The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-07

VOZTXA hkhkB likely 70 o h21-
dred siAnpsdes In Issky
this year." ssid the Old
Timer land its moren like
IL iy thai they won't none Of
'en amount 10 nothing bss
Pen must take 'em. al In. fer II you Was 10
01ee one, that one might be genuine
eeSSke." That was. NO doubt good advice;
~ have al followed 1t retsgicassy. and
Though n1not OF uz have become ertDpsed
- gray. We are ssiii Ioos<tng for the next
stampede. We do enjoy them 10. % much.
This viii explain the Lake LAosyge ~
eitsm<ns. We started Il and have been
WONDERING II The usual '1i.5e 20 the pan
news Of u ever reached tho outside" IL
vas our AYHt stampede. and WAS therefore
novsi: and IL lacked some Of thai ecncen-
ssated essence Of torture which II the cis-
tAGufsh5ng feature of the ordinary Alas
kan stampede You see. IL occurred before
tha - crop OF mosquitoes had reached ma
tuyssy, and was but a tame affair OF thirty
o1lea, refund trip, not the % 10 % mile
Ond-trippeTs scrn< Of IN afserwara be-
came familiar with In the full OF the mos
quito and gnai season
Old timers don't use the word hard
ship Thsy call 1t The grisf of II" and
ora Of tbe1r apnorisms 10: III you can't
stand grief WITH orty-pound pack youTl
never make . sfampeder-" In this charm
~
VIZ. that 81 the professional stAmpeder.
He In somsthing u a nsro around the
post" whore his opinions on eli subjects
have weight and he can help himself TO
the tobacco box. We ara not professionals
ourselves. bus Ne opes 10 belt takes
psAcgice.
Duf about that iAbarxe stampede. 1t
began In the usual way. The Wandering
AG6r had bean over To the Indian village
-. ~ rAh~ 2vxSf& asx3
had given Z package OF cigarettes to an
old Indian. He had asked the old Indian
what he did TO kin time In such country
and the old Indian had sat; that he hunted
paN OF The time aud part OF tho time he
dur geld The HEIR had presented an
o<her package Of cigarettes, and the Indian
had lowered his Voice To = whisper and had
saId. Over there pointing 10 a depres-
sion In the dtstans mountain range. Then
tho. Heir hasi been compelled 10 put .
bandnge 10 keep his eyes from bobhing
ous Of their sockets and he came back 10
cAWo In great haste. shroudtd in such a
cioesd Of mystery that he had to feel his
way around In 1t. Finally he unioaded .
little to the PEARSON and the weather began
10 clear. II was discussed around the
camp IRE that night.
The Old Timer sniHod and said that no
body but q Chechaco ever took any stock
that indians, AZ a rule. spoke the truth.
1kAgtt" said there WAS no harm In taking
. pe0specting trip over there any way.
and IN vas seconded for everybody ex-
ceDt the Old Timer wanted to prospect
wanted to wash out = painful Of dirt and
realise at once the long anticipated sensa~
ten Of striking Il rieh.''
Do the apshot Of II Was that Al daybreak
next morning there was great stirring.
Pack straps were produced and the Old
Timer porstoned out into small sacks about
ten days supply % -four, bacon. beans.
oatmeal. coffee. dried prunes. sugar ard a
few cans OF butter and condensed milk
Then there wss great bringing forth Of
bright new eisovela and gold pans and NJ
tinI u handles to picks. The Heir voiun-
te<red To carry the rife ana the rest III
vidad the oa1fss into packs. There was .
good deal Of suppressed excstenent-it
was the first stampede Most Of us be-
loved We had learned something about
packing On the trail. but we were dcs-