The Portland daily press., 1899-01-30


nation and w reached that point after
three months journey. rnvi-~ -av-
ellsd 100 miles from f'dm urIsac = siri
the Black river the traveller Il, Is l>iun.
dixie region sndeavors b. STIR - OUT ant
find q trail There have been thousands
OF people In these rrgions. nut none Of
them have ever found u route TO the
Klondike. There Is, however, possibili-
ty that the traveller might find way
by going down the Mckenzie and up the
Poroupipe river and strike into the trail
from there, but that is not an assured
fact.
DIDN'T FIND GOLD.
while ON the Fenley river We pros
pected on the west branch for awhile,
but found nothing Of value. We also
prospected on the north branch, but found
nothing. Here we found large mum
Der Of people from the Rocky Mountains
and Californian regions, old miners, but
they we're forced to abandon their pros.
pectina. In crossing some of the rivers
IL IL necessary to wade In the water to
the depth Of mans waist There are
also ct intervals swsmps or muscaves to
90 through. These uusoavss are a good
deal like honey pots. and the horses get
stuck SO they cannot move. 1t Is then
necessary to remove the pack from the
horses back, and the poor horse is shot
and left to die In the slough
MIR. Brewster says that the Hudson Bay
company discourage people from travel
ling into the northern regions, and do
not as the companies in Seattle do, en-
courage people to 60 for the sake Of So
curing the high rates of transportation
demanded. The reason the Hudson Bay
company have for discouraging the trav-
oilers is because they are afraid that the
immense business now done by them in
furs would be destroyed.
1he ruling prices of many Of the most
common articles were quoted BY MIR.
brewster rs follows: Sugar, three pounds
for 81; rioe, three pounds for 81; oatmeal.
four pounds for 81; hour, SIS per 100
pounds; bacon. 45 cents per pound,
straight; beans. IS cents per pound; to-
bacco, $3.50 per pound.
The method used for storing the goods
is TO build platform ten feet high SO
that the animals cannot reach IL. A
canvas Is then thrown over the goods and
tied down. The Indians call these store
houses caches. -
After we had stored our first lot Of
supplies we took OUT enough provisions
to last us on the return trip and started
to haul up tho rem. Lander of our goods"
continued MIR. brewster. "All went WE'LL
but on our arrival at our store house we
found that our first lot of 1900 pounds Of
supplies had been stolen. We ought to
have left a man to guard the goods, but
as our party was SO small we needed all
the men we had to transport the re-
mainder of our goods 1hese goods were
not stolen by the Indians. rs the tribes
that inhabit the regions of the Black
river will not steal and can he trusted to
the fullest extent. We learned that the
goods had been stolen by travellers who
were short of supplies ard were travel
ling along that way.
HAD NEVER SEEN HORSES.
1.-The Indians in this vicinity belong TO
the Bever and Dog Rib tribes. At Fort
Graham we found that the Indians had
never before seen u horse. The braves
were delighted to see them. but the sauaws
were terribly frightened. They thought
the horses were great dogs. Tho women
were so alarmed at the sight of the horses
that for time they would run and hide
In the bushes
Coming out from the Black river on
my Lomeward journey. two Of our party.
Fred and William Miller. from Mime
sofa, accompanied me. Our reason tor
coming away was because of the loss Of
our supplies as we found that there were
not enough to last the entire party any
length of time, so three of us started for
home. The supplies left will last the party
now there until some time In June.
Speaking of the manner in which the
men sleep In the northern regions. Mr..
Brewster said: when night comes they
build up big fire on the ground.
Poles are then placed. the ends leaning
toward the fire. Over the poles canvas
is spread, We then cut spruce boughs
and lay them down for n led. man
provides himself with two heavy skin
blankets weighing about hundred
pounds, and these are used for comfor.
tiers. The temperature usually averages
46 degrees below zero, so the fires outside
the abodes are kept burning all night
o help the men keep " ann"