The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-31
MARRIED THE GIRL HE SAVED
An American Bride Taken by William
Ogilvie, the Canadian Explorer.


When William Ogilvie. who had at that
time just resigned his Office as Governor
of the KIondike district Of Canada. was on
an Alaskan steamer, two years ago, he met
Miss o. p. Richardson, young American
woman. who was going to meet her brother
at st. Michael. The steamer stopped OF
that port and Mr.. ogilvie and Miss Rich.
ardson took seats in a small boat to Be taken
to the land.
A wave upset the boat and Miss Richard
son, struggling in the water, would per-
haps have been drowned if Ogilvie had not
SWAN to her side and held her head above
water until help came to them. This was
the beg ming of little romance. OF which
another chapter may now be written. for
tho couple were married short time ago
! at Paris. Tex.
All Canadians and all geographers know
of Mr.. Ogilv.e. Sixteen years ago he be-
gan the explorations in the northern part
of CANADA that made him famous.
He was a surveyor in the service OF the
Canad Land Survey when he took his
his journey through the northern and
little known wilds, covering distance
of ., 700 miles. This journey ranks among
the notable feats to the credit OF the ex-
plorers.
Ogi vie was away from civilization nearly
two years and when he returned with many
sheets Of new maps and modestly told Of
his achievements. he suddenly sprans
into notice in all geographical centres.
He was specially honored by the Royal
Geographical Society OF England and
later represented the Government Of
Canada in the Klondike. During the
early years of gold mining there. with
small force OF police at his command, he
was the sole representative Of executive
authority.
He began his explorations in May. 1887.
; pushed for hundreds of miles down the
Lewes and Yukon Rivers. then up the Tat
on-d,lc, Porcupine. Bell, Trout and Peel
rivers to the Mackenzie and then south
ward along the great system Of lakes and
| tributaries in the Mackenzie basin until
he reached Ottawa in 1889.
! Most of our information with regard
, to the regions he traversed had been do
! rived from agents Of the Hudson Bay Com
pany, who had entered the country only to
buy furs from the Indians and whose geo.
graphical reports were far from accurate.
| Ogilvie was man OF scientific training, and
| this fact gave much value to his work and
| made it possible greatly to improve the
maps Of northern Canada.
! He asccrtained the attitudes OF rivers and
| mountains traced the directions OF hills ana
| ranges, o'.shoo.s of the Rockies, and mahs
SO ne entirely new discoveries. He found.
! for example. pass leading from Underwater
| in Chilkoot Inlet to the nayigable part
| Of the Lewes tributary Of the Yukon.
On his journey to the Mackenzie ne as
| covered a hitherto unknown river owe,
! 200 miles long, which has since been named
! the ORilvie River. He determined the
place where the Yukon River crosses the
! national boundary. On one side OF 'he
| river he blazed the letter on trees ahd
on the trees of the other side the letter =
! To denote that they were respectively IN
| the territories Of Alaska ana Canada.
Most of Ogilvie's explorations were car
ried on in two Eastwood canoes bullt e1tIs
strong and weighing about lao pounas
| each, 30 that two men could carry thelh
without much difficulty. Each canoe car
ried two men and 400 pounds OF goooe.
They transported Ogilvie, and his heav!
outfit over $500 miles along the RIVER
He met considerable number OF Indians
who had never seen a white man beiore'
Since that journey a large area OF CanAds
east of the Mackenzie River has oeen eA-
plored by members of the Canadian Geo,
logical Survey; but nothing has been added
TO the maps OF the region between the Io~er
Mackenzie and Alaska except what ogilve
supplied in his journey OF ise7.S; I'M
working out OF his observations ehoweo
that they had bean made with great cars
and had added a large amount OF accuIsz
incarnation to the mapping Of that part o.
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