The Newtown bee., 1900-10-05
Town TOPICS.
NEWTOWN BOYS AT CAPE NOME.
HARRY F. ORGELMAN WRITES INTEREST
INGLY TO THE BEE.

are 6Xa&R0EateU OuG carly Ill Luc euumoI
when the people we're coming in by the
thousand there were several shootipgs
and now some cone is sandbsgged once in q
while in the city after dark. In regard to
che sickness, there was during the first
part Ut July considerable typhoid fever,
and an epidemic of small pox, with sever.
al deaths due to each, but this was soon
stamped out and to-day, considering the
sanitary aid other conditions in the city
the death rats is very low. People have
been aud are cow leaving very t. s; TO,
they we're much disappointed when they
landed here and found that the beach
Dad been 30 thoroughly worked last year
and many who had the money took the
next boat, going out while those who had
none started in TO earn some and as soop
as they had enough went out, in many
Instances selling their on, fit at any price
Ihey could get and l saw quicksilver Of
tered at 25c per pound with no takel
while we mad to pay Soc for it in Seattle.
Large numbers have applied to the Gov"
eminent TO be taken out and be leve the
Lawton did take out several hundred snd
before the season closes no doubt there
will be many more who will have to be
taken out. After we had got settled st
Jur permanent camp Jack and shoul
dered our pack, passing up the Penny
river, over the divide, across the North
fork OF the Snake, over the divide, then
crossing the Cripple, over another divide
and then across The Slnook, where we
found the skeletons of two human beings
who at some time had persisted in that
desolate country. From there continu.
ing on in northerly direction we found
a pass leading over the Saw Tooth noun.
tains and while making the ascent had
60 v ak for several mills over heaped up
nd no n q dnnn n q 70 fu1lU
for with the heavy pack we carried
misstep would have mean sprained or
oroken limb but we got safely over and
arrived at the top of the divide and sat
down to rest and look around. We were
not very high but were in the midst OF
some grand mountain ecenery. On either
hand were the valleys up which we had
come and one down which we Intended
going, both shut in on the sides by fai1-
~ hikn m ountains. In front OF US was
little valley or basin where il seemed as
if nature had made her expiring effort
in pushing up mountains for ACROSS this
valley extended chain of little peaks
in succession from three to 20 feet in
height. Behind us were precipltous cliffs
with several needle like columns of rock
standing like sentinels to guard the pass
These mountains are rightly named Saw
Tooth for they extend from east to west
a. thin as knife blade on the top, with
Jagged pieces sticking up every few feet
looking for all the world like the teeth
of buzz saw. After our re at we started
down the valley which we supposed
would take us 10 our destination, the
| Cowvinik lake, and which according to
| the map we had should hAVs been in
| sight, If we had come due north but after
| travelling all that afterL Don and all the
| next day, no lake appeared in sight, we
de cided that our compasses had gone
| wrong and we were of our course and as
We had been over day longer on the
outwood trip than we expected our pro.
| visions were getting short, 80 we made
up our minds to turn back. Toe mos qui-
Goes which up to the time OF crossing the
| range had not bothered US much, had
beg un to attack US in swarms and they
we're big, fierce and in multitudes We
simply couldn't keep them eff and as we
walked along they followed in swarms.
With our hands, faces, clothes and packs
covered with them. My hands were
swollen 80 couldn't put my coat on q,
night and our faces we're covered with
blood from attempting to brush them #
We had brought no netting, for during
our stay in camp and while out scouting
on the tundra we had seen no mos quitoei
60 supposed we would find none In thu
1
Itremely hot and this brought them out
We had no thermometer but l actually
believe that the weather was fully as hot
Issapy ever experienced at home anC
the sun being cut of sight only very
short time there were very few COO
hours out of "a. After turning back ",
knew we had 10 hustle or 60 hungry 81
we rushed on as fast as we could will
very little rest, making one pack of !!
hours without 'est and the last one OF z
hours which trou2ht Us at camp 3 p. m
July 3, utterly exhausted ard tinding Ii
one in camp we just spread blanke5 o,
the ground and were asleep at once
Geo1g in the mean lime had returned
and cooked good dinner ard at s 'cloc
lroueed us with the welcome intelligence
that grub was ready and | can assur
YOU tnat we we're ready for it.. Whil
going down the valley on the other sid
| We found nothing to indicate that an,
white person had ever been there, bu
y found some signs OF Indians and we cam
upon bed OF clay on top of and i
which we found some of the mot pecu
liar shaped stones that had the az pea
ance of having been moulded or tufne
J. ia lathe and we brought back with U
az many as we felt we could carry undo
the circumstances. | have shown thel
to a number OF persons in and around tn
CITY and no one has seen anything lib
them so consider them quite q curiosit,
We encountered considerable snow 81
ice but it was fast disappearing and a
the streams were frozen 80 we had plent
of fine ice cold water and f. fire couI
. alwaya find Willows along the creeks ar
OF rivers. There were Tommykina in abu!
g. dance but we saw no animals of any d
scription, nor signs of any, excepting s
. | occasional sign OF reindeer which som
y times wander there.
On July II, George In company wi
three others started in q whsieboat for
nrospe citing trip into what is called u
. Koogrock country which is reached wi
a boat by following the coast to Il
northwesJ to Port larerce, hen tnrnil
directly east through Grap'ly Harb
ke and aero go the C,vvinik lake to Il
q mouth OF the koogrock rive VIII re t
~ whale boat had to be LETT ard orr
leg canoe WAS made out of canvas ard "
re lows to drag the supplies up the riv
for a distarce Of about so q lies and up
their arrival there they found that ali {
desirable ground bad been staked,
though they prospected several streal
they were unable to find anything VOL