The San Francisco call., 1899-07-25

WRANGEL. Alaska, July 20, via Seat
tie, July 24.-The Stickeen River steamers
Strathcona and Casca arrived here yester-
day with fifty-seVen survivors of the hard
ships of the Edmonton trail to Dawson
These unfortunates had been on the trail
nearly two years, and they related tales
of suffering and demonstrated the nom
feasibility of both the land and water
routes overland
Under orders from the Canadian Gov
ernment the Hudson Bay and other trad
ing companies have sent out relief parties
to bring in the several hundred sick and
starving still struggling along the Laird
and Pely rivers. During the past winter
it is estimated fifty died of scurVy and as
many more were drowned, WhIe othefS
returned to Edmonton.
Strong language is used in decrying the
Misrepresentation sent to newspapers by
agents of the transportation and trading
companies operating at and above Ed
monton, as well as by Canadian officials,
who recommended the route as practlca-
BILE one The majority of the survivors
are without funds. Most of them are
American citizens. and the local authori-
ties are notifying the Washington officials
of their destitute condition.
The following is a list of the returning
survivors: d. L. Shawhorn, St. Louis: j.
Kennings st. Louis o. l.. Ingles, Los
Angeles: G. Cosman, Los Angeles; L. Ste
vens, San Francisco; J. *. HastingSi, 1SiI;ia Bos-
Hopkins, Michigan; j. Seymour, Montana;
L. J. GibbOn. Montana; S: McQuinn, Nova
Scotia; a. Coswell, New Brunswick: j. +.
Mansfield Los Angeles; II. M. Payne,
Northwest Territory; T. NJ Simpson. Var
mouth n. s.: j. Morrison, Selkirk. N w.
T.; j. Hansen, Chicago; D. Davis, Mon
tana; E. l.. Kean, Manchester, n. H; q.
w. Gilmore, Manchester, n. H; l.. II.
Baird. Northwest Territory; H. F; Barth-
lines, Nova Scotia; J. n. Hamer. Los An
geles; j. II. Dowdy, Montana; H. Peter
son. Minneapolis; j. Pruden, Selkirk, n.
w. T; F. w. Ferguson, Yarmouth, n. S;
T. J. McHugh, Manchester, N. H; A Lii
ga Minneapolis; ]. Imeson, Ontario; n.
Mcleod, Nova Scotia J. F. Erikson. Min
neapolis; w j.. Dawson, Wyoming; J.
Nesbit, Canada; W; ellis. Canada: J
Hanna Montana; d. Fisher a1isr Ontario, MirnGS D.
Oils; w. Dick, Los Angeles; T. johnson,
Halifax, N. s.; J. Allen. Montana; J.
Ramstron, PhiIadeIPhia; s L; shannon an n
O'Neill Michigan; J. kearney, Oregon;
- Jones, Northwest Territory; P.
Flemming; Yarmouth n .,ost s.; /; R9x- Ghi-
cago; c. r. Griffin, Montana; Joseph
Heaney. Victoria; Joseph Kent, Boston;
w. S. Reynolds, Ottawa; Harold Paine
SEATTLE, July PA Times special
from Vancouver. b. c., says: c. r. Malt
by. who arrived here yesterday, from
Dawson, was ntteen months on the 1u1
monton route. With about one hundred
other prospectors he wintered at Wind
City. When he left in January, sixteen
men were sick with scurvy: He heard in
March that DR. Mason of Chicago and w
Gouchie, son of a Chicago banker, were
dying.
there. scurvy stricken and frozen. +.
Harris of Hamilton had both feet frozen
and they were amputated at the ankles
Two Russians named Boorman from Cal
diving with SCuTVN. 1leN
were living on the siftings of sour flour
only. j. Patterson, son of LIEUTENANT
Governor Patterson of Manitoba; J. Coats
worth a Chicago lawyer, and Cecil Mer-
ritt a Toronto eawyer, were stranded in
Wind City in March.
All would have been well If the indian