The daily Alaskan., 1904-08-08

now DuAAla lGN "NAE lA.aAaaN h.h .r''' spruce poles, some five or six feet long, and driven into the ground about two feet, ID a "V'' shape very close tOEet"- CT. These traps were about two and A half or three feet wide at the enur- ance and the same in le rgth and heighbh. About three feet above this structure, on a line with their cnr- auce, had been fastened with a twisted, nSJive-made rope, a heavy log, some six feet long. The rope was at one time leading down into the trap and connected with a little lever, upon which the bait seemed Co have been fastened, so that, when the animal tried to crawl in Co eat it, the lever would spring and the animal be killed or held under the failing log. These traps had evidently been c0vereI by the Indians with leaves and veglJlu'n to make the surroundings look nGtlra. but when l arrived here nature bad mantled the old traps with 8 covering of her own.
 In the early days the native family of Smuggler'S Cove set their heavy steel traps on both sides of the river and would make a round of inspection about every two days. On many oc- casjOus they caught cross and red foxes. Several times Mr. FON's front foot alone was found in the trap. while the wiley rttle animal had gnawed hims1.. lose from his cruel letter POrCupioes were very numerous, and they could be heard whistling in the trees every morning.
 On the west side Of the riygrr bout two miles up the stream, ] found am olC half finished cottonwood canoe, dg-d yu and InOss-coyered. Later, l saw one ol these canoes. made by storm bound Indian on his way to Haines Mission, |. took him about three weeks of s.aaoy work Co finish it. It was close Co six teen feet lOrg by four feet vice All he h Ad to work with was an aAe and a small nativs-made aCEe-an old file fs ssteRed Go a L shaped stick. This tool is used for the finishing touch s before the canoe Is spread, by a.au- with water, brought iO near the boil ug point with heated rocks There were n D worn trails O. this side of the r.v.r except such ss had been made by a".- nals.
 
 the bay. We often saw maI.ards swim ming in the creek back of my present residence and where the court house DOW stands. We frequently diugd upon them.
 This creek is a small branch of a stream which has since been filled, but that, iu thOss days, flowed where the barracks are now built and on ur5uof the back of my dwelling. Through lE7 waters, during the frgsheJ, We aoa.gu most of the logs Oi my first cabin, which 1 have since raised and moved some
 fifty feet west.
 We remained here about two m01.ls of the fa,l of lSS7. After locating a wharf site, abreast of where tu tres Dt wharf office now Is, and where the slide down the mountain appears, uoW1 along the shore, six hUCdreo feet. M- built tw log cribs, twelve feet square and fifteen feet high, filled with rock and brush and bOl-ed together, The outer one was at low water mark; both
 were connected by long spruce string CTS. This was our very hgst starter for a wharf
 By this tim, winter was upon us. Not having our log house com9.e-ed, we took passage on the sCno1u-l
 Charlie, " with Capt. HeaIy, who was taking oa,e of i've JhOusflu dollars worth of furs To Juneau Aboard were Mrs Healy and Mrs. Wallace, lady friend from Juneau, who had been yis- iting her at Dyea It was the most stirring trip lu my memory The schooner had been hauled out and rg-
 paired by George CarmaCk, one of the original disCOVgrers Of the k.Ol1i.e placer claims, who aJ that time was Lu the emplO of Heal aJ Dvga. During the whole trip We had Co take turn a5out, night ald day, bIi.ing water aud pumping. It took us four days Co
 reach Juneau. We bI,Jied who e night, while lying of the he4. or bsrners bay, during heavy suO" storm, while ice Hoes fro the rivers were pumping against and threatening to smash our boat. On arriving aJ Juneau the schooner Was OeacLgd ar nigh tide Later We iOu.d ,h ta boz. haG been left out of Ou uf ylc aIE,r holes through tbe p.ankll- and Q steady streau or Water Was pouring out. My father, who had u1r been ssl- sick for fifty years as he sad aJ the
 time, was gOOI anI sick on chat rip.
 We the took passage for Victoria on steamer called the 'SarduLlN, of which my brOJhgr-iu-.aw, Capt Meyers,
 was master.
 We returned to SkIgwag on May -d, 1888, having rOwed uD rom Juneau ll I d HHa. supplies and gear to carry Ou our work. After finishing our log house, We cou- menCed extending our little wharf, This season we were able tO hire lWO natives, at two dollars per day to as- sist us. We cut piIiug from thirty Co forty feet long and built out from our rOCk-fued cribs, setting them every ten feet apart and hOistjug them straight, by hand, with a Spanish wind las of our own make We strapped heavy rocks to the piles about five or six feet from the lower end at extreme low tide, after first digging a hole a couple of feet deep, in which to set them. Then we bOIJed the caps across tae three; then the striugers, and then l we covered the whole with small round 1 spruce poles, for lumber was Our of the question this side of JuuoIu. In this
 way we eventually got a structure thirty feet wide by some sixty feet in length, the OuteVmOst piles standing ia about a foot of water iu dead low spring tides, But it served our purpose dur ing the intervening years til we were | able to interest my present associates | in assisting financially to carry out our plans. This structure stood for six