Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1899-01-30 | Page 1 | Suffering in Alaska

SUFFERING IN ALASKA Six Prospectors Reported Frozen On Porcupine River Seattle Wash Jan 29The first prospector to arrive here from the Kayukuk mining district of Alaska since navigation closed last fall is R C Nichols HIs trip is a most remarkable remark-able one when it is considered that Mr Nichols is almost blind Mr Nichols came down the Kayukuk to the Yukon which he ascended to Dawson He walked a great portion of the way behind be-hind his dog team J Dietrich a mining engineer of San Francisco who accompanied Nichols part of the way brings news that a relief party had gone from Seventy Mile camp some time ago in search of I a party of six prospectors who were reported to have had their feet and I legs frozen while crossing Porcupine river The party had not returned and there was some anxleyt concerning them I At Fort Selkirk A L Brecklnridge of Portland Ore had brought In G T I Watts of Oregon City who was suffering suffer-ing I with scurvy Breckinridge reported I three other men sick with scurvy in I their cabins about forty miles from Selkirk They were sadly in need of I assistance and would probably die before them be-fore spring If it was not tendered to