The record-union., 1898-07-31

like bear in a dismal cabin or sink TO
the level of savage and find domestic
society among the Indians.
Some few will strike it and set the
world luny by a vulgar display OF
wealth and reckless prodgality but
hundreds of his kind are doomed to
lives of bitter disappointment. To this
country many have been called, but few
will be chosen. They are leaving faster
than they are coming, and Dawson and
vicinity will likely have a less popula-
ton this year than it had last With
many mines a blank, and many more
shut down, it offers no inducement to
any one to stay.
! Wrecked Hopes and Lives.
In the spring, if man comes with
fresh meat and vegetables, he will have
his fortune. but he must come early
and have a man thoroughly informed
on the country TO pilot him. The trip
is dangerous to property and. life, and
conceit is perhaps worse than ignor-
ance. Wreckage has been fearful all
along the line and I fear now for
friends who may be starving on the
Thirty-Mile River or lodged on a sand
bar on the Yukon. Disappointment and
sadness exist in the camps OF the new
arrivals. They have spent their sub
stance, damaged their outfits, with no
homes perhaps to turn to, for the mort
cages Will have consumed them ere
they can grope their way beyond these
frozen limits. The wrecks in the river
are nothing to the wrecks of hopes and
homes in the States caused by the
coarse vanity of low intelligence or the
expansion Of poetical minds.
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flimsy show. and take surmise for GER
tainty, they must continue to be dis
appointed and suffer the consequences
Of their own folly In the future enough
will come to develop this country. but
they are born for the task. Some will
achieve success, as success is achieved
on the wheat board. Do not envy do not
try to initiate. AS between you and
them there is a gulf which is impassa-
BILE, and shipwreck Will be your inevita-
bic fate. The right men for the cOun-
try will drift here without effort. and
the wrong ones will find difficulties in
surmountable
l hope I have made things clear for
have tried to state the facts in the case
without prejudice or enthusiasm. Per
sonal feeling or interests does not come
between me and the actual conditions
as ! find them. The trader may come.
for there is profit here; the adventurer
will come, for it gives full exercise TO all
his faculties, but the man who takes
the world seriously-the man who
guides the plow and drives the plane
the man who stands as the
support of the nation-the found
er of homes and the representative Of
common society. should never venture
into these regions, where disappoint-
ment and disaster surely await him.
Sacramentans Coming Home.
I found the Sacramento colony in
good health. The severe winter has
left it's traces, but little rest and
proper food will soon restore their for
mer strength. Those who came in last
fall will return in a few weeks, but
those who have just arrived are yet
| undecided. / have heard of no acci-
dents Detailing any from our town. and
I have endeavored to keep informed on
their welfare. There is also a fraternal
feeling existing between all from Sac
ramento, which has greatly assisted to-
make the journey pleasant.
| 1t is midnight, and / am writing by
| the diffused light through an eight
ounce duck tent, so you can imagine
how bright it is outside.
This letter is now too long so win
not touch on the country from a geo.
logical standpoint. Your friend.
| y H. LOOK.