The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-06
Rsturu Of the Peters and Barnard
Government Parties.
WELL PLEASED WITH RESULTS.
yaIaabIe Data AeeUseA ana Tvs
Thousand Square Miles AAoDe4
Ost Sear the Forty-Miie District
No Iusswxsaeisn Gfves 0uf Ter Puh-
lteasioa Untal the Department Is-
sues the Matter In shape Of MaDs.

Ths Peters and Barnart's United States
geological surveying parties. winch hef, Sc
attic for Alaska Last April. returned yester-
cay CT the steamship CoaeFnaugh. conf
ing out b. way o. 81. Michael The off,
Gals If the tws parties are WIN. J. Pssfss,
Alfred III. brooks, T.. &. Barnard and Jas
g. Rar6tr, beside six fed assistants for
each party. Mr Brooks accompanied the
Peters party as seoiogist. AL OF them are
brown as Indians as the result OK their
ssmmerps cutting In the mountains and On
the rivers Of Alaska and return we'll
equipped With valuable data and informa-
ttnn ahos. ire interior OF Alaska. when,
however. they esanes make public Until
they saali nave rsade taeir severas reports
To TIE government 81 Washington
Mr., Barnard. ~ spoA esusan OF the party.
was seen ct the Rsi8sef-GraEa last even
rig. He exeused himself from giving Out
any Information as they had beer strictly
anjoiuet - say nothing 10 anyone. Both
psrties. Dir. Barnard sal6, went over the
6xagwsy pass last April, The Peters party
going Down the Yukon TO the mouth of the
While river, then up the White river and
across to the TanAna and down the Tanara
70 the YUKON and on out thai way to p.
Michael Tais party with Brooks. the
geoicgsst, Was strictly q surveying party
and return With very compiete Held notes
at the entire route covers. "a us iohs
Journey.
Near the Fsrty-Miie District.
lne gdfUdsu party ds1C WIN ht ~ "~S
II the Skagway pass. passing down the
lakes and rivers TO the Yukon and o.. down
that river to the Forty Mile which river
they ascende. to the boundary hae- This
PARTY made notes of the topography Of the
country, and mapped out ABOUT 2.aoG square
miieS near the Forty Mile district. Mr..
Barnard and his party returned TO the
Yukon and went ou down that river 10
81. Michael where they met the Peters par
~ and all came out together.
sir. Barnard positively refused to say
anything touching the details OF the work
az either party or OF results accomplished
beyond saying that they had accomplished
NJ that they started Out to do.
There are stii two parties to be heard
from. narieIy the Eldridge and the spur
part.es Both went In by way OF Cook .
iuie. and up the SfAhitna river. the Spur =
party branching OF and going over TO the
xusk 3kwim. These two parties are expect
II back within very short time
Capt. Pratt's Party.
Under late OF ST Michael September x
tne sfse'si correspondent OF the post-!n'el-
nEencer WHITES that the United States sur
vey party IN coa,land Of Capt Pratt has
returned TO ST MaShaei aad are getting
Their steamers into ws.ter quarters. Capt.
Pratt says the supposed Worth" chanIlei
water ships IL a myth. althisAk~ they sur
veyed an eight foot course fhfsagh the
''kisslIvakk" channel.
The work OF the survey VIII be zoe-ce
Of much qualification to the river steamboas
men and viii tend 10 make more ct a GER
tainty navigation that has been heretofore
guess work.