Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-12-29
CHAPTER Iv.-contInued.

III iAC iuCc&lSliiiC thCAO Nt~s hoNGAe
TO show for 1t but bunch. But 1t was
NoRaing. AS he would stake his last
ounce on good poker hand. SO he
!staked his life and effort on the bunch
that the future held In store a big
strike on the Upper River. SO he and
Hlis three companions, with dogs, and
sleds, and snowshoes, toiled up the
frozen breast of the Stewart toiled
on and on through the white wilder
ness where the unendlng stiffness was
never broken by the voices of men,
the stroke of an ak, or the distant
crack OF rife. Gold they found on
ahe bars. but not in paying quantities,
and In the following May they re-
surned to Sixty Mile.
Ten days later, Harper and Joe La
due arrived at Sixty Mile. and Day.
light. strong to obey the bunch that
had come to him, traded third in
rterest in his Stewart town site for
third interest In theirs on the Klondike.
They had faith in the Upper Country,
and Harper left downstream. with
raft-load of supplies, to start small
post at the mouth of the Klondike.
Why don't you tackle Indian River.
Daylight" Harper advised. at part.
eng. There's whole slathers of creeks
and draws draining in up there, and
somewhere gold just crying to be
sound That's my hunch There's
biR strike coming, and Indian River
ain't going to be a million miles
away"
Aud the place Is swarming with
snoose. Joe Ladue added Bob Hen
derson's up there somewhere, been
there three years now. swearing
something big is going to happen.
living ots'n straight moose and pros
peotiIg around like a crazy man."
Daylight decided to go Indian River
Outer, as he expressed 1t; and lin.
gered few days longer arranging his
meager outfit. He planned to go In
light, carrying pack of seventy five
pounds and making his five dogs pack
as we'll. Indian fashion, loading them
With thirty pounds each. Depending
on the report of Ladue. he intended to
follow Bob Henderson's example and
live practically on straight meat.
When Jack Kearns' scow, laden with
the sawmill from Lake Linderman.
tied up at Sixty Mile. Daylight bun
died bis outfit and dogs on board.
aurned his townste application over
10 Elijah to be filed. and the SANE day
was landed at the mouth OF Indian
River He continued down Hunker
TO the Klondike. and on to the sum-
Jner fishing camp of the Indians on
ahe Yukon.
Here for a day he camped with Car
mack. squaw.man, and his Indian
hrother-inaw, Skookum Jim. bought
a boat, and. with his dogs on board.
sdrhted down the Yukon to Forty Mile,
Then it was that Carmack, his broth
er1alaw, Skookum Jim, and Cultus
Charlie. another indian, arrived in
canoe at Forty Mile, went straight to
the gold commissioner. and recorded
three claims and discovery claim on
bonanza Creek After that, In the Sour.
dough Saloon. that night. they exhibit
ed coarse gold to the skeptical crowd
Daylight, too, was skeptical, and this
DESPITE his faith in the Upper Coun
Sry Had he not, only few days be
fore. seen Carmack loafing with his
Indians and with never a thought of
prospecting? But at eleven that night,
sitting on the edge of his bunk and
uniaeing his moccasins, a thought
came to him. He put on his coat and
hat and went back to the Sourdough.
Carmack was still there, flashing his
coarse gold in the eyes of an unbe.
lieving generation. Daylight ranged
alongside of him and emptied Car
1naeks sack into blower This he
studied for long time. Then. from
his own sack, into another blower, he
emptied several ounces of Circle City
and Forty Mile gold Again. for long
time. he studied and compared Final
w. he pocketed his~own gold, returned
Cermacks. and held up his hand for
silence
Boys. want to tell you-all some
thing he said. shes sure come--thC
up-river strike. And tell you-all
clear and forcible, this is it. There
PAINT never been gold like that in 8
Blower In this country before. It:
new gold. It's got more silver in 1t
EQUAL can see it by the color. Car
mack's sure made strike. who-alr.
got faith to come along with me?"
No one volunteered.
Then who-all II take lob iron
me, cash wages in advance, TO pole vi
a thousand pounds OF grub?.
Curly Parsons and another. Pa
- Nenahan. accepted, and. with his Gus