The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-26

hOrSes-PrOV1s1OnS at Pr1ceS BE.
yOmd Their Resources.
| WRANGEL, Alaska, Aug. % (via Sc
attic, Aug. 25).-The Stickeen river steam
er Strathcona has arrived here with
thirty-two survivors of the Edmonton
route. Their names are: IT Daucey, On
| tario; w. L. Thornton, Selkirk; A M
McCulloch, Philadelphia; B. E. Palmer,
Chicago; c.. Johnson, Chicago; A. Lari-
way, Canada; H. Aberhalden, Manitoba;
E. Andette, Wisconsin; D. S. Daley, Sell
kirk; N. Johnson, Winnipeg; ]. A.
Howell, Winnipeg; E. c. Butterfield, st.
Louis; N. D. jackson, Ontario; B. A.
Hoffner, Minnesota; G. Page, Detroit;
William Barker, Akron, O.; c. M. Chafie,
Canada; E. S. Cole, A L. Lathrop, VIM
Harris, Pelican Rapids, Mimi; D. D. Dunn,
Canada; G. Hudson, Lansing, Mich. E.
Goodall, Canada; DR.. Dornhiff, Cincin-
natl, ]. Ashton, London, Eng; c. Ash
ton, London; r. ManseI, London; A. F.
BeIisle, Ontario; T. Belisle, Ontario; J.
B. Caldwell, Chicago; Thos. Gagnon,
Butte; A. Hutton, Chicago.
Many are suffering from scurvy and
frozen limbs, several are on crutches, and
all are broken down physically and fnan-
cially
William Harris and A. L. Lathrop, of
Pelican Rapids, Mimi, and r. Leary, of
Edgerton, Wis, three Of a party of nine
that left Edmonton in April of last year,
suffered almost indescribable horrors,
narrowly escaping starvation several
fiT-a how fIaIr 1,
relief parties sent out by the Hudson Bay
company, at the expense of the Canadian
government. Harris lost the toes off one
foot, and is on crutches. AS the toes
were chopped off an amputation will be
necessary. Lathrop is a scurvy victim,
and was brought in on stretcher from
Dease lake to Glenoro.
! THRILLING ESCAPES.
Thomas Gagnon, of Butte, Mont, tells
a story of thrilling escapes from drown
ing and starvation With two companions
and forty-five horses he left Edmonton in
March last year. Twenty horses were
drowned about thirty miles above At
tabaco landing, where the water route
was abandoned for the land trail by way
of st. Johns landing. Once, when they
ran short of provisions, a horse was kill
ed and the flesh eaten. Later in Decem-
Der Fort Nelson was reached, and the
horses numbered thirteen Jones, one of
the party, remained there while Edward
Barton and Gagnon started for Lizard
Post, in the dead Of winter, when the
thermometer registered go degrees below
zero. Their camp was pitched wherever
night overlook them. Gagnon finally
reached his destination last April. Bar
ton was drowned while attempting to
cross the Lizard river on a raft. Gagnon
is a physical wreck, having fallen off in
weight about sixty pounds.
Capt ]. Howell of Winnipeg, states
that provisions were scarce and high
priced at all the military posts along the
Mud and Lizard rivers. At the Lizard post,
for instance sugar was &C cents per
pound, lard 60 cents, and flour $2S per
sack.
o, Perry, of Minnesota, and r. P.
Van Orden, of Lisbon, N. D., started from
the Telegraph trail out of Ashcroft, B.
c. There were six in the party, all of
whom reached Glenora early last winter,
after having been on the trial 126 days.
Telegraph trail is a map trail, as these
men found when about 100 miles out of
Hazelton. Their horses, forty-five in num-
Der, were drowned, and when Glenora
was reached the men were starving, hav-
ing eaten nothing for three days. No
Most of the Edmonton trail survivors
are without money, and, in accordance
with instructions recently received from
Washington, those in need will be cared
for and carried to Seattle also
The steamer Strathcona will make an
other trip to Glenora shortly, to bring
down the thirty or more stragglers that
are being brought in by the Hudson Bay
company. Most of those left on the trail
are sick or wounded and are now being
brought in on stretchers, with medical
attendance.
PITIABLE CONDITION.
Five of the party are in a pitiable
condition. They can scarcely hobble on
crutches. Harris lost one foot and part
Of another from frost Mccullough lost
two toes, and Holden and Barker are
in a deplerable condition from scurvy,
and OberIin Is so badly crippled from
scurvy that he is almost unable to get
around. Mccullough is an old man,
but has lots of grit left. He left a wife
and ten children in Philadelphia He
never heard from home until he reached
Glenora, where he learned that two OF
his daughters had died and the mort,
gage on his house had been foreclosed
While on the trail last winter. struggling
to get back to civilization, Mccullough
| broke through the ice and was badly
frozen before he reached camp. One
y,I0bt ba fall ocloen nv his camO fire and