The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-10-24
Tragic Fate of Three Prospeosora
in Northern Alaska.
FLESH EATEN BY WOLVERINES.
WandeFed Away without Provisions
I'm n Blizzard Last Deeember ON
Bona nxa River-First News OF the
Death of NJ. &. Daily and Two
Freuchmen, All Of Boston, Mass,
brought Down by VIVA. LAWYER.

vfsstsv u,y,ry Of starvation ami death
IA the willis Of Northern Alaska. surpassed
Ia awful interest by but a few OF the many
tragic tales OF human differing that nave
reached Seattle siacs the mad rusa OF gold
seekers toward the bleak ard barren water
shed of the Arctic ocean began. was
brouga, down by William LAWYER. an Old
time Arizona miner, who was q passenger
on the steam schooner i.akme. that arrived
In this port Sunday night.
LAWYERS narrative dsais With the death
by starvation and c1id Of three men who
were HE companions IN the search for gold
Ia the kuhau district OF Northern Alaska,
and liz the Erst neNs OF the tragedy to
reach civilization. II. G.. Daily. of Boston,
Mass. was one of the three sictiusa The
Others were tao Ffenehmen whose names
Lawier does not remember, but who also
came from the Massachusetts city III search
Of fortune.
Lost In ~ blizzard.
In the late fall OF 1885 LAWYER, with
party composed OF this three men mention
ed and fourth man named J. ssnitason,
started out to prospect Oh ths neaawaters
OF Mosquito riyas. ninety miles from jim
town. About Christmas time the party
went across the fanga and began TO stake
ground on bonanza river. While they
were 80 occupied blizzard came up and
the cold became so intense that mercury
was frozen solid and 'painkii.er.' = prep
araticn containing a large percentage of
alcohol. Was congeaied indicating a tenn
perature lower than Il degrees below zero.
While the blizzard was raging in all It's
Violence Daily and the TWO ErsEchmen be-
came separated from Lawie and Smith
son and wandered away almost without
provisions and with only seanty clothing
and blankets and "A single tent When the
storm moderated, few days later. LAWYER
Efntth k.sftA hat IT,
camping outfit aud provisions. started out
10 search for their missing companions
They followed their footsteps in tlia snow
and soon ascertained the direction they
had taken In their wanderings Further on
they We're spurred on To renewed haste By
finding messages written on trees by the
missing men telling OF terrible snfferings
from the lack of food.
In tho meantime Lawler and Smithson
encountered another party Of prospectors.
who were shedding UP the osaua They
reported that Indians whom they had met
had told them Of finding the blankets of
white nenL I-awer and Smiths3n know IN
whom the blankets must belong and filled
With fofehodinss of disaster FASTENED ON 10
where the Indians were encampsd A nile
from that spot they found the cam, of
their lost comrades
Death Wa. There before Them.
As Inwler and Smithson approached .hev
saw thh tent standing pitched securely.
.a"ier pushed aside the Zap and entered
His worst fears were realized Death had
entered before him. Lying on the ground
rolled In his blankets was the cornsa ~
ona or the FrsGchmen. wasted awsy tn n
mefe skeleton. ON camp stove In TN.
tent was kettle containing a frozen upasa
that told its own terrible story. The kettje
WIS allied with the rashide thongs of snow
efSS L.
shoes which the starving men had al i.
tempted 10 boil for food
one hundred and city wards f,,,,, ~.
tent by the aide of the train was found ths
skeleton Of the other Frenchman. The
wolverines had stripped every parttrIa ~
flesh from The bones Of the dead man A
little further on Dally,s homes were found.
likewise picked clean by this favenonS
wild beasts Securely huck,si about ,bs
hollow ribs was huckskin belt contain
Ing si."e In gola dust. The bait was IN
tact and not grain OF the precious metal
had been lost.
bones buried where They Inv
we buried the bones Of our comrades
as best We could in the frozen earth V
said LAWYER. as hs concluded his story M
the Stevens hotel yesterday Jack Hatch
weli-known aud highly esteemed pros
rector, teak the belt Of geld dust ana
suea other articles aa Were found about
the camp of death and has sent or VII
send thesn 80 the relatives or friends of
the dead men II any can be found
THE frenehmeu wete reported &C. te AZ
a wealthy family | know nothing ~
Gnsly's antecedents | have never heard
whether the news cf their sad fate eyer
reached The outside world The messenger
that was sent Ia Dawson w'th the news
last winter never reached there"
LAWYER came to Seattle fr0n1 Nome.
where he has been operating ard ~ which
camp he VAS one of tina plof.sefs III
WINS quite successful aul tYougsl1 day,-,,
several thousand dollars IN nugeats III
has great hopes fer the su1uge In rEeh
ground he owns on -. Michael creek. IA
vi creek and IN ether sections ef iha
Caro- Nome district