The San Francisco call., 1898-04-11

The snow and ice cut the dogs feet terribly so that they froZe, and many of them had to be shot and fed to the others.
 At Kuskucuim we found a merchant named Lind on whom we had orders from the Alaska Commercial Company. | He did not belong to the company, as we soon found for he wanted the ex- l tortionate sum of 5000 for a dog team, | seeing that mine were nearly gone 1 could not give such sum, so reported | to Rev. Kilbuck at the mission. He | was a fine man in every way. He gave | me thirteen dogs and fitted me out so | I could get to the next mission, and was kind enough to travel $50 miles | with me on the way. At this mission | we found ourselves just in time to at tend the weddino of Rev. MT. Rock | and Miss King. the school teacher. This was called the fission of Nushigac.
 When we got to the Taoack River our Government guide, F. Koltchoff. knew the country, so we started for Nushigac and arrived there about the 22d of February. We went to Rev. Schoeckarts mission, where he fitted us out with new dogs, after which he ac- companied me as far as Katmy, 400 miles away On this march the weather was very bad and the labor of getting through with our provisions and a hundred pounds of mail was very diff ficut. For three days we had to take refuge behind the mountains to avoid a blizzard, and when we came out 1t was showing severely, but we had to press on, because food was being con- stunned pretty fast We remained in Katmy four days on account of the storm, loading up pretty well with pro visions from the Alaska COmmerclal Company's stores.
 ;,,lr I ous thing that ever man undertook in a sane moment. l took an old scow shaped Alaskan dory, renatled 1t, and shot across the Shelikof Straits, dan gerous place where many boats have been dashed to pieces by the fury of the waves and the treacherous character of the surroundings It was the most startling trip I ever took or ever want to take. A thick fog came up before we got across, and 1 had to steer by l studying the movement Of the water. We get across and camped by o'clock | that night, well satisfied that we had performed wonders.
 eve were well on the way toward the end of our journey now, and were glad | to see a prospect of rest. For months | we had been going up canyons away l around inlets and doubling back and around to avoid mountains. and 1t seemed glorious to be in sight of the l goal. The next day we continued down | to Kadiac, and the second day arrived at St. Paul, on Kadiac Island. There the Alaska Commercial, Company char tered a schooner for $1200 to take us to | the island of Orca, but we came upon the steamer Albion to which we were transferred, and by which we were brought to Portland. It was great rest to get away from the terrors we had been fighting so long, Night after night we had been sleeping in snow | houses which got so warm and Suffo- eating sometimes that we had to dig through them to keep from smothering. l and now we are at leisure. so that all our faces got well. When we arrived at St Michael we were bleeding from the cold as much as if we had been cut in the face with knives. At Portland we were treated elegantly by the Alaska Yukon Transportation Company, which saw to our passage. Lewis, Anderson & Co.,, however, showed us no mercy whatever. They would not recognize a telegram from their own house in San Francisco, asking them to treat us right"
 One of the most interesting souvenirs of the entire trip is the bunch of letters from various vessels which Mate Tilton and guides met on the Yukon. Each boat gave him a few sheets of paper containing a record of the passengers
 
 the whereabouts of the craft.
 The following is copy of the records he brought with him. showing many names of persons well known in San Francisco and throughout the country:
 NONAvAK OR KENNEDY RIVER,
 January 9, 1S9S This river flows into the Yukon River fifty miles up from the mouth.
 The following is a list of the passengers and crews of the Elizabeth Anderson, hulk Politkofsky. steamer w. R. Merwin and schooner w. J. Bryan, bound to the gold fields of Alaska:
 G. Mulligan, Joe Baker, O. Fingley Fred Oberg. Peter Pederson. Astoria, Or :; Mrs E. Carr, Mrs. J. Higgins, A. A. Carr, Seattle, Wash: Judge Hiram Robbins, Little Rock. Ark: pr. ": c. Bowers, Louisville, Ky; William Moody, William Beerwart Evansville, Ind; John How ell. M L. Weiss, Joe Nestle, H. B. Por- ter. Denver. Colo; Scott Hannah, Charles Range, Con Seems, Murray, Idaho; J. l.. George Louisville Ky; J. w. Snyder Lake Tapps. Wash; George Mills South Prairie, Wash; J. W. Stew art. A. F. Rowell., Marysville. Wash: i; Allen Tucker, Archie Heath, William H. Esworthy, Port Blakeley,- Wash; Fred N Havener, Waltham, Mass; Thomas Edwards, Schamokin, Pa.; J. B. Service, Lebanon. Ind; George H. Denvin, Lewis ter Mass. D. H. Hunt, ASheville, N C.: