The Cordova daily times., 1921-06-21
(Continued From Yesterday).

For about 15 miles up from the Copper, nearly to Woodwork gla- cier, the Tasnuna is not nearly so swift as the tributaries of the upper Copper So far as seen, it could probably be ascended to the upper edge of the silt or mud flats, some or ' miles, by small steamboat Above Woodwork glacier the stream becomes quite torrential, and the valley, which for some time has been narrowing, contracts into canyon of mild form a couple of miles in length, at the upper end of which is a narrow, impossible gorge only or 5 feet wide and couple of hundred feet deep, through which the stream debouches in a torrent of foam. The trip up the canyon was anything but pleasant; the bed of the stream, which had to be crossed fre- quently and waded for long stretches, was very rough and bowlderly and SoSCAOA "AIA q tAlCh COdS VI olAp pery ground or anchor ice, which in the swift current made footing very insecure for a man with a pack on his back. The gorge was passed by cutting trail and climbing 400 feet up the steep sides of the canyon. Beyond this the rest of the Tasnuna valley was for the most part open, with a low divide at it's head.
 The divide, which was crossed on the 18th, was found to be 1900 feet high, with high snow mountains on the north and south. On the opposite or west side of the divide the drain age flows westward into Lowe river. Here, on the night of the 12th water froze to ice an inch in thick ness; also on the night of the 18th. On both of these nights our camps were in green alder near the divide, and the men were beginning to freeze out"
 From the divide down Lowe river to Dutch camp basin, distance of about 10 miles, the route, following for the most part well beaten bear trails on the benches along the north side of Heiden canyon, was good. At Dutch camp basin, which was reached on the 18th, we had descend ed to 630 feet, and found a heavy growth of tall spruce. Here we also met Corporal Heiden's detachment, with pack animals from Valdez, cut ting trail over the proposed new route northward through Thompson pass.
 From here our outfits were taken ta Valdez on pack animals of the Heiden party by way of the steep trail over the south end of Hog back mountain, where it rises about a thousand feet above Lowe river, to avoid the impossible Keystone canyon, which begins at the foot of Dutch camp basin and continues for about 4 miles down the river The remainder of the route was down the north side of the Lowe river val ley, sometimes. on the edge of the valley flat, but mostly ever foothills. and finally over the gravel delta to valdez, which was reached on the evening of October 19. From Valdez the Copper river expedition embarked October 26 on the home-bound ves- sel Excelsior, which, after touching at Orca and Yakutat, and being de. layed for some time at Juneau and Hunters bay, finally arrived at Seat tie on November 1O
 POPULATION
 The natives about Prince William sound, probably several hundred in all, are known as Aluets. They have long been under missionary influ- } ences, chiefly Russian. Their chief settlements are Tatitlek, Nuchek, Chenega, Eyak, and Allaghanik. They trade with the whites and are often employed by them, chiefly in hunt ing, fishing, and boating. They are not very healthy people, consumptive tendencies being common among them
 About dozen white men nave married into the native tribes, and have become residents there, being engaged in trade or some other in- dustry, such as blue fox raising.
 At Orca and Eyak are large sal mon canneries, owned and operated by American companies during the