The sun., 1900-08-05
PROvIsIOSAL ALASKAN BOUNDARY.
Americas and Canadian Commissioners Re
tarn From Fixing the Line.

VICTORIA, B. c., Aug. w. r King and
DR.. Tittman. Dominion and American
BOUNDARY Commis .ioners and their assistants.
who have been engaged IN defining the pro-
visional boundary between Canadian and
American territory in the north as arranged
by representatives Of the two Governm ents
in October last, arrived bv the steamer Queen.
They have completed the work. which con-
sisted OF running lines and erecting monuments
across the Dalton trail and White Pass and
Chilkoot Pass to Yukon territory.
Mr. King says that the agreement entered
into by the Governments provided for the
protection OF all who have obtained property
rights. but very few were affected except in
the Porcupine district, where some claims were
staked In Canadian teritory by men who
thought they were on the American side. How
ever. these claims had not been worked TO any
extent He could not say whether the owners
would now have 20 mine under the Canadian
or Amer can law.
DR.. Tlttnan saws. the work Of de!inlinating
the line on the Chilkoot Pass was not dinlc,it
because OF the sharp and pronounced summit
we found the trip an ENJOYABLE vacation"
he said THE wagon road on the Chilkoot
are going TO rack They were strong enough
to bear us. but they were In poor. condition
uimmit. Dyea River was alive with salmon.
The Indians. though. seemed tn be absent
from there perhaps fishing elsewhere Dyea,
are now only row. OF abandoned, rhostlike.
blank and staring vacant houses. sheep Camp
10 now utterly Abandoned and Its line OF empty
buildings Il a strange gbt
Of the Porcupine territory Of Alaska within
Canada, is not really news % the officials Of
either Government engaged In settling that
provisional boundary line. but may be 80 to
the Inhabitants Of the district which Is affected
bv IL. There is a Porcunire River flowing
essterly into the Yukon River AZ Fcrt Yukon,
but this is not 10 ba con'usod with the district
mentioned although this river "A mentioned
in boundary matters with reference to the
points Mt which It crosses the l+ist parallel.
The Porcupine Creek in question now flows
northeast into the Elehini or Klaheea River.
which emptes itself southeasterly into the
Chilkat River at Klukwln, about twelve miles
above the entrance Cf this river into Chilkat
Canal The Pcrcurne TERRITORY is narrow
sirir lying between the Khnlni River and the
Pacific, about twenty miles wide. Porcurine
City Is NJ the mouth Of the Porcurine Creek
on the west bank of the Khalini and although
the town itself is not included In Canada bv
provisional boundary, much Of the territory
TO the west NJ y, bearing that name and con-
tanning known nlncer mines is included,
The provisional line starts fron the noun
tain reak southwest of Porcurine city. ard
runs In an easterlv direction IN a line for an
other known reak until II strikes the Khalini
thence along that river 10 lts junction with the
Chilkat and thence ensterlv In n straight line
10 another reak The town NJ Klukwan.
thus located In I-nited States territory. IL the
home cf that disturbing hand of Indians that
has over been an nnrovanCe 70 eNerv nation
Interested in that tnrritrv. In former times
they refused 10 let Indians from the north
and west come ou'. or white men go in. More
recently they have giver trouble 10 the men sur
veyinR the provisional line.