Douglas Island news., 1917-02-09
soUREsT OF ALL DouGHs.

As but few. it any. of the Stroll Hers readers will understand Che ob- ject ot che above. a short explanation is herewith given.
 The present will be che seventeenth consecutive spring that Che Stroller has contributed two dollars for the purchase of green paint In order that la promise made Co Limpiu' Grouse las she lay dying on a pallet of wil- low brush and moose skins twenty five years ago may be kept iuyiolatc. The promise was made by the con- sort of Limpin' Grouse. the Sourcst |of aIl Coughs. who obligated him- self with no other witness than the . Angel of Death. Co keep her grave green at au times when it is not covered with snow. AS there is a period of from six weeks to two months between the going away ot the snow and the coming of grass. .it is necessary for the Sourest of an Coughs. in order that his promise. sacredly given. may be sacredly kept Co give che grave a coat of green paint every spring. and it was Go remind thc Stroller that che paint ing season is drawing near that the above letter was received by him from Che old man by a recent mail from Dawson. thc Stroller having once promised Co aid in carrying out thc last request ot Che deceased Limp.u' Grouse. even Go supplying Che necessary paint.
 The following history ot che Sour est ol an Coughs has been compiled by che Stroller:
 While Che question as Co who was thc first discoycrcr of gold iu Yu- kon may remain open In front and plcatcd behind. there is no question as Go Che identity of the first white man who ever penetrated Che White Silence of Che great Yukon valley That man was old and thoroughly accIimatcd when George Cormock Bob Henderson. Mayo. Billy Moran land other pioneers ot the sos were known as chechacgos. The real name 1f fhe first white man Co visit this country Is not known, he having brought no friends and associates with him and, not hearing his name mentioned for SO many years. it gradually slipped from his memory and became lost Go thc owner as well as Co mankind in general SO that thc only name Che old man has had for years is Che "Sourcst of an Coughs
 While located at Dawson some years ago thc Stroller conducted numerous interviews with this relic .of former days and as near as he could gather from Che old mans statements. Che latter had come Co Che country about the year 1852. having been Che only survivor of a wrecked whalcr iu Boring sea and entering the interior on foot from St. Michael gradually worked his way up Che river until he reached Che ueIghborhood Of where Dawson Is now located. when he became in- fauated with am Indian maiden known as Limpin' Grouse and con- cluded Co remain and bask in her smiles for a season, which season was prolonged for over forty years before Limpin Grouse
 Worn out with life's pilgrimage
 dreary
 Laid aside her rude crutch like
 one that is weary
 but not until after her paleiacc hus- band had promised her to keep her grave green SO long as he should live. and this the old man swore Co the . Stroller he had done and would do. emphasizing the statement with I told her I'd keep her grave green. and I'll do it. by -. if have Co paint it."
 The Sourest of all Coughs never took any interest in the contest of who discovered the first gold in Yu- kou. He always said he could have discovered it had he SO desired but that he had no use for it Suffi- cicut for him were the smiles of Limpin' Grouse and these. he says, he was always able to retain by an occasional salmon in summer and