The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-11-08
THROUGH N|[D6 G ALASKA

through Che country Co Che Littlc Hoyu
 Nuk by the Dall river route. Tho ncccs
 sary portagc on che route varies in lcngti
 according Co the tributary of the river
 reached. Tho direction followed by th,
 Mcndenhau party lcd them 70 distonc.
 of us miles before they reached the head
 of old Man creek. few miles below
 Bergman
 old Man creek was found Go bc Q
 trcachcrous stream. It wus not uitonl'
 for navigation. even for small craft. unl
 several men wcrc reported Co have los.
 their lives iu ln attempt Co traverse Go lcngth The difficulties Co bc encounter
 ,d. it was found. had been greatly under
 .stimatcd and thc dcSccut of thc stream proved Co bc dangerous task.
 \ distance of over 2n miles was Urn
 ycrsrd by thc creek. on Che upper cours' nf Che stream long and dangerous rapid
 wcrc cncorutcrcd Several times th, holts with provisions were upset. anj
 several of thc men narrowly oscac, Irowniug It vas only after almost su porhumlu efforts thpt Che comparatively quiet stretch of water wvs reached hc low 'hc last ot Che rapids
 Owing to ths loss of good portion of
 heir supplies. hy tho accidental over turning cf several of thc boats in th. rapids tbr party were almost ,ntirgN ort of provisions wh,n they finally man ,rad Go rcuch Bergman. During tn' summer l lot of supplies had boon srni 0, thlt placc. and 1s lTck h1d t they wrr. found n good sh1p- "nd just ot thc tim, when needed h1dly
 Nt Bcr,mou o1 Important wor', began being thc 1sc,nt of several of th, northern tributaries of thc koyukul river in an cnort Co ioc1tc % good port ig.. from thc trihItnry to thr Hoh1cb river The stampede to thc HohuCk rIvci ir i>>, hll m1dr apparent thc necessity 5r locating uu easy portage hetw'ou th' TWO strc1ms The ailcrcd dFcov'ry t'rn' ed out poorly. and nearly aN of On, 4t,mp,le~s hurried back Co othcr d'r sir-s
 on August 2 the party r,1ched 70 port- age and found am ensy routc only Nv. and ho'f miles iu length It Ws not di1Irut or acccss. and temporary camp was n1dc untn thc route could bf locate plainly for prOsnoct0r,. \ w1' WIS m1dr of thc trou for che report
 After crossing the portage thc put took up th, work on the EnhIck r.vc ,~ere~ Tho first nftv cor sixty miles n' ,hc roner course wcrc found dfurult tr ravIcatc Thc-e wcr, four series n' r,pids encountered in that distn1c. 1rarrI two of which no le1st. port'r' was made Tho provisions instrumc"t' lnd bouts belonging to thc party Wor' -r--..J around with considerable trouble
 Below thc last series of. rapids th, r,.r wts found easy of tr-c.nt Th' s.-r1m gradually wiicns out lnl -r'w' I,ef.r and very few uu'h1rs were or c"urtcr,l The u1ss'ee ot th' l'w'' riy.r wa- comparatively onsy
 purinr th, ensuing days of August th' party mr1e,I Go make their way dov' tn Eot,.bHe snunL G.o.He cll an. typographical 1l1 were ser'rod of th. country through which thev passed Th. f--t week of september t1Hv spent COT cha, shor..s of Eot1ebur .nunl. from which eoirt th,v mcc,cj,d n getting pass'r to Nome
 TRAVELLED OVER sD' MILES
 In an thc M,adenhlu party uay,rscl a distance considerably rvrr i.l" mHD rb, actml dia1nc, trayrl.d n N'H-S 4ui Brit sh territory wi~ over s'" mil'e Complete statistic. were secured of 'h 2 tr miles of terrtor,. Including ton" .rrphi,rI and geological don. rortion ,f that country which have herotofor l.en represented on thc map by gu'" work w,re accurately deiIu,Itei hy cor rect instruments During Che comnr winter the maps text. data and g.ncr' information gathered concerning tn' country win b, embodied u rcports anD maps which win hc issucd as soon a. possible by thc geological bureau
 10 was considered strange how th' thr' p4rties met at N1mr ant succeeded In coming b1cS on Che same steamer Nno' they loft thc states noi;her h1d w'f' fh4n a general idca of thc territory to n covered log thc other parties The, c'l" ro more than guess ut thc t'wo whi'h would bc occupied in comnicunr Ono wo'. ,ssirr.d t, them. AS it turned out how ..y.r. an three of thc parties reached NDnc within Che space of week H'o ov.rioycl at th, rrovidonu'l meeting eimc back on on. St Paui together
 Among thc members ot Che party regis tc-.d at ihc R1lulcr-Gunl who win pro- rc.d as soon as possible ,o W1-hiuE,or lr.. thr fpIovirr
 w. J. Pctcr.. e. D. Philip. F. e. Sohra der. T e. Gcrdinc. w. e. Moud,ahal. h Ia. E.1bu~n. \. J Collier n. e. NIth'r spoon and J. e. pc Forrest
 Th, fourth party. i.d hy All Brooks who was assigned Co the So'thwcstcr" Alaska district. h1s not got returned Roth thc coast survey and thr war d.- p9-tments h1v, special parties at wor. i'm Alaska and their rcports win he is' srcl as near 1s possible simultaneously with those of thc returned geological o1t nts.
 Tho work during the past summer ,i,skn has been the most important Yr. d.rtakin- the government has N', s1no toned of that kind. os for as sc'pc "l territory and thoroughucss of work go" Accurate data have been secured regard ing thousands of miles of country. which has hcr,toforc been deline1tod on On. mans as unknown. "-P-L