Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-28
a TRIP TO THE LAND OF Il
THE MIDNIGHT SUN.

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From Skaguay our course was back
ward over The route to Icy Strait and
Glacier Bay. Very early we were up to
lsee the crew fasso ice and load the ship
with sufficient to last until it's next trip.
1T was a sight worth seeing. The bay
was fun of floating ice in all shapes and
sizes, and we could judge of their enor-
NOUS size when told that an iceberg is
ALWAYS six-sevenths under the water.
/ The men rowed about in a boat and
With long hooks caught the ice. roped it
and dragged 1t to the ships side, where
great net was let down by machinery
and the ice worked into it and lifted
high in the air into the hold Some of
! the pieces Weighed three tons and more.
Impatiently we waited for the fog to
ldisperse, and beautiful it was. rising
from the water and slowly trailing
away over the mountains, revealing a
Isea of icebergs and mountain scenery
Wild beyond all description. Slowly
and carefully the boat moved along thru
1.-THE floating ice. A rocky island, bare of
trees, doomed UP among the ice float.
"A strange noise was heard that at first
puzzled every one. The island was SIM
Iply living nlass of caW,ing birds, and
the captain said that later in the sea-
son, when the young ones We're reared,
these birds followed the boats by the
thousands hunting food. With the noise
of birds every once in a while came a
report like cannon where an iceberg
| had broken into pieces. Men were seen
fishing for seal, having white sheet
fixed to resemble an iceberg floating
| toward tbs unsuspecting, frolicing
creatures. Slowly and more slowly the
boat drifts along, the great dangers in
| ice getting entangled in the wheel, and
at times the great steamer seems dan
gerously involved in the closer and
lcloser packed way.
\ On the first trip of the season to the
Muir Glacier of Glacier Bay the
4 "Queen" found this famous point of in
terest broken away by an earthquake,
land could only go Within five miles Of
! the site of the former glacier. which
Kate Field so graphically described as
an expanse Of ice three miles wide and
4 300 feet high. Think. she says, .'of
Niagara frozen stiff, add thirty six feet
| 20 IT'S height. and you have some idea
lnf the terminus of. Muir Glacier Pic
lture background Of mountains j SEQ
fleet high. all snoW-ciaa, and then i'm
aglle a gorgeous sun Lighting up the
erystals With rainbow eolorings." The
face of the glacier appeared TO u.s. on
this second trip of the Queen, as If
a great body of ice had broken away
land drifted around 10 the shore and
grounded. The boat Went no nearer
than on its first trip and we could only
set all the beauty and strangeness Of
! the glacier thru a glass, and it is even
LAT the distance of five miles onenof the
wonders of the world.
/ The bay Vas an ice jam as We neared
1.-THE great glacier scintillating in the
morning sunshine. Doubtless this mar
vel of creation will soon be bur a part
! of Alaska history at the rate the ice is
now moving ont to sea. Carefully the
great ship turned about with its disap-f
fpointed passengers, who felt grateful to
see the little, but longed to venture a
ibit nearer even if it was dangerous.
| That afternoon there was a long stop
/ at a little Indian village and fish cam
tnery called Santa Anita. where the boat
was surrounded With Indian women il
canoes With their baskets and bead
work. They We're Very picturesque In
irheir bright handkerchiefs and dresses.
EColors eff the gayest appeal to the love
Eof the Indians of both sexes in their
lelothing and these women We're silraWd
merchants in disposirg af their wares
! Another landing was made al the
strange little town of Killisnop Here
We found th knotznahoor Indians III
their dirty homes. and visited the house
Eof the chief Saginaw Jake-a very
jrotsd mar. His home was unusually
neat ana full Of fine clothing and n
Edian curios. Abovs the door MAS this
inscriptions 81
tlse governors commission,
And the conapany's permits sion,
/ I'm made The grand syhee
OF this entire iliabee
Prominent in song and starry
! i We attained the top If gi5ry.
40 saginaw I'm knpwnsto fame
Jake is but my common name
| CHIEF Jake denies any common OF gin
with the parent tribe OF all Alaska M
idians, and claims 10 have come from
over thu seas. This was once a large
land lnach-feareti tribe but is now
greatly reduced in numbers
From killisnoo We made no rnors
LANDINGS until sunday afternoon, On
tJuly I. sifla. IN Raran0a Island. the
icapftal ~ eslasksi.. ,sas reached. THIS
town i built on level land a the ispaFh
fof Indian river. Z lovely. clear streSn7.
Iof water. For all i; Was sunday he
Wharf was crowded With Indians. Chi
Enese, Americans. Russians, soldiers ana
tdoss and along the main street indian
woinsn We're Spreading forth their
wares 70 tempt h tourist. Sitka Is a
VERY attractive place and we longea ~
tarry there a few weeks This e;r.ssi
fchurch is pne of the show places sc
Sitka We supposed this To be a ytry
laid church. but il was dedicated III 1871
i 1t contains rich vestnents, plate. pic
lures and altar furnishings, and Was a
special prot egee Of the Russian imperial
family, Wha filled 1t with these choice.
gifts
It vas O'clock IN the afternoon
iwhen ws reached Sitka. and our great
desire Was 70 see ths only park an!
tpromsnade in Alaska This park is a
strip ofland 500 feet wide on ona bank
of the Indian rifser and go fee, vide on
the other bank The river is fed by the
snow banks of the mountains ana VAS
once a great salmon stream The park
is a beautiful stretch OF wooded land.
With the river running thru it, bgidgeti
over With rustic bridges and having a
fine waterfall. Hemiock, alder. cedar
and Fir trees grow here as elsewhere.
like blades of grass. The old gromfh of
trees. covered With hanging moses.