Show mamma iossa DAWSON CITY AT ca C a coff correspondent respondent nt reaches the famous klondike city EMMING 7 iradee iwon Il lieff lait li it no the tb sleeps 8 asb she be leat waters two OB on a idock the nap ld ath tho old llanot and ad tir the at hito I 1 from oar out fall on it I 1 DAW dawyot BOf alay MAY IP it ll 11 evening when wo leavo leave lako lake la in bargo barge and take abo open water of thirty aillo river chero wo resolve to tra ight anit day until wo reach dicion cc going ing ashore only long enough bore and hero there to act wood for cooking culinary work on ruurd h ani a boat or ubert pan space is i and where ann ol 01 wind corno come from ell all direction directions Is not wholly easy or convenient but wo soon learn to accommodate ourselves our pelves 1 to cir curn stAnces tho water of thirty WIM milo river 1 li Is low and wo a pon a rock or a lad wind bar which t aces tho urual going overboard id nd lifting lafore wo cau can proc proceed col at tin tho big balloon liver we atop to do a lit of pro pecking but the aca rut out lay toy opinion in a krovious rc Tiou latter letter and are qui quito to as eilets us a I 1 expected nothing has loan disco vereil far that approximates pay dirt dirl loaz loas ilance tho river 1 broadens as 03 we proceed after water of tto tt o qua cr rr tc 1 the cis L sa salm on and tho little salmon it become mighty with an swift current which in ie is not emy to na navarte virte dengg 11 a aro mado with great difficulty wo tho the bank with tho force cf n catapult and succeed in shipping a or so 0 o of dirt and wo can mako fast fasl whop wo we wi birli 11 to iad wa we dom iw I 1 inan off 11 ar lly a email small b I 1 Is I 1 rac put off from kaoro and u it COMs whirling down 10 inca leap in a d 1 L brought whore asilom our artist got a but at jat its one oue WM 9 milking making the durol A As for the rick rapid rapids they can ie le pained ras 1 by the tyro 0 of a a boatman provided ded be keeps to the right bank cf of the stream I 1 along here the river 1 li to nabla and raa ma bostio her thousands cf of island islan 19 an are thing things of beauty and were it th t for mosquitoes and tho lark lack of arring 1 or clear water they would make ideal summer bating the borne me of fake or the be Tb caud islands of the st lawrenzo lawn lAwre noe noo 1 might imagine ho mereon the hudson or the rhino rhin for iho the shores are if is always wickedly v sn itt ift an a I 1 tho the mutt must bo be arati bad constantly cout tautly to tann walnut bidan locks so 60 tar far ni as I 1 khov the u n wo came to ua ua lis lir gime wa diwi all object appeared lu in midstream k m few yard rE boats tle the oll hunter hunte ot I hard and slid well bare him before lo 10 gets ever mo other ida side I 1 rue bond to their work the old ola hunter springs tuto into tl it bow rifle ia in hand to bo ready to hoot shoot when wo get into range yes there are tho the giant antler antlers aud and the majc stio pole vt vf the biad for a time there is no tin gain and wo nye begin lP fili to foer fear that the animal may beuch t f bhore 1 be foro we can overhaul him the o 0 train strain caf ry nerve and tho ol 01 I 1 hunter strains train his eyes until we me end it I 1 bottling nothing but a log aud and a fow few limbs float boat ing down assou city 9 liuti it in I 1 ek en on the lz L z cf ef hay lay 19 we arlt to te la bour dawson two miles below on the river 1 bank the air ii id thick and aud smoky antly wo discover in the distance di stanco on the east lank tank something lat mat look looks libe like ft it li Is on a atch et cli of low land and if Is backed by epli hill in five minute minutes wo noto note its lesem le sem blance to pic pie ture of the famous mining camp itis it i ho tho place me e tau been I 1 boking for en an 2 0 well 79 75 wa ut go at 1 t ik fal 11 IN DAIN SOV CITY copyright lair lh by I 1 F EA ii i 1 I achl co I 1 upon a petco below lolow where ibo the bank ii is most favorably favor faTor ablo nad and then abo oarsmen pull for the thoro with all their might often the courrent is eo so swift that tho boat will eo go far below the place selected despite all our efforts and another attempt mass must bo made farther down stream when the boat acara tho the shore someone stands in tho bow ready to jump if he lie lands on tho the river bank 1 he le is lucky iio ho usual usually lir jumps into the river and ibe i como conic a scramble for the thore shore and a raco down stream until he ran can find end a convenient tree or rock with which to mako make fast the line buckings duck Duc kings ings and falls are thus the rule and not the exception thus wo proceed down the tho yukon I 1 occasionally shoot at a stray duck or jost to let it know I 1 havo have a run gun but shooting from an open boat at long range is not usually of favorable results aben hen tho the wind blows blown down strewn we hoist boist our fail sail but there them ie is no pulling with tho oars except to make a la landing as ag stated for tho current carries us from four to six miles every hour of the 24 one ono man is on watch constantly at night and an other by day although there is little darkness at this season and that not strong enough to make the tho print of a newspaper illegible through rive finger naples rive ringer finger a rick aro bof no so 0 o black its is they havo been painted we carefully make note of time and dis tance as we float down so that we may know when we are duo to reach tie former the current gets swifter B ts of white foam and whirling eddies there is in a bound sound of rushing ahead two giant gateways ara roon seen DOM ono one guear u the center of the Streu td the other to the right the rapids havo evidently lot lost three di digits its as we WO feo see but two fingers the right gate or channel is the safo ono one N e expect to get a duc dockin klu however and coy cover our or goods with tarpaulin tor for protection quickly juick ly and unit wo glide into the harrow narrow gateway there comes a sudden dap a sharp turn tam upward a roar of rushing bateas and la in less time than it takes taken to tell uwe it we are shooting alona alon below leaving tho foaming breakers far behind we receive a gentle sprinkling ot of spray and a tow few cupfuls of o water ere are thrown into the boat boak but let that is busill all just dawe u we pass boat with but occupants comes tearing through the center channel which is consider ideM so dangerous from information inform ion subsequently we wil learn that they tried to make the right hand band channel but were unable to do BO so oa on acou of the swift current they expected to be wrecked wreck od and no so far as I 1 could see they were no paralyzed with fear that they made little effort to con arol the boat it was a sight worth seeing their boat was caught by the swift waters taken down between the rock rocks like a is shot whirled about like a top brought nearly br 1 by the strong eddy and finally cast cost adrift into the smoother water waters below it waa something worth witnessing bit all are rot so fortunat for at this sonson alien the water is so low thirty mile is really a demon and a ft capri elcus one ono choosing its victims more non according to whim than to any ling elsa else two men on a a TUL rol jt jk aa a we ru buind m d n a bend in the river we so ro men on a rock in the middle I 1 1 just ahead their boat has too ton and and an its ta lost and supply sunner A aul on effort to talt take them aboard if it u N but it Is is impossible there wali dox dozen F boate boats or more pulled r ILC swita to while a us i long li klondike city lity is tint passed mid and then wo come to a long stretch of to log cabins on the water front we wo are I 1 iu dawson city and as wo we are among the first to arrive arr this season reason a throng awaits to give us a helping hand band in lauding it Is the greatest gold country the world has ever gem sa n but alas ala the s chining bining metal is locked in icy fetter a almost as and bird as steel the difficulties les of wi unlocking locking them are al most meet beyond A A aiu |