The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-01
From Copper River Arrive
On the Excelsior.
assLs TALES or SUFFERING


mu..s ss~n VII, suffer In the mad chase
IS -. Mi -o'-.he- xisp If fortune. IN the
- IN raid, was told rot only In words.
~. s. thst more convincing language Of
sss.e6te sfxru, when the steamer Exceisto.
49, from the Copper river country.
1t11la, yesterday morning.
n-ula 1fxty vsnturesouls men came home
- - b0at and few there were among
- - from spot. bieusish or disease.
c1,. came 4 litter with q man dying
-. ncsrvy. and az he was trundied Oh
:. - hospital two men came hos5b!ing
- the plank with companion NJ
$3.50 de, living erutehss. and were
s - away 10 a hotel Then came a man
- lei had bern frozen or and the
II the frozen legs ampulAted. Be-
Il - Mn staggered d man psufnlly trying
- n6ah whose feet had been frozen and
go Regulated. In his rear was nAn
~ haode Hike bird claws They had
- frusen and cured into deformities by
~ In4taxa And 80 II went.
III "a the motley crowd that ever fol-
ode Pied Piper of Ham~i.n. there
80 nouo % strange a. these men. or
& Seffn 81 men. VINO had followed the hut
Er1r sof Midas into the land Of eternal
- man had hs story. and zone woe
r nsaA upon Another's heels. 30 fast
slsy 4oif0wed," ~ they told them. Fred
g ooDdWin, Of Oakland. Cal, WaS the
III 10 tell his tale. He = . hero. A
ne61H one. but for ali that brave. true
80 Who Y1aked his life not alone for a
tae0l but = stranger. His wrists ARE
lonnl1 With black. the bracelets fastened
RI III Frost King upon the Wrists OF
49, whose hands he freeseaL His legs
- hn0kened by scuryy. hts knees are
~ III Elaehed by the rocks and Ice ~ he
- hurried out Of the river by the wave
anaok ~ falling Ice from . glacier.
Deeds ~ . Hero.
n tells his story In a simple way.
u1tA1ut establishment or exaggeration.
D II md Two "palS' went into the Interior
ueaDcsing. The rains came. and then
~ 1tad. and one man died and was buried
~ snow. The second man sickened.
- 4feos abandoning everything. he him
~ lck. starssd toward the coast with
r. Ustuor strapped ~ a SID. Four days
80 WIN hands frozen. with feet cut
- Needing. he staxEered Into lone
9aeE dsaa than alive. with his partner
4u:a STARK and stiff In death an the
A. tihrs he found What, Two men.
nwiinn OF Little Rock. Ark, down
VA scuryy and unable To walk Fred
eoe&pin buried his frozen partner and
e.axwith . the help g fepother man xao;
o. coasl put Rawllns and Hutton on
- and draggea them @ the coast ~
~ they could. "Oniy God knows how
ullet there" said the brave boy
Nn5y schnedeker. OF Grand Hidge. III:
- ran whose feet were frozen of was
leulG and Aimer Postie loGt part OF his
opeaAine Of h.s experience in the Copper
me- country, young iOodwin said. .I'lt
egs4 30 back. no, not even X knew
Msle was awaiting me. I've had
~ b.. You see my hands, AMI tina
ons4 OF the black bracelets. but hook at
II hga" As he barred HIS knees and
11ghs grea, holes were seen punched into
- eeeh and muscles ana just healing
~. y got those IN the river opposite
Q0eA glacier. Thousands Of tons Of lee
&ps1ed from an Immense height on th..
foclf into the river without warning.
- wave caused threw our boat ffty
~ On tho bank and scattered men and
teyptons as the wind SKATERS chaff.
nv ling to our feet. hlesdiu9.. hrulsAd
from smother IN q T. anil s dashed
eck against the rocks. So It went on
n thirty str long hours. The Ice droppesi
nd dropped and We were caught and
a ass'a ~ se iay ~, AsRn sn g loo ana sa
tAen A. II nature had tired OF sorturlng
the ice quit falling and We crawled.
mr. 9any OF rs could only walk a few
us&f ~ n titstes 10 taate Oh f3fsly.
tie by side with the Dead.
my way In with my partner ON the
lsas Where three men had stopped as We
~ rsne up the country. Two other men
hid 1eachsa there an hour hesor. and
wsra liking the one living man on = sled
~ be aud his other friend had buried
him In the snow. Then ls,th Of them
vent down with frost and scnryy The
NAN rho was found alive lay nearest TO
the ose, and while he was unable 70
svsa&rswi. he could use one arm and kept
U gs firm IN the little stove I'm the tent.
Naea We found him his partner had been
de.d Ave days lying frozen beside hirn.
n ne had put hts last stick Of wood Into
I never rraye,, since I was y KID he
nM 10 sn.. until the last Ave days. hut
dnse my partner died l have prayed God.
s~tss. awful. i wi here beside : : lead
nan, anaeie Ia help myself. starving,
fse~fins and sick
HAD | Eat there alone said Goodwin.
4 would have had 81 leave him 10 die, es
eAos@ l had INV partner on the sled and
wSs hardly able T. pnll him cut. lie died
poor fellow. bur did my ssst
What de think ~ the country I'll
teH you. There is gold there: how mach
=. new little 10 not know. II will take
Vine n develop the n,ine~ Trails such
- saFts. AhercramAse ard Glenn are tc
MAKE MAKE VIII help hus na man can go into
snst eountry with a years provisions and
nep~ Ia do anything, In the aTst pIaee.
takes son all summer 20 get tnta the
s'ansrs and Won have To camp all winter
- taAs time sanr provisions are stale and
yaa Rave the scuvvv. II a man HAD money
MseeKa fo 81 ia nul out caching his pro-
ssssassass and stack Il eue tive SUM ssss-s
y would probably make strike lsat lss
.aMsone els. make Il. I've served my
unes SAID Goodwin. stretching cut bis
wFfx.a
An taprospeeted Land.
G. WslfnfSa ~ Little Rock Agk.. whe
80 So the majority % the MEN Who caE1se
r c topswsf river ara QuafteYui at the
rrAHehai hotel. said: ~ will Ne glad ~ lille
80 70 give sayoaa any inGorfsA tan I
- ! am going h1sne 81 stay Yea /
- - AFarVs. and I taInk Yea wifi ind
80 rev Hsen ia stat country without it,
"a Is. Ia sha saseriov I am not ready 20
SS's,n~snn iae Cssraer river country. ! aa-
~" tn~ss II Plenty ~ geld there bait IL
~, Terrible country u fras
or woFk In. All talk
ass anyone doing anything there In
.