Evening journal., 1899-02-18
UIFE IN THE NLoNDGKE.

LIFE IN THE KLONDIElE.
"a young woman friend OF the Way
farer has kindly given him permission
uo print the following inlteratlng let-
her from a young Southern physician,
Who is roughing It in the KlonIdike:
Dawson City, Dec. 3. 1898.
My Dear Friend: / received a letter
frcn you yesterday, dated October 22.
1897 alm.Ih fourteen months ago 1t
took me eleven monhlhs to get here, as
we were frozen UP in the ice at the
moulah OF the Yukon river all last Win
ter. hardly think you can realize
our coriltlon fcr eight long Winter
months with emily four hcurs Of day
light and the onsy entertainment we
had was hunting and cutting firdwood
We were cin pretty short rations too, as
most CT cur provisions were ruined by
water on the Eliza Anderson. You re-
mamiber fIhe was reported lost with an
on beard, and ii certainly was a mira
lcle that we escaped. We had to aban-
don her at Dut,h Hanbor and charter
ca a small sailing schooner to take us
over Behnlng Sea to ST. Mgdhael's One
hundred and six people were crowded
into The hold, and there was not room
To he down. / stccd up and held on
to post for the first five days. We
had Ito leave the small hablihway open
TO get air, ard the sea was o. rough
THAT the water came In constantly and
we stood in DO up Ito our knees. After
reaohlng SIT. Mlchaels and, finding all
our baggage ruined, we spert eighteen
days more building a scow on which
The steamer Meuwin was to tow us up
The Iiver. We emily succeeded in get
Ting seventy miles up the river when
the ice caught and held ms for eight
long, weary months. One OF our party
made the trip to Dawson City in three
months by dog team. S,ert out doors
when the therm meter was so degrees
Ibe.ow zero. IL is 50 degrees below
here to-day. l was the enly NJ. d.
in The parity and had my hands full.
1.-The hardshLps and bad food tod heaN-
lly on our fellows, and there are sew
eral graves at the bank CT the YuN-n
river, near The Indian village OF Mum
a-BonlS that teIl a paghet,c STORY, in
which I acted as dostor, ngiree under
taluer and administrator. Somea.mes
L had TO 80 sixty miles by dog team
to see a raltient. The Indian medicine
mari and e.even Of his patienla:
at Mun-a-BorEs died, and the rss
Of THE Indians decided THAI he was "a
no gocd-a-sihs-dulck," because he cou!d
net cure htnJe1,, SO they brought me
his mhsk, tom-tom, ani al other artl.
c-es That HE used in HIS profession tC
irghllen the devil cut os them, so
succeeded th.m as great medicine mar
, with varying success. l Jared much
better than those CT the party who
s.ayed on the Steamer, for I went
, ashore and built log cabin and tradet
? with the Indians for fiah, gr'ous'
and moose meat, while they lived oI
boat fare, consisting Of pay steal
bacon, and sour beans. The only mis-
= hap l had was to freeze my face an,
k MISE On one OF my long trips with
? dogs. l spent most Of my time ou
, In the cree'ds and hills locking TO
4 the precious geld which is so hard .,
get and so hard to hold.
have located one claim on Excel
sior creek and bought one bench claim
on Bonanza creek, but win not be abb
to tell their value until Spring, wihel
we can get water with which to wcrl
5 them- l think the Bonanza bench i
a winner. I never felt better or hap
pier in my life, and l rather like tn
\ excitement and adventure. I will
J, newer leave this country until hav
= made a ''sltr!ke' l wish you coul
f see me at this moment. am llvinl
Z alone on a scow that lis frozen in tn
!, Ice ON the Yukon river, almost in fron
! Of the post office. So am centra!l
G coated and can hear the music fror
the many dance houses until l go /
Sleep. Gambling houses are wide ope
BIN day and night.
(, have housed in my ecow with dou
4 bic wallis and am very warm and com
, Portable. am model houselzeapel
Cam make the finest sour dough brea
# you ever tasted / expect to advert's
the facts, but at present please kee
it secret. as l don't care to be bother
cd with too many proposals. Hvin
y is geimng mudh cheaper here. Flou
SIG a hundred pounds; canned but
n ter, 81 pound; beefsteak, $3.50 an
l. 81 a pound. There are a few dresse
Il turkeys that sel from S25 to 81
D, apiece. The inst day / came to DaN
Il son / saw three siolSly-looking chick
, ems sell for 800; a broom for SIP. an
p" hatiron for SIS. l paid fifty cent
4 yard for calico; 81 package fo