The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-09

oh. nothing: only ne DOM -
SAID capt Glenn. and TIA. was An - ~
isractfon benjamin Sot cut az n
Uncle Sam sometimes xess NJ
price. eat he dent nave To bur - n
don't want 10" said 4 byssaRaer 49, I
watching the show with interses
The proceedings we're enlsven.us ..
wnen. after three or four Of -.
horses had been examined ana acr..s. 1
sound and suitable, "Jims tool - &
rope IN hand ana went after tn 49,.
nliy With the brown stripe down ~. S..z
With almost human cunning. -
kept in the center - the surrin- -.
they ran round aud round ~. -
while Jim" threw the iarias N ,,...ss.e
attempts 10 ca;ch her.
Once they gave II up and ansus~s :.
band breathing spell. Never - J.
buckskin's vigiia nee relaxed
and when Benjamin took the ~ g 49,
she sncrtea and with ,nane ana I'm -
in the Wind. sailed round the cuer.lssS
startled deer
Two or three others Joined In n -.
10 corner the FLY. A bunch az sl.-ss y.
chins gathered on the roof Of -. =
shed and gayed the contractor ana n. ~
as the fiily neatly lodged The layte, ~.
time 10 time. Finally. however. le~s.s
succeeded in cutting of half-enarn -
the painting herd. with the FLY 4 r.. ~
die. cornered them. and in the Arn9n.--
deity threw the moose over her ~
Two men held the rope. while 49, Z.
gan the task Of persuading the Arnrs.-
into submitting 10 the halter. II -
stood with stiffened foreiegs. trpnaS..
like leaf. head in air. and eyss our11,.
Slowly Jim" worked his way ~ -
rope 10 the mares head, f;er neck ss.sss
and the rope frightened and becpIoI ~.
and rigid. Suddenly the Ally rossaN
launches and struck yiciously VeuAf
foreieet, but jim was agile and suunor
the blow.
Stay with H." said BENJAMIN nua1..1
Jim" again began The task Of 49,,
the trembling mare. After ten uln11.s
coaxing she gave in and was led suniA
the pen.
slightest touch. Capt. Glenn said q -
den.
Pick up tina, hind foot, viii yoo. -
and see IL it's sound?"
81 guess no;.' Hayden said shopfsv
While Benjamin handled the ally -
thy as Maurice Grau does his o. =
TORS 10 put the saddle on her. ~ -
accomplished only after much patieGk n
fort and no little coaxing. No one $500
however to mount the saddle. and CT
Glenn, after accepting the marc. a1d (a
the next act of the performances ~ 1S
when her pack saddle and PACK -
cinched on her.
scouts to he EmpleyeG.
Capt. Abercromble VIII have with 49,
chief of scouts Stephen Birch, a CT
enced scout. whose adventures On ~ IN.
tier would make several volumes " ~
interesting reading matter. BtrcA arrived
in Seattle Friday. Las, year he va n ~
Abercrombie expedition and penetrAtsa ~
the headwaters of Forty Mile creek ~
thence down that stream to the Yuln
He is well known all over the West q Il
frontiersman.
Capt. Glenn, who Is In command ok u
expedition to Cook inlet and the Sushiea
river country. viii also be supplied IN
guides who know the country thoroughly
Capt. Glenn was In command OF the ezDh
dition which ascended the Sushitna ~
to Its headwaters last year penetrstine 1
country hitherto untrod by white No.
The two expeditions wifi be separate ~
distinct. Capt. Ahercrombie win have ~
largest command and his work win T.
watched with interest all over the con.
try on account Of the fame he has alren15
acquired as an Alaskan explorer. OF ~
country to which Capt. Glenn's commas
Is destined. little is known TO the genera
public. II has been demonstrated that u
Sushitna river Is capable Of navieation n
light draft steamers for q considerable ~
lance from It's mouth. Capt. Glenn N
add much to the information obtsinohA
concerning the Sushitna river countf
PAUL c. HEpHl