The Alaska daily empire., 1915-02-17

and a canoe which ths Flora Wac tow- ina were picked up Sunday morning by an Indian camper, at the north westerly end Of Douglas Island. aeross from YounB'a Bay, to where they had drifee5 when thelr convoy was lest
 Unlsss the missing party Is heard from tonight, say the Indians, all hope Of 6adi1s them will be abandoned. The vietims of ths storm ars-
 CHARLES cARslDE
 MRS. cHAS. eRRSipE
 JAKE WATSON
 MRS. JAKE WATSON
 FRANK MASON
 MISS MASON
 kAA-Koo American nsme un-
 known) AND HIS WIFE
 Ono launch set out today to search for the missing launch and fYe in- dians will leave at 5;30 this evening in the gasboat Fannie. for the Taku.
 Were Going Hunting.
 Jimmie" Jackson. an Indian fgher- man. was the iast person tc see the. hunting parties alive
 Saturday morning two oi the In dian boys and started ou. on our boat, for dshing trip. We were toI SO over the Der and up around the North end Of Douglas Island. We went down to tho Standard On Company's dock l2 mile down the harbor) co get fuel oil and there we saw Mr. and Mrs. Garside and Mir and Mrs. Wat son. who are related. aboard the Flora. Frank Mason and his sister and Kaa- Koo and his wife were in a sailing boat They got oil aud started down the harbor, after blowing three whis- ties as their goodbye The Flora was towing the sailing boat and the ca- noe. with Kaa-Koo's dog In the canoe. All Of the indians were in the Flora. The Garsides and the Watsons were going to Seymour Canal. Admiralty Island. below the Ta6u. to hunt and trap. Jackson said they told him. Ma son and his sister and Kaa-Koo and his wife were going to Pleasant Bay and had Intended crossing the port age on Admiralty Island For that reason the two parties had joined forces, for companionship. and bel cause they fen they could make bet, ter headway by towing tho two small- CT boats.
 Attracted by Signal. Jackson and his companions crossed tho Bar Saturday afternoon. Monday morning he was signaled 70 come nsboFe by the Indian camper. who was waving a red blanket "We always know that whenever We see that slgn something has gone arong. Jackson said by way Of explanation.
 The native camper showed Jackson and his companions the sailing boat and the canoe that he had picked up. ln the sailing boat were provisions. two rifles and other signs that Ka-Koo and his wife and Mason and his sister had outdtted for a hunting trip When the canoe was picked up the half. frozen dog which belonged to Kaa- Koo was rescued. The animal was nearly dead from exposure.
 Nothing has been seen of the lost launch. The theory which is general. ly accepted is lhat the Flora. with her oyerburden Of eigt passengers, turned turtle and sank. snapping the line that was made fast to the two smaller boats.
 Storms Were Severe.
 The storms that have ragged in Lynn canal and Frederick Sound for the past five or six days have been unus- ualy severe. and local gasboat owners believe there is littie hope of finding the lost gasoline boat and her passen- gers. lt is believed that the Flora tried to turn back in the middle of the Taku, when she ran Into the storm, and when thrown broadside to the wind and waves. was swamped
 The fact that the small boats were picked up twelve miles from the Taiu shows that about stteen hours apsed rom the time they parted irog the Flora, as they were found sunday