The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-03

also. except that II Is spotted: In fact. all
the creeks are more or less 30. In
yessers should he cautious
We got al tho supplies we needed 10
Dawson. Food Il scarce there ald many
people are short in some lines. but there
viii be no suffering this year. When Ne
let food was about 81 per pound. but de-
Ginning In price. I think II viii decline
sfin more as the time for new goods Mp.
proachss. because a good deal h held tor
speculation and the holders must realize
before the arrival or new goods. When the
scare was on every one seems TO have
either gcsten an outfit or gotten out. AT
all ether points on tho river there Is food
enough for the winter. For early ship
ment up the river there will he seine sur
plus a, Fort Yukon. about $40 tons At
Fort Hamlin. and Just inside the mouth
OF the river the two old companies have
probably 500 tons OF supplies, These goods
should begin to reach Dawson about June
Is and continuing till July /. on steamers
row wintering In the river.
The Trip 0at.
Our trip frcra Dawson 20 the Coast vas
made In twenty-five days OF travel With
our special incident. We found much
milder weather than below. Travelled
nine days on lame foot TO avoid laying
up. One storm gave US six days Of heavy
"fraiI-hreaking."
In our second day from Dawson We met
eleven sieighs OF the mounted police with
a ton of letter mail and accompanied by
Judge Mcclure. who IL TO establish .
court in Dawson; Mr.. Wade. crown pros-
ecn,or. and Mr.. Bliss. They would arrive
February Is.
Below Little Salmon we met Capt. Nor
woods party with four sleighs CT letter
mail which would reach Dawson.
Near the Big Salmon We met Mr.. T. q.
Wilson going in with dogs. who gave me
the first news of any ktEd concerning my
family that had reached mo since bid
ding them goodbye since last August.
got home without receiving single Seat
tle letter.
We found police posts or mall citations
at Little Salmon. Freeman's Point. Hoo
taiinqua. Foot OF I.abarge. White Horse
Tagish House and Lake Bennett. where
We were always treated kindly. Those are
posts for information and police service
ana relay stations for the mail service.
They do not sell supplies. but Issue RAJ
tions to travellers that are destitute.
Al Lake Bennett we met Mai. Walsh,
Canadian commissioner OF the Yukon ter
ri,ory. His powers and responsibilities
are large, but his high character and
abilities are an assurance Of an able ad-
ministration even in his difficult post.
Near the Little Salmon we saw our first
copy Of a Seattle paper. the Post-1ntesli-
Eencer. We read them with relish. ads
and all.
At Hoo,aiinqua we met Charles Kei-
logg, son OF Chief kellogg. who gave u
mitch Seattle news. One has strange sem
sations OF fear and hope when receiving
news after an isolation as long ~ ours
has been.
Along the lakes and at the passes Vo
met thousands or people and thousands
OF tons Of goods going across or waiting
for the troubling OF the waters" that
shall watt them 10 fortune In the summer.
We crossed by the Chilkoot pass. find
ing 1t more rugged than anticipated. We
know nothing about the other pass. and
so shall se very careful to say nothing
about passes or framways.
The Mount RainierTacona affair Is not
a circumstance to the Dyea-Skaxway var.
fare.
We reached Dyea late on the 9slh Ave