The north Mississippi herald., 1922-08-25

narrow passage was just like some
wonderful fairy story. I sat from
morning until ten and eleven o.
clock at night, just looking, and try
ing to realize that it was all true and
that l was not dreaming. Here we
were, after longing to see Alaska,
getting a border glimpse, and if our
border glimpse is so wonderful, 1
cannot comprehend what trip into
the interior can be like.
We did not sit up to see the North
ern Lights, though some saw them
who happened to be on deck at IL.
We will see them at White Horse
Pass on Monday, July 31st., where
we will be for two nights.
Juneau has splendid fur and curio
stores and some of the finest old
ivory relics of Alaska, as we'll as
gold ornaments, and museum of
rare Indian and Esquimaux an early
settlers relics. We will be here sew
eral hours on our return voyage. l
saw Totem here that like, but will
not get it until see what I can do
at Skagway and Seattle. / am told
that we can get all the souvenirs we
want at Sitka for less money than
any place. Any way we retrace our
voyage from Sitka, and / will get
what / am going to on my return.
We left Skagway yesterday soon
after we landed so as to get through
with the trip and on up to White
Horse. The train trip from Skagway
up mountain and on top of the noun
tains is equal to if it does not surpass
any train trip in Switzerland. This
is more rugged, with no cattle graz
ing, and no men and women making
cheese and butter on the mountain
sides. No butter could be made on
these.
We rode for miles and miles along
the old Gold Hunters trail, up over
Dead Horse Canyon where 5000 peo-
pie coming up into these mountain
peaks to get pot of gold to take
home to live in peace, were often
camped at one time. How many
of these people gave their lives and
got neither substance nor shadow,
no one can tell. But the old trail
is there yet, well worn one, and as
we sat in our fast-fying train, look
ing over-it all, was thankful for
the dreams of those people, which
made this wonderful trip possible for
us.
l don't know how many miles it
was to Bennett, where we had very
good lunch of moose steak, and every
thing they could have up on top of
those great mountains, but l didn't
like the moose steak. took the plain
beef hash. About 1876 were to take
lunch, and l only have to state that
we were at the first table to give you
a minds eye of we three sisters
scrouging and pushing our way thru
Just like the herds of Americans
sightseeing in Europe. see now why
they push and scramble so. 1t was
just Americans meeting Americans
and so it was there, and has been all
the way up to Atlin.
We left Carcrosson a boat with our
ticket giving US berth and meal. We
got the meal but the boat got the
money for the berth and we were
told that we were not entitled to a
berth unless we were on the boat un-
til o'clock the next morning. AS
matter of fact, we were entitled to
it. We paid for it and am going
to know the reason why, get re-
fund or try. There were all those 1876
people entitled to a place to lay their
heads, some of them sick, and only 85
people got one. The Purser of the
Tutshi Boat was not only disagree
able about it, but insulting-the only
unpleasant employe we have met
with. We had no place to rest, and
half the people did not have chair
or bench to sit on. 1t was the most
disagreeable trip I've ever had in