The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-15

An lnterss3ang Lseeso Descriptive .
The voyaoo NoRtA.
W. A. Dickey. q member Of the famous
Hartman scientific expedition. has written
frcm JunoAu under date e June & 70
Seattle friend. the following interesting
account Of the voyage up to that time:
.sIrnfortunateay. the weather continued
cloudy and dull % the party passed Puget
sound with no view of our gcrgsoue
mountaina which seem 70 form fitting
prelude TO the otill more gofUeous ana
striking peaks a Ahska- The boat land
ed az az Victoria where IN extended vfs-
IL was paid TO the government museum.
which has . magnificent room In the new
government building. Some Of the WASH
fn9ton scientists arranged for IN exchange
OF animals with the curator Of the mu-
scum. as the Victoria museum possessed
several species OF animals that are not
found In the United States Hardly
glance was given the town, which to the
ordinary tourist presents so many points
OF interest. No one Waited the navy yard
At EsQuimalt. the Dunsmuir castle or the
park.
IN the Gull Of Georgia we passed the
new government boats destined for tho
Yukon river. After passing Seymour mar
rows q landing was usade on Vancouver
island. and many interesting plants OBJ
tanned by the botanist& The specialists
on birds found but few. while several rare
worms. crustaceans and insects were
found by others. In the evening DR.. Dali
gave q most interesting lecture on Alaska.
The doctor was the FIRST American scien-
fist to visit the Yukon valley. spending
two years In the northern country in 1851
and iSSa at the time when the Western
Union expected to build q telegraph lire
by the way of Alaska and Siberia to Eu-
rope DR.. Dali assembled the Yukon as far
as Fort Yukon. and a portion of the party
went az far as Fort Selkirk. which was
then in ruins. for the first time identify
ing the Yukon river Of the English with
the Kwikhpak Of the RussianA Their e.
even to this day.
The Western Union abandoned the
building OF the overland line when the
Atlantic cable was found to be a success,
but DR.. Dali spent another season all
alone In the Yukon valley, and was at
Nulato when the first news OF the sale
OF Alaska reached the Russians at that
point. The next day several of the party
went ashore at one OF the many waterfalls
which abound south Of Dixon's entrance,
and which are especially beautiful at this
season. when they are at high water mark.
Lowe inlet was the next landing place
and furnished the scientists with the usu-
Al quota OF worms. insects and rocks. DR..
Dali discovered two magnificent stone
mortars with their peStles, which were
presented TO the Smithsonian Institute by
their owner, the manager OF the cannery
at that point. They were especially inter-
esting. as showing that form OF stone NOR
tars used by canoe Indians from a region
especially barren OF stone Implements
saturday evening DR.. Nelson gave a
lecture on New Metlakehtla. where tho
party arrived early Sunday morning.
Here everybody attended church and
listened to the natives singing In their own
language their translations OF our famil-
lar hymns.
"A short stop was made at wrangel. fol-
lowed by longer visit on one of the many
points of Prince Frederick sound
The night was passed at Taku village.
a beautiful harbor, where the ornitholo-
gists set traps for birds
AT Juneau a portion of the party was
LETT for a more extended examina ton OF
the country. while the main body contin.
ued To Skagway"