The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-01-12

the season or 1852, known as the
cholera scissor. and again shipped in
1889. Abcut this time Capt. r. c. Bris-
tol. aiterward a prominent man Of
Chicago. brought out a new vessel, the
John Kinsey-named after d Chicago
man-whith was owned by the firm of
Dow & johns Of Detroit. shipped at
Buffalo With Capt. Bristol and went to
Cleveland with the others Of the crew
to at out the new boat.
In relating his experiences Capt.
Kelley tells Of the great rush to the
present site Of Chicago in 1888. In
that year the general government Sc
lected THIS point to give presents and
money q the Indians Of the great
northwest The rush Of people to tho
new couftsy was %occasioned by desire
to trade 1vith the Indians, then assem-
bled in iast numbers. According to
Capt. Kelley. this was the initial step
Of the Punding Of Chicago. During
the yea OF the rush the John Kinsey
4brouGh atargo OF general merehan-
disc frorl Buffalo. As there was no
harbor, the cargo was brought ashore
in a "battoo," which was towed in by
the ships small boat.
Then the John Kinsey was chartered
for a trip to Indian Port, Green Bay.
for a cargo OF rough timber. The
round trip was made in fourteen days.
When the lumber was RATED ashore
the waters edge was lined with people
eager to possess enough of the boards,
coarse as they were, to erect a print
tive hut.
THE spring of 1885," continued Capt.
Kelley, I took command, my first. of
the brig North Carolina. which was
built at Black River. Ohio, and owned
by Capts. Aaron, Root, Richard. and
Winslow OF Cleveland. and Joy and
Weber OF Buffalo. That season 1 trad
ed mostly at Lake Michigan ports and
took up nearly all of the machinery
used for the first dredge USED in Chi
cago harbor. In the fall of the same
year 1 was at st. Joseph, Mich. with a
general cargo, which had to be light
cred ashore. While l was paying my
bills a gale, blowing on shore, came up
suddenly, compelling us to leave with
out ballast. When off Point Betsey,
down the lake, there was a sudden
change of the wind from the north.
This forced us to run up the lake. We
could not see land. At daybreak the
next morning we were beached two
miles west Of Grand Calumet and
there the vessel remained until the
spring Of 1897. I was sent back by
the owners to get off the vessel, which
was deeply lmbedded In frozen sand,
necessitating the use Of picks. 1
walked to Michigan City, a distance OF
thirty miles. and had twelve picks
made. and carried them on my back
to the beached ship. When the first
six dog dun / slung them on my shout
der and walked to Chicago, also a dis
lance Of about thirty miles. / made
two trips a week with a h~alf-dozen
pick" until the vessel was launched and
at anchor. And then we had another
sudden gale, forcing the vessel ashore
with her anchors dragging. The own
ers sent me back again to sell her or
get her of the beach. Owing to the
fine weather determined to try again.
were taken back by a small vessel,
leaving Chicago on Monday. The fol-
lowing Saturday We had the North
Carolina in Chicago. Although the
vessel was leaking badly / took
chances with sand ballast to get below,
where the repairing could be done.
ION Beaver Island the vessel was
capsized in a heavy gale. Two Of the
crew were lost, the others clinging to
the wreckage. We were picked up dur
Ing the night by the bark Detroit and
taken back to Chicago. where ! met my
old friend, Capt Bristol He gave my
self and crew passage 10 Buffalo on the
steamer James Madison, his command
at that time. Thus ended my early
career on the lakes and the only bad
luck / ever had. i followed the lakes
continuously from 1881 to 1886. Dur
Ing the winter seasons I learned the
carpenters trade and eventually be-
came a builder. have been connected
with the great lakes up TO the present
time. IL ] live until March i j win be
"a years OF age"
Capt Kelley has an excellent men,
DRY, and a Go detail describe am the
along the lakes AZ they we're IN
the early days. Naturally ne has