The Nome nugget., 1901-11-23
.llEND.OF THE ARCTIC
T. .rT;b!e Form of Mental Os,an e.
 -ment. in the Y ukou.
fntenss Sune-ng Sf' Gold Psospec- Io.s i'm the Mines of fAlaskn-auM. drsIs Dyiny of Scur.y aAd
 SearN atIOn.

IV.s in the Mines of fAlaska-Ilun.
 drsIs Dyiny of Scur.y aaA
 StarS alton.
 Probably the most traeic state of affairs resulting from the attempted n.sh of prospectors from Port Va. a.dlz /, Alaska, into the Yukon valley in ls.s- go has Just been brought to .islt in the report of Capt. W. R. Abercr m- l:e. Secord United States infantry in e arse of building the Trans-Alaskan Hay trail, says.s western ex- c ~e. He says:
 "Aftsr m uneventfhi voyage of six f~A a' c"or was dropped nt Port Vac /, Alaska. on April 2i. l'co. aLcut six o'clock p. m. The scg ne f at Fo l wed the arrival of our ves- at Valdez was one that shall not 2 n for ct. Crowding aboard the s "cr came the argonauts of last )a's rnsh into the Copper River "" Y. 'h'y now considered .hrm. " 'r"-'rdged miners. alth. u:'
 them had never h
 n VI ShOVVI SItCC 'he country. A rore r,os "e crowd it.wou'd bc 'n'< 70. Mactinaw suits If ai' I'd colors. faded arG wcr
 |" to the elements n'"' { '~urncy over v " ( VI he Copper iv r..' y.
 "; icy .oe~'ed to be saC Y q nor a' d. ! 'rOm hurried conve ca ton I Lad with six or seven I had lnrwn th" var before ! was led to believe that inn6reas were dy'nr cr starvatior a~d scurvy beycrd IT. coaet -a"'e. in the Coppcr River VI l'v Y # If rtose then n the set r. ''-'~' -f En'dry had lt''c or r7 r -t '- vi ~ s+arc' - .. --'.. 7rqv was 'r-.. -.- :. Y i~I,' --'dni~l. '. -.,... f the steamer -r e-. I ""e f tNa pot"rt lnHnorc. = .hr ! I0r n~ tN"se who had :rT"' er r'vn ( :'- were TOW l,.irr o"~, 7, i r- 'ns attitudes sleep ny cfr the e~rrfs That they hsd raased ter r"'" w'r'er wss beyond all question 0. d.utt.
 ''N-c rf the 'hrst men from whom ' s",'d c's an intelligent account o' [ co~d'tinn or things was Ora-tcr ' ''s A-rnt Charles pr~wn w' r-c { ''':'tn to me was: "M~ Ccf ~o'. .. ' Nas been terri'l"! ' t.i' z. ,'c cor'y days .. Monte ~a v. ] --rrker" to whet [ have c-s-- th"cu~N lis winter: It was aa ',.
 "1 ro.'crd m talking to tAcsp z. 2 v" tfat cver-7U ,er eent of ,nen, V -c rrcro TT legs mentally d"rorr~d Nv a't""t'or was first directed to -h'. fsct " their reference to 'v'9c'a' ( r1on One big. raw-hone1 Swet'e. l" rer''ru'ar, described to me how f ' d'7~"n lad straneled his son on r'""'Hr-his story being +hat r i ''''t sta-tCd from Twelvo-M;'t ( ID Ca swcn collection of huts us: 1: -oss tho coast range of mountains I 'n Na'dez) with Lis son to 20 to t.e coast in company with some oth. CT prospectors. When halfway up t'e summit of the glacier. his son who was ahead of him hauling . sled. while he was behind pushing. called to him, saying that the demon had attacked him ana had his arms srcurd his neck. The .ather ran to the sons assistance, but, as he de. scribed #. his son, being very strong, soon drove the demon away. and trey passed on their way up toward the summit of Valdez glacier. The WI cather was very cold. and the wind very hard. SO that it made travelling very difficult in passing over the ice between the huge crevasses t''rrugh which it was necessary ~te r.ct their way to gain the summit.
 "While in the th.cxest of these r-evasses the demon again appeared. He was said to be . small, heavy u;lt man, and very active. he again t,rang on the sons shoulders. this f'me with such clasp that, although Ire father did all he couid to release him. the son was finally stranRled to death. The old man then put the son on the sled ana brought him down to Twelve-Mile Camp. where the ether prospectoss helped hin bury him.
 turing the recital Of tAis tale the nd mans eyes would blaze. ard hc
 uld 70 through all the actions tc j'istrate just how he fought of tn
 'aginsry demon. When heard th : ny there wsra some ten ar twil rt,er men in tAe cabin. ard at th we it would not nave been safe l.
 ,ruts the theory of the ex.s.cpc-
 this demon of the Valdez glncicr
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