The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1898-08-26
Consolidated April Il, 1890

and lots of currants. blueberrleS ana
raspberries. One of the people who
{ is to stay here to watch the goods has
a garden with onions and such stun
up and growing.
We have long days here now. l was
! hunting last night until ii CLOCK
came home, ate some supper. TOOK
smoke. and was in bed before dark.
! The sun shines till after 10 and Is up
| before . in the morning. There seem
to he no other fish here besides trout
and salmon. AMI those we catch are
fine ones. | sent you box OF spruce
gum today.
Flour sells for $50 per hundred
pounds here. Salt would bring %
cents pound if you could find any
for sale, and a man sold 46 pounds Of
sugar for SAG the other day. The
weather is hot 1t was SO in The
shade yesterday and while l am writ
ing 1t is 76 1t was 100 in the sun
yesterday l was out i'll the woods
and on high mountain, and conld
see Copper river in the distance. The
country seems very level off there.
Talk about mosquitoes! They don't
bite at all, but just come III sWarfnS
and try to carry one off or eat nm up
entirely. ! found big moose horn
Yesterday in the woods.
Copper River, June 22.-"At last
the long sought for Copper River has
been reached. We landed here day
before yesterday and l panned my
first color yesterday. We came down
the terrible klootena river Wlthonf
mishap. The entire trip OF %
miles is made in two hours. We rop-
ed the boats through Hell,s Gate. l
| wouldn't try to come down the river
again for good deal. Joe Bell and
let the boat down and the other boys
walked and carried some of the things
that we cared most for. Dozens o1
boats have smashed to pieces and all
| u. W
had luck on our side and got through
all right Two boats were lost today
so far and there may be more before
night.
This is the finest country l ever
saw except for the mosquitoes. The
whole country is one bed OF flowers,
and the birds sing all night long.
i There are more roses here than ever
saw before and the bottom land IS
covered with bluebells and lilies 0t
the valley and all kinds of Of berries
straw berries. four kinds Of crallher
ries. blueberries huckleberries, cur
rants. raspherries. salmon berries. and
others in great abundance. The sal
mon are beginning to come up the
river now and the Indians say that III
three or four days there will be lots Of
them here. The Indians are nice
looking fellows with long black hair,
and are very friendly and shake hands
; with everybody they meet, and will
! give one all the information they
can about the country. We staid
e awake all last night, as it was the
longest day in the year, and at y
$ O'Clock we read verse from the
I testament as we lay inside the tent
! without light and it was very
$ fine print too. 1t WASH tdark enough
to see a star.
= There is gold on Copper River
! somewhere. We can go anywhere
. on the bank and find from one to
= five cOlors to pan, SO we find a
= good chance to strike it if we can
e trace it up to where it comes from
. We are 26O miles from the mouth
= Of Copper River and llO from Valdes
> The boys have gone prospecting anc
y | staid in camp to bake bread. W.
: have a two pound can of butter
that we have been saving for /;
: month. and which we will open fol
= treat on the Fourth of July.
! haven't seen paper for a month
e or more. They cost dollar apiece
= and are SO bulky that the mail car
u riers do not like to bring them in. :