The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-29
Harry E. Lee, a Famous Hunter,
Discovers a New Region.
AscENos THE SHEEP RIVER.
Visits Localities Sever Before Seen
spring With Party Of Expert Mis-
ers--A Hich Quartz I~d1s-faGs
ing In yaxiess Parts of the Worid

Among ske sr-sxafr 81 t5e schooner
nellie Tfxuxst0Ez ysstasszy was Harry 4.
Lee fae famous kBrtex 81 Chicago. w1So
has spent shree Esazt1z hunting and *
paor7rg IL sAe w.lfs u AiaskA, aorsn sE6
wess f~eEr Cock saEe-. ffe visited i0czE-
sfsex fhss were rav@- before s&Gs ny VIZ &c
HxE.. ard ws1t up Ss3ssfs river forty ffsasss.
q feza fhzs s~sn So Izs5-sa has never oA-e1
afEwEnps Es believes sse b1s found fas
paradise q Alaska, ffon the standpoint q
esd agriculture ana scenery. sn9 70 ga
tE9 -zer@ asxs fpTsng with "a oathz azaS
expert nJess 10 1szeg II
ssr Lee Ia wealthy, aa3 spends ais en-
ssFe tine hunting. IN fhe winter be goes
- TIE South, Mexico. ms Wet incisS and
Ufasr ygisnsS. ~ Summer ne is found &c
Canals ard Aiassa. re 0wsss pfos@.rty IN
Tta5. Missouri Kansas, il-Avs ana nf<af-
u every aiass n fas East, sisa wiA p
wag 81 ksslaez GsEy 10 EentEad kansas,
Ehsrs ne vii. Try sosf7 tins dogs Ga guam
lie had been paauaang an Alaskan trip
for sssefAa years. ard went VI tAsre kAst
June. landing ~ Cock ilet. DE vAs Ia
company lnaf TAI .ith DE. Iewesse, a
wealthy hmntAF of Canyon Isig, Col, but
there they parted eBrga auy, M. I>ee head
Ing fer Snssp river, against the advice
q al tee seSilsfs tbs.s. he engaged TIE
sarsAces Of tDreS o. four Iaeians. got q
t1a4 and proceeded ", thai tori aoas
stream The river eTnptssk INTO kasas-
uak BAY twsrgty or fExssslty-sly4 miles .cou
that heretofore DO toxt could stand
against H. q he shorts are hills and na1as-
taaas - pree;ytous that tney cannot be
penetrated. Hundreds az miners ha8 tried
fas assent. but were never able to get up
more tAAa twenty nils, Their boats cap
sizing ard losins their oatalis. provisions.
AID frequently thsfr lives.
Baf ths nanter courage and xxi got
I'm ihfoosa. and he sas rewarded BY
quartz ledges that he beli1ves are the
source OF the gold that Is .asaed iowarG
Cook inlet by iaaafmerab bic streams From
eyefy mountain In that nsigf, b5rhoo6 Mr.
ls<. inspscbd Tae surrounding country
s4nd made maps Of the great uakIowa dis
Like the Realized Arcadia.
From one summit ae discovered a larga
Dpea plain that Appeared 10 bis astonfsaed
eyes Ike the realized Arcadia OF al tx
piorer in the wildS OF Asia Thirty by
forty miles In extent. he says, with iunu-
HsfAbss creeks running through Il, End
hundreds 81 springs oabbling up: woods,
grass. beautiful climate and all~~ii seemed
the most perfect place on earth. lie found
Wild redtop grass growing three and faat
feet high. and huckiebsrrieg stra u berries
raspberr!es and black and red currants IN
MIG and luxnraDt profusion. The roi
Was rich loan, and the natural park
aisounded ia al kinds cf wild game. from
grizzly bear, mountain sheep. Elk. moose,
caribou aiae deer 10 pheasanss, grouse and
ensas. And further, Mr.. Lee says, ae dis
covered route that needs only a little
work to make an eas-v road for horse or
railroad 10 the coast. less than forty miles
away.
After spending IA fey weeks expsorirs
she surrounding country. the hunter re-
turned 20 the eCasf. where fae secured some
men snd sent them back to Look after MS
mining interests. lie has no intention Of
organizing . stock company. bat VIII take
bis own expedition Is next May spending
bis own money and starting from Seattle.
Plenty at Same.
Mr.. Lee succeeded far beyond his exoec-
:ato2s IN ba2glng good game ard arough t
back SONS of his finest specimens % have
dem mounted and placed in his Museum. in
Chicago. re Killed three mountain sheen
one Of which h pronounced by authorities
the GHcsst they have eyer seen. Three car
bon are among his victims. and enc OF them
has ntty-ssven points which furriera pro-
roufce remarkable. tbs average being bat
tnriy 20 forty lie has TWO aaoosse. bat
says be could easily have Killed more II he
wanted. ard I'VE magnificent grizzly bear
besides lrnumcrabie birds Of MANY and
rare varieties Zach If the aE,malz was
Killed ~ one shot. - an examination Of
iher cAfcassfzs showed They were shat
feslira the ear. IT. hunter Uses s0-sy
Savage tiae wish soft bsiists for ANNA i
ard steel Iso nted FOR birds
Several ,aaes Mfr LIE narrowly gal s.s.-si
tDSsEg iias SEE. Dars ~ wass sealing the
eide 90 steep hiii. starting from mar
rev ledge zoos fcet above the f,ottsga % a
shsSfn ani climbing from one rru}nf.ffrts
rock "a at20ther. he vas ia g ;arfif-s1.arlv
dangerous plses and reachtd up to era 81,
ar obtrlding boulder Tie stone broke az
anc jusr "a be- AZ losing htss rs lance h.
damned the hptt ~ lis rilfe in 4 praieo.
ton 81 It's ree' and held himself uriEi! he
caught q new hold
Mr., l$e gave "a vivid description, of 80
experiences - Observation-Disclosures rsil,.-..
q q. 'he BIi3er hotel last night He savx
there - no fsse .s1ty Tor any 8tsfg-s ht ing ~
desHtoie Cf~cuasTts nessz snt thns ~ ned
e-I are hsa}fh ana detarmiEa tio1i tar aos.
as
WINTER VIA ny sun IN fhat ,asntry.r nt
srlys, "ans have The finest tiu.a on tarft7
The Ciius4f" IS hoa f1sf~ hsiuE ne s~..i
winters. aN3 thv rts0ssgH~ q -. All boat ggn7
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