Yeast
bread and apple dumpiings for Us and
gave rs her receipt for making Yeast
and yeast bread. .She Is very nice
people. A man is an Internal sim
pleton to come to this country with
out being good cook and bread
maker.
JtNE 23rd. Harry Patch. Will
Brother and Abe Anderson have de-
cided to 20 on this afternoon To Daw-
son and for this reason | am finishing
this letter hastily and perhaps leav-
ing out many things / desired to
write.
thought had written fully about
those dogs from your last letter it
seems not The dogs were taken sich
on ship Tiger died ut Dyea ard Row
er being sick same way, refusing to
eat and growing constantly weaker.
! got a Missouri man to shoot him
Then Gregg getting sick had his two
dogs (both black for sale These
with good harness and pair Of double
trees that were the envy OF everyone
on the trail | purchased for $50 |
called one Jay and the other Neslev
after their former wuers Wesley /
gave away AT Bennett and Halls Jack
was let loose ON Crater lake and he.
harness and chain We never saw again
Then back on Walsh creek | had JAY
Shot 50 now we only have Ponto; |
think | viii keep him. Jay was not
the sort of dog that thought he was
too slow and mulish- all right So
far a. ! used him; bat dogs are no use
whatever here except in the winter
and then only for making long and
quick trips Jay was no good for us
and we could not afford 10 feed him
when Hour Is $50 per cwt and other
things in proportion. Think SIC can
keep Ponto.
Had expected to find game enough
! for dogs. but this trail has been alive
! with men for six months aud many.
many forest fires have been started all
/ along, we are never out Of sight ot
| from two to six or more. and these
have frightened away the game if
there was amy here in the past The
/ Salmon have not vet come up stream
50 that We ranne, even get fish except
"a few river trout that j. caught occa.
sjonally. but these arenot at all plent-
iful We have seen the tracks, how
ever. IS bear cariboo and mountain
sheep, and know some II these aui-
mas are in The country little back
! from the traa
We are about - miles from FL
Se!Airk which Is considered iu>t atwo
day, walk. but we are just where the
/ Dalton trail touches this river 10 un-
load pack trains that make the rest uf
the trip ON water From here We are
told 10y the Dalton trail YOU can walk
10 the coast in eleven days, - from
ST ;. uul should be three DAYS trip
The prayers OF Lancaster people for