The Red Cloud chief., 1900-07-06

eXpanse of waters underneath, and a
dark leaden sky overhead. Then
came the reaction and-oh, my. Peo-
pie who were not accustomed to walk.
ing the deck of IA rolling ship without
land observations, suddenly commence
ed to look pale. They would pass you
with tightly compressed lips, and If
you, through neighborly courtesy,
would say good morning" they would
look ut you in a dazed sort of a way,
yelp nut 20, dearw and the next min.
ute they would be laying over the ship
rail and heaving up Jonah. After they
had tried, as it seemed, to throw up
their boot heels, they give a sigh for
the happy home they had left, a few
weak shakes of the head, and stagger
down the companion way to their
state rooms where they tumble into
their bertbs shoes and all, there to lie
and enjoy the luXuries Of sea sickness
for from one day to n week, but
when they did come again on deck
lnfN lp'h'u ~ Nh'uSH WY ~ koh'
through an intemperance banquet.
Our boys suffered very little from the
J effects except myself. was tumbIed
of the perch the first day out, and
stayed out for a week.
Our first sight of land was the bold
towering rocks of Gordon island, 1850
miles northwest of Seattle, one of the
Aleutian group Of Islands, and seventy
three miles east Of Dutch Harbor.
which is the coaling station in the
main pass through these islands for
the ships which ply between Pacific
coast and Behriug sea and Alaska
points. Our steamer did not go to
Dutch Harbor to go into the Behring
sea, but vent through Unimac Pass,
= Gordon island is one side and: the
Unimac island on the other side OF
this pass. These islands are in the Fo,
group of the Aleutians, At this poin'
some very fine scenery came into view
Gordon island on your left with III
barren volcanic rocks, amt Unimac OF
the right with its peaks towering to
height of six or seven thousand fee
and covered with snow from near tn
y water edge TO the topmost peak. Tw,
of the TALES. have burning craters a
their peaks. The snow on this barre.
island glistened in the early mornin
sunlight like FURNISHED silver and WI
one of the finest scenes along the route
Another tine scene was just north
Northwes; Cape, where a mountai
shaped like pictures w see in books
the pyramids Of Egypt. rises for min
thousand feet out of the sea. Like a
others in this region it is completed
,st covered with snow and on the day "
ca passed it, June 9TH, at 2 pm. (the 6r'
,e. day the sun has shone since we leI
lie Seattle) it was grand. We passed it
Dr.. he westward about 60 miles, and VIII;
Ie" made the scene Of this square shape
'xt mountain covered with glistening sno
Ter particularly attractive was betwee
'or it's cente and summit at three dife
yet ent elevations blush colored clOul
.rd were passing around il.
of. Our only other attraction for II
re, next twenty.four hours was in watc
,ad ing the spouting whales, some reac
did ing to the estimated length OF eigh'
but feet, the different kinds Of sea bird
be and now and then a passing whslir
as vessel or hshine schooner. VIII,
ort reaching the middle Of tho BehriI
the sea u approach to the land OF d
ia, midnight sun becomes very noticeab
my as il is broad daylight at 10 80 pm. al
sri- the balance of the night the shade
Try twilight gloom, At 2;3O an , June
ept tine reflection on the clouds of I
toe great ice Hoes, or fields of moving i
Sc. were seen aud our ships officers we
E l, on the alert for moving ice. On Ju
md 9th, at | 80 a m, in u heavy fog.
ZEN. came 10 contact with q heavy field
ere moving ice, aud our ship had 10 be
less q hssty retreat on the back track