The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-08-25
TERRORS OF ALASKA
Are ViVidly Shown by Report
OF Jarvis Who Visits Cape
Barrow.

N+A"tAAtiH WI AAhEs AtwAaiIfAs nnO0iflN kFT.
Of the revenue cutter service today re.
ceved a report from Lieut. d. IL Jarvis
fhe commander OF the revenue cutter
Bear. containing an account OF the rescue
of the gold seekers who rushed into the
KOtzbuch g6d country. ALASKA, in tha
summer OF lSgS Lent Jarvis was taiSnir
the Bear north 20 Cape Barrow on her
regular trip.
At cape Prince OF Wales ne learned OF
the awful desthuuon which had overtab-
g nthe gold seekers On arrival there he
found terrible condition of affairs. Men
had died Of starvation. scurvy and by
drowning and ho obtained list OF IS
deaths But the lst Is by no means com
plete. This list has been published In tho
Associated Press dispatches
over 1000 OF t&o gold seekers had wln-
tered there The Bear, after relieving as
much fthe distress as possible and leav-
ing stores. lime juice. etc for tho surviv-
ore, took 50 OF the Survivors 10 81. Mich
ael where they were turned over to the
military authorities Lieut. Jarvis report
is dated july 20. He reported that he left
between 225 and $50 survivors at KOtzehu
sound. He informed the department that
he would proceed 10 Cape Barrow and up
on his return would touch at Kotzsbu
sound and pick up any who desired TO re-
turn with him.
Lieut.. Jarvis says;
'"rhe rush Of people 20 The I5otzebue
sound was sad, deporable arair, Mlslod
by false information and advertisement Is
/, 200 people many totally unified 10
stand the hard condition and climate,
rushed 20 the country during tho open
season.
During the winter no gold whatever
was found and IN the spring the ysought
every means OF escaping from the reg
iOn. Many were crowned IN the swift cur
; rents OF the rivers In the fan OF 1898. 9th
ers lost their lives during the winter from
the cold. and worst OF az, In the spring
scuvy broke out I'm nearly all the cami,s
Z enclose a list OF As deaths. These are an
; that could be gathered. but 1 have no
J doubt that many others occurred bhst q
4 were not recorded or could not be learn
! ed I apprefnendcd also that many OF
a those who started cOastiug along the
? shore for Cape Nome have lost their Live
! In the ice and bad weather. This tWl
, brothers Bickering OF Princeton. Ky.
, were Killed by "a native on bne 5elawi;
= river. These men are given a bad chnac'
C tor by the opt,ar people and are said "a
. have themselves KIND ono Nllrdia, oi
+ santa Rosa Cal. FOR ha money tn
j schooner General McPherson was me
, On Cape Esponberg on the 22d inst and
n second Lieut.. Balonger and Seaman Ios-
a 81 < we're placed on board 10 take hon q
D 81. Michael but she was fallen Loo with ID
[ sledgs island on the 20 IN ana towed to
a Name Norton sound ana there turned
! over 10 special deputy United States
A marshal. ID. g. Swift. the master Jeni
= B. Nelson. was arrested by deputy mar
F, shal Swift on "a warrant Tor piracy and
was brought on board. together with hh
: family. Tor transportation % this port.
A stop was made ~ Fort Rodney on M
n ght OF the 25th and II was learned thal
NuberloO, the native who had killed "a,
! boy a. Point Spencer on the 18th hist
: had pansed that point tho aame morning
!. A native camp was found hule tur-sel
? on ana Nuberloo was found and arrest
. 90.
Upon arriving uhis port on tho 27th. IN
u. 8. s. CorWin. Rush and Nuuyak wer
: found IN port
: Arrangements were Immediately mod'
:, win Capt. Walker and the sick and I'M
q gyounded moved fnol. Kotezebue ans
q turned over 70 him. The stores % the u
n q Nunlvak were deilvsroh 20 her OF
10 mo 18th and on the zsth the prisoner
y were taken before ths united State
u Comrnissioner. sablO0k (Captan Jack
+ ygaq ssntenced 10 SIX monlha conhnanon
E. and Aseruk Rubarl0o and Frank A. Ten
Is ole were bound over for trial before a
D. United States digtfct court az Stk,
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