The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-07-07
TERRA INCOG PAYS BELOW
Explored By Couple of Hardy
 PrOspectOrs
James Cannon and Companions Prospect Throughout An Un- known RoPion and Toll the Alas kan An Interesting Story

James Cannon. we'll known among old timers. and who for the past twelve years has been continuously prospecting iu thc wilds of Alaska. spent the Fourth in Skapway, coming u from Bennett Monday
 Between lake Kusawat or ArkclL and thc Watson river, Is country bounded by Lake Bennett ou the south and thc range oi mountain, parallel ing thc Finy-Ni'c river and oi which Nt Golden Horn |, thc highest peak. On thc very latest charts oi the conn uy this region is marked uncNpIorcd. Mr. Cannon is fresh from a long trip from this terra incopnito and there i, little of it now with which he is not familiar
 On March I7th Mr. Cannon. in com- pany with James Grccnslatc and Louis Baker iourncycd up thc Ch-lkat river with three dogs. Each man had a ,lcl load of provisions. They crossed thc Chililt glacier and followed the o'd Indian trail down Co Lake NrkclL and ,kirtcd the shore of the long lakc over the ice down Co it, out'ct-,hc T1kcna river
 Here they took am castcrly course crossing mountain ranges by winding around thc peaks and making very hard climbs Co gain ihc 0li, oi the benches. that range like terraces along thc mountain dcclcyitics. m many parts oi thc country Here they lil-Eggcl through thc country going in every direction and examining thc streams until they struck thc hc7dwa'crs oi thc Watson river Up Co th1 time they hld managed tO travel with thur ,lcls. hut when ou thc hig l1i lt thc head of thc W5t,on the ,roV cnt oT and they were obliged Co Nll two oi their doe, and make a grub cache Only moderate amount oi their grub had hccu eaten as they were fortunate m killing p,armiran. grouse. noun tain ,hccn caribou and moose. lt was tao early iu thc season for them to see any hear though they latcrly saw .rc-h signs Fresh beaver chopn'ng were often seen on some Oi thc lower lying creeks. where long dams had spread thc water over extensive flats. Rui mol being out on a trapping trip. they had mo time for beaver dcyotinr an their energies to looking for pay m thc creeks They saw l1rgc numbers n' grey. black and rcd wolves. some of which were very large Thoueh their howl, at night made if seem that they were m jrovc- oi hundreds. they rare k saw more than two or three toge'h- or Foxes of every description were very plentiful and lid mol seem to hc much alarmed a' inc approach oi the pro,p,ctors
 From thc divide above 'hc Watson valley they crossed over to thc hoad- water, oi thc Wheaton river In thi- rugged mountainous stretch they saw many large band, of mountain -hccn some oi them numhpr'n, a hundred head In places they would hc hunch ,l and lt other times scattered oyct am acrl oi mile on thc prgcipi'ou, lcclcvity of a mountain side Further down thc divide. toward, thc Wheaton valley. lone moose were encountered. while ou thc base oi thc mountain sides. a' ihc outcr edge oi the belt of spruce timber that skirt. thc hig mca- dows. at ihc hcadw1tcrs oi thc Whca- t1n. punches of Caribou. ranging from a dozen down. were frequently seen. They crossed thc hcadvatc-s of an thc upper a0'ucnts oi thc Wheaton. tc,t. ue thc gravel m every creek bed In a number oi places they iounl dirt that promised pav but for lck [ .imc a, well as grub. they were unable t' reach bed rock
 The country between thc hcadwatcr of thc Watson and thc Wheaton ia broken into jagged peaks and though thc country is very prccipitous. some