The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-19

diaries. In which We had regularly made
some entry. no matter how trivial, 80 a.
not to lose count Of the time My diary
was now written up 10 "wednesday No
vember q. So we knew II was Thanks
giving eve. remembering that Thanksgiy-
ing always comes on the las: Thursday OF
November. and tina; would be tomorrow.
All that day II had grown colder and
colder. For nearly q month We had been
sledaing provisions and the rest OF our
outfit from where we put the steamer In
her winter berth to the boys up river
prospecting In the gaiches among the foot
hills sixty miles further on. Making tenn
porary camp In n iittla cabin containing
barely hundred square feet OF area,
three Of us would visit the beat and bring
ZIP orr sled loads one day and carry them
on another ten miles the next day and
cache them. returning "a our midway eah.
In to sleep each night. Sometimes we
varied cur work By going DOWN 10 the
steamer two or three days In succession.
and then We would have quite a pile Of
goods at camp AMI could renaek them for
the ar-rivsr trip often 20 better advantage
Hitherto. although tho weather had
grown steadiiy cedar as thr season al
vanced. there had been no wind Day
after day. as we tTudged back and
forth on tho river. We had passed
between ltEnttiess numbers OF tall spruce
whose dark straight shades stood
outlined against the blue sky or the late
dawn or The pale yeiiaw OF the early tws-
Hghs. with all The rugged dtstinctness OF
silhouettss. and mo,ioniess az statues. Al
though the frost had bound the stream
mere and mere tightly for some weeks
past. the swift shallow river was slow 20
yield 10 sts restraint. ana there we're stu
parts where we had Ia pick our way care
fully net 10 break through. and to-day be-
Ing or our up~river haui we had come 10
plaza which WAS open water and had
been unable IL get beyond IL.
> !: s.
THE thermometer was in thu minus
ferries. ard FOR tha first TINA thsra
was quite a breeze stirring. and It's
e6eet was anything hus pleasant Tn
iaShsns eur loads when We found we could
proceed no farther. Ne bestowed The
Enosis ON the hank and returned ~ the
Cabin: and cod as IL was after hastily
prepared dinner We all tsres SET out with
kscond load To take az far as tire nrsr
III was bitter cold tramp, ard when Wa
eet hack all 90 us were welE-nsgh ex-
hsnstei. One - my comrades haa a
large spot fro<sn white en- his nose. ami
my face was bleeding Nevertheless an
ae*'ofashce With oar haai. we ges aui thu
goods fer she naorTpw's trip ana Iasses
them In order IN sAe tssrs sl-is aes,rn
gems into car cAhis, ~ AZ 10 be aisle 10
start al our daily TASK Without .elav emrFs
rest morning
Our working Ssy oeeaa early ana end
al early. and ~ S'cloek .nat eve-,nr a..
were ali In ear cgaks as uSt.a. wh.r.
ever Aias % ga awoke Curing the rishe ha
ccsii hesr the sosits8 - tsa great t~s.s
bending ard waving ln tsr rsns.n,,.gnr, ~.
the air, and we knew taat tAs wf,,4 v,sw
cut ~ tts nlxat SSH when ! o,senss ava
door. icng before light next s,n~r,,~,~
struck a match ana seund that tire .h.r.
sBasaetcr hanging or tar oefss4s - ,hs
cabin showed eaiy - stegrees. Thought
~ could nor Re q had Aas ans sra~tst .,
SEE breakfast. ssss~et after ,ha s,-.~.
ence - tss rgecestnx dav. 80 eas ,hat a.
Temperature had moderated
Thanksgiving GAY A.. sgnta what 49,. -