The San Francisco call., 1899-03-17
RUDOLPH ELLERKAMP.

Vile, KY.
AUGUSTUS SCHULTZ, New York.
All the bodies except that of DR.. Lo-
gan were recovered and buried at VAL
des. Ehrhardt, Miller and AIleman
were members of the Scientific Pros
pecting Company of New York
They were all in one party Late in
February when they were encamped
on the other side of the glacier, Ehr-
hardt and Miller were taken sick with
the Scurvy. 1t was decided to bring
them out to Valdes. They were strap
ped down on sleds and were drawn by
the others. The party successfully
crossed the summit and had started TO
cross the glacier when a blizzard came
up. On the second of March DR.. Bar
rett, who has camp between the
glacier and the summit, came into
Valdes and inquired whether the party
had arrived there They had passed
his place and he was fearful that they
had been lost in the storm. A party
of ten left Valdes to search for the
men. 1t was a bitterly cold day. On
the fourth bench of the glacier they
found Ehrhardt and Miller strapped to
their SledS. Their bodies were not stiff.
indicating that they had been dead but
short time. Near by Schultz was
found buried in a hole His right hand
was stretched above his head. At the
foot of the bench the bodies of Eller-
kamp and Alleman were found in
crev1ce. The body of DR.. Logan was
not found, and it is supposed that he
wandered away from the trail in search
of help.
When the steamship sailed ten deaths
had taken place, dating back three
months, and over fifty cases. many Of
which were unusually severe probably
fatal, were known to exist. According
to reports the epidemic extends over
spoken of as the Copper River Valley,
and it seems to be increasing
The list Of the dead, complete as can
be obtained from those returning, is as
follows:
S. MILLIGAN, Los Angeles.
JOHN ROHR, Honolulu
NICK URBAN, Pittsburg
JACK HADEN, San Jose. Cal.
d. c. CUSHMAN, Meadville, Mo.
DAN MANARD, MeadvilIe, Mo.
1t is said that there has been one
death at Twelve-naile City and three at
least at Copper City. Returning pros
pectors are unable to give the names
of these victims.
Among those who are sick with
scurvy are the following: w. o. III.
Gully, Warrenburg, Mo-; Dan Cash
man, Chicago; DR.. Winslow. Los An
geles; Joe Markowitz, San Francisco:
Valentine Schick, Santa Fe n. NJ:
george OOF4ey, Hartford, Conn: Sam
Brady, Elliott, Iowa; George Lowe. Ell
liott, Iowa; Julian Mueller. Miami.
Fla; Russell Briggs, San Francisco:
w. S. Berry, Wheatland, Cal, and w.
B. Crane, Lee Summit. Mo.
Another fatality reported by the Ex-
celsior's passengers is the freezing to
death of Peter Benson of Madison, Wis.
Benson had started from the interior
to Valdes over what is known as the
summer trail In crossing a small
creek the ice broke and he was wet
from head to foot. Before he could get
to fire he was frozen stiff
Scurvy is reported to be present in
all the camps in the interior. and many
miners are coming to the coast either
to escape it or to recover from it's eff
fects. Six deaths have occurred during
the winter. At Copper Center there
are twenty scurvy patients in the hos
pital The last report from DR.. Town
send was to the effect that they were
all improving and that he expected no
further fatalities.