The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-07-23
OLD CASSAIR An Abandoned District That
 Is Liable to Reawake
CHINESE SILL THERE
The Hudson Bay Company Still Holda Sway Over the Country and Bays Peltries From Indians Modern Mining May Prevail

George CouttS. ,hc census cuumcr
 ltor. who took thc ccusu, ut thc Op' per Cas,iar district. left on this morn iue', tram to Atlm Co hand u hl, rc- port tl Commissioner oi Census. J. W McF1r'luc Mr. Coutt, has no authority Go tcll how many people there are in che Ca,siar district before
 t i> officially published iu Che govern mcut report Hc says. however. thS there arc many more inhabitants n that vast cNplnse ut wilderness than he had imagined
 Hc lcit Atliu May { and followed che hne oi thc telegraph With a dog team -yo mlc, Co Telegraph creek From here he went ,5o milc, further Co Me
 Dlmc's creek at Jhc head oi Dca>c lake From here he went down Che Dca,c river t1 McDamc, landing
 There are many more Indian, in chs country than there are whites. and number of Chinese Most oi thc latter lrc old men who have remained in tn' district tor thirty years and have made goul money in mining They don wear gucs. speak good English and seem perfectly satisfied with their sur rouujugs When at Glcnou Nr Cuwt, met lu cmpioyc oi thc Chinese go,crumcnt who had come Co di>iutcr che bones cd all dead Chinese in che district for shipment to China While thc great fortunes that were taken out ui thc CJ>>iar in thc old day, has de- uulcj che district oi it, value l, a pick and shovel field thc miner, oi thc Cas- star maintain thl, che whole country l- rich with pay ior hydraulic working Au thc stores. excepting It 1.cuur1. are u thc hands oi thc Hudson Bay Company The far trade o. thc dis trict only amount, Go about S5oooo uow The trapping Is about an done by che Indians and only three white trappcr, were seen m che country The transportation oi freight into che country aside from thc Hudson Bay
 pack trliu q, confined to batcluN on che river, and lakes. packing on thc back, ut Indian, and dog ,icdiiug iu che winter The Thbtts Creek Min ing Co.,. lt thc head oi Dcl,c lake. |, t1c ouy hydraulic proposition in th. district I'm, !, their first working season and uo cleanup, have been made SD ,ar They are running two Hurf'c,. have splendid power and dumping lci''uc, and it Is ,Jil thJt their prospecting promises excellent ply The drawback to che Ca>,ilr which stand, most in thc way %. proc grc,S i> thc concession made to che Ca,,ilr Central Railway. which may re- serve ioug miles along wherever its ruaibcd may bc located There Is much good agricultural land iu che district hut people are afraid to take % up lest ,hc.r holding, il,l within tHc company, ', reserve \l thc hardy vegetable, grow vigorously and thc Chinese have very good truck garden, About Glcuorl there arc few small farm, thlt produce good crop, oi tim- .thl oat, and barley There are uo mission station, u thc district cN crpuut ouc chat has been established tl,, season at Tahltan Down at Luri therc iS thc old pioneer Hudson Bay fort iu very good state oi pre- | -rrtltiau hut it ., now used 1, ware house tor telegraph supplies The country !, more mountainous than about Attu The highest peak u ihg country Is Nt Sylvester. near Nc Dame, creek and q, -ooo feet high There are promising copner prospect, lo miles east ui 0lcuurl and ou thc | Clearwater 2s miles up ihc stream from ihc Suckcgu a number Of clam, have been ,t3kcd ou a quartz lode The lode i> in granite formation which. with scrpcuiinc. |, thc courtr rock for many miles about GleDura Along NcDlmc's creek thc formation turn, Co slate and limestone h,. n1 fossil impriuts are observable
 Two days before Mr. Couus got mto Telegraph creek ,he goyerl",tut telegraph outfit had gone out 5o q 8 oo.m.ic gap between Hlzcltou w Telegraph creek which is expected t1 br closed before the end oi September
 There are three tribes oi Indians iu che country lll speaking different di1 lects They are che Tah',ln,. th Lizards and ihe Dame, creek tribe The Liarj, are still nrouc Co belief in Vtchcrait and che Killing oi people | among them who are deemed Co Llv, beutched is not rare Mr. Counts saw fi bear, while on hi, way up the r..Cr from McDamcs creek Moose 1u Caribou are also numerous. There are more h1li-brecds among the Lizards than any other oi the tribes
 Many oi che customs oi the old Hud son Bay regime are still prevalent inI che country The people are prone Col fiddle. rollick and dance. the white men being quite content with the com pJuy oi young Squlw,, many oi whom arc quite comedy. at these iolihca
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