The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-16
DEADLY Trail SURVIVORS.
sent He0e ~ the Csvesnosss-
Many ssslI Sick wssA the seusvy
-Sevensy-Ysve Men sssu There.


WhANGEI. Alaska. Sept. la-S~vensy
Victims OF the CHASTITY Edmonton trail
reached here today on the Stikeen river
steamer Strathcona-
The majority are destitute and will BE-
taken out Of town at the expense OF the
United states government Many are
SIGN win scurvy contracted months ago.
They related tales Of misery and suffering
almost beyond belief. During the past
winter many narrowly escaped starvation.
Most of them had been on the trail
eighteen months and were loud IN their
denuncfation Of the boomers o< this So
called trail. the Hudson Bay Company
and other trading companies
NO new deaths are reported. II IL sup
posed that there are stiil sevsnty-five SUI
ferers on the trail and these will be
Obliged TO come down the Sixteen tn small
boats, as the Hudson Bay river boat
Strathcona VIII make no more trips. We
may expect 10 hear sad tales OF suffering
later.
List 81 Victims.
+. H. Crane. Of Yarmouth. " j., IA on
crusches. sis foot having been frozen and
sKm ,Hu :. n,cs ) Wells q ousbsc: y r:
Victims. b. oprien. Vancouver. b. c.; 3.
b. Roy. Nova scotia. 8. f. Parker Bridge
ton, ~ j.. g. r. Parker. Bridgeton. y. J. !:
ter. .Ensland' ). T. Lowe Mon,ana. J. {.
Burke. Canada. ). n. state. Quebec. r.
Wells. Quebec; A. VI. Red Canada. A. L.
Nova ran seo aDs An WsI. CAL ol. = srans
son, Canada: p. F. Bowen. Canada: A. NJ
ewitt, Quebec; r. Southwark. Chicago, W.
9. Hanson: Calgary; A. Brostron. New
Hutton, Vancouver; w. GIllies' chicaxo:
g. Weilman. Winnipeg; II. Best. chicago.
Napoleon Seymour. Montreal: !. p. Hay
den, Nova Scotia: Louis snyder, Edser-
ton, Mo-; J. W. Durr, Ohio: p. Stanaefer,
Los Angeles J. =. Cox, Yarmouth. c.
g. Barrett. Dawson; J. Mills. Montreal:
Canada. n. II Thomnn. Canada: W. Bell
Toronto. A. J. Knife. Wisconsin: j. "
Eilion. Canada; w, A. Oliver. Edmonton;
". barnet. Philadelphia: A. Mccormick.
=. Cole. PhlladeIphia; NJ 8 MontTomery.
California; W. Clapp. California; r, stew
Art, ,winnip.s; 6. ". Williams. Chicago;
dslphia; W. r. Davis. Chicago: w ". ps-
y1s. Chicago; J. 5toneman Canada; J. ".
Burton. Utah; X. Cunning Manitoba: II.
y We:toysr vancouver; D. Ross. Prince
.. Kuhn, Buffalo; J. Green. Chicago. A. r.
Brooke. Edmonton; r. w. White. Wood
stock, Canada: c. G. 8. Hansen ". w. r..
OF the Ermondton trail VINO came down
the sixteen river on the strathcona- IN
talking about their trip out of the coun-
try. say that the Cassiar Railroad Com
from Glenora 10 Dcase lake for twenty
four years. was Of great benefit 20 many
returning refugees. and furnished en-
ployment TO many broken men The COM
pany had TO Grade four miles OF road
bed In order TO continue TO hold is cnar-
ter. Two dollars n day and board was
paid. and through this much distress was
averted Refugees who were brought
down the Stikeen river by the Canadian
government complain most bitterly against
the treatment they received on the Hud-
son hay steamer Strathcona They say the
government paid fun second-cIass fare for
them, and that on the voyage down the
river they were subjected TO all kinds OF
!ndignities at the hands of the captain
and purser They were ordered around
like deckhsn ds. and were fed on tainted
meats and o1al from the table OF first
class passengers. They Were ordered 10
load wood on the steamer At landings. and
those VII, refused were threatened with
being given only one meal q day. Today
vigorous complaints 20 the Canadian gov
eminent were drawn up and signed by
twenty-one Of them, and viii be FORWARDED
to the authorities at Ottawa