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Show Kff ALASKAN RAMBLES. H' j BXPLORINO THE LAKES Or THE H ' v TAKONS. IH mM biU. fcr iioninit. na riotiitir IHiby llmb.n T.ol ID Thlrlr MM.. IRBjji ' "' i "j" '' "'"' "- B)?9k l.t.ad. r the T.kon. BflBfi ISO fl lolrrratleHtl I'r... A.wcLllfta.t HVH O 2tKWDK IIT RllKIL, IlWTI.H N w. jtJMj T , Jul; 1, 1S0I Tlio lt Utter lttl 111 toK Jn.tr.acliiii,f tliefcliort.of Ahlc Iilaln or ICB tho 1 If I.U There on- rovrrnl AliW- , hH klnlni (or blfr lakt.l In tlil-J irrm nil I - AWR ' cailljr, liowc.tr, which wimM '" I" llfl . (ujrirt it that tho title U wily ilotrip- I fijn lit. .tier all, on I line not tlio full elf ' W I nlfirttlou of l r.pir name 1UJ m yHr i lelen tho northern pith at "Tlio Trill , jHBjl , UpllUcr1 which wo mo iio.r .loin 1 nHE Vjr ml.tnUo lt court, would lio led m mil wl 1 ' fJii I lilgl Imv WBH1 tit to another Ahlc klsla, wMeli In aim- RH ply tie largest of a terlf of laloa f u fHft that trail accord I n to lite lndtaii xtr fF i tlon. Acalu, Lako Hrnnrtt (nh.ch I ,B J named alter June flortlon ltnuvtt lu ' li-M' 16A3) la ALkklala to the Chllkatt n k 'i-IH , lamloCllfnkttdttiat.trule lu t1. In- pHl terlorbr a trail tLat Ukc thfm orrr )fl thUlaktana wvtrul otlirrs, of which HI llrDUttIaatnoDV tliu lirtfiiat bo Mr fifwS eral mwo or Im tlparlj tlcGncd AhU- Jb Ulalnt ItATo Ueu Jttjowu forvarjln MEff , fviiuds ai exlhOny hereabout ami EtlRK" aome of thctu Iuto veit WJBh, ' crept Into mtpa hut ncurlr alwajit Kil. M i-.Uo Ahk Uln (with wrernf nif Uim14 011 f of spflllloir U), u tautological trror FICh about eoulValent to Ialie Lius Qnlparlfl ijl;V ur IUo OranJe rlrcr One of thn at- I'Mji, tractive feature of lta thorn wa tho ftUii , UrffD numlr of wild rofce. irvn lu IIH Uooui and that crowded all tho opou j H apacra whern timtor flrcn had IclUM tho V tra and allow rd the aun to (rt frarly Bi at the toll Tho robin ami tho ut tjK wtre u pratf ful contratt to tho now mW 1. lunha and pUirinlgun Me had sure , mfm icntly left behlud Hut there Is no HE $ rs without a thorn, and there nero H' rertaluly athoutiud thorn In IhUuako IVfil for rath 1-10 If the moitqultooa tan to U ftffuratlvcljrtiKdtanof aaauth Tuoof ; tliaiarU tried to talio u ahort liiinllnir f ajil flkjiltif tour up the UUo and were VB ilrlvou baUc by these nuwerout pent. t-B, The ITlhof Juno vm pent In riff ll Line out the foldluir ranni boata fju tor lake navigation Makta vK and ilaji were made from ,lfHh x.)Aa and boards and flh allcker blank- ufflf tt were oxteaiporlied Into tallt. cry SLBi food our ere made by ltutsell from HflRt rough tlaba he beln; a carpenter an 1 B boat builder. We had not think the BK tipper end uf tho1oijr narrow lakn ua SflH aome may Imaplno from my I reIoua iffl attcrlptlonii, but on the w oft t era thore mft,. Mmo htnce from that pvlnt 1o de ifmEiX tennlue how far it wa to tl.lt end and llM1 make 1U nanny complete, tho doctor Uwjgti, nnd I ktart d for It In a boat the after- iflrlvp uo m lll ut 'tor rawli.fr vl(j- Yiar& orouly half the aftoruoon afrtlntt n lSli3 htad wind, m were forced to turn iW Uok, the lake ttlll Mretohlnff out FRwSc aouUiwtrd around a tllffht bend it far ibT at thn eye could roach It vmii qulto J5j6 1 trident thnt the lake. Hhe tho rivtr wa t5x4S hod met on the Itultla tlope, a fur ''Iwilr! nbOTO iu '""ninl level All of theahoro d tfJ Una timber wta half under water, i acts' thaw hip that the lake bcich was will N? ubraorL'ed, and tt watonly ut the very r fffl open jduuen we could launelt or I VOh 1 luud our lontA fnvorabl). Hurley C Sh the day we aiw a heavy l iff tljfnal nmo'te fir down tlio lake thuw- UllW'' that bU tha lhtut bad not left tho RIBK rouutiy desplto the lnre numWr of J ftHr cutwartt bound fur trader that wo hud 1bW mct m '" on trnU ln 'Kit ! ,y" JwWF turprled to lind iucli u numbr of IHLdrii llinklt nt any vlan Uhtae nro tho IIUh lakou elan) malting tUtlr houi on fJeSw "i0 lIr"h Amerliwwi Inland plateau I Li IhS knew pertounlly that twcrul gf the I iHlB liana had trail lea ling1 thereto, but I f IfiBE'i luppotcd they only used them to make I B'ffpSf- fur-tradlnff excurUoiia to the Inland I'IKSmI tribea. Ihe laltona have u U,end, to B9&V 'T '"' Indian told me, Ihutull the M ' 1 "nklta w ere once 1 alt oqi iui.1 lived at Ul fflm friend in one I Iff vlll iffo on the btnkt IVilBi of tho lukon rler until 11 ttiici aliiuar- If bSAk nl uroe (it may boa waateof prlulcrt If M lnV-to ,utt) Ulpro "a u Wlni n thn kra WMi j cae)auct many wtrokllJedan Itnalmr 1 I 'lvffi therein At a consequence a iiiuubi r of bI llflf diaouutentrd paitUH rudlutvd out from ri L'fH lhU '-liuUlt Uabel and founded the rl 1 iff virlouclAniortub-trlocof CUIUtaU, IM Sin 1 fc-ltUa Kootrnahoi Aukt, Stlcltccns, K filw i lin utlcrs of the T llnklt tonfruu aHn From Ahlc Imln u trail, wuc;on road jiff , or iiven railway could bo mn priKtUal' jW ' h In uoy direction that bore Uio car rtfPI I dUal point of aitnrd lulttumiao Hi Tlio forenoon of Juno 18 we trot H If away under UcW tall with a fulr I fnit-tutle briCMi. ffomo tlx or ,B I 1 tewn in II en beyond t&uip theru U "1 f ft tumble down Indian ahatk ' uti tho ,SrT Pt bnnU that may bo Inhabited colli co-lli M , ctulonally for 1 had found out by thla 'l ' tlumtl.atlowcvertlllapldaUdanativo LK , frrT?ltv buUdiuff lookud, viiNualLy ftLuut tU rof It wat no positive fclffn but that that pari may be repair dunumillf and at certain aentont It I ctnpil A heavy roaring tonnd from thla bank ahowed u thit quite ft largo rivercine ta b zt was altoul fifty ardt w lur, ahillow but rapid, whit It delta uatclrgrtved with drift limit r rrry where oloujf Dm thore of the lake thlt dilftl inUrwatlolotoen ttheneur we tried to land th t driftwood nn lli lake ahore, at thlt hlrh at go l water barred our way more or lent of tflutlly, and we were lucky imiord whore the driftwood wan wild, nnl we tould curry tho huaU nulure fr m Hi outer margin In nlnacaeaoutof ten, however, tho outer fringe of lojrs wrro Ioxmo tn tho water would roll over when stepped ur.n, ami thl ombinfd with their allppry, alimy aUlrtmade luntlnrfun aihlclli! nndfrUUIntr nil ver ajfreenhle In our atlffcncd conrli (Ion, after leteral hour In the U at About noon our wind died out and thrreitof the day we tpmt nttho uar. Tlie middle of the aftcrnooun wind act ju atjllly f rom tin north nnd delayed u u great clcnl I hit ntternn thn of forenoon nnd afternoon win l In tippoalto direction wo found to bo nultetoinmuu but with conhldcrablo diversity a to tho tliuo f diy wlien the chanr ttKk plae. About 1 oon w e taw a larifo river comlnjf In from tho r?at Ur oclock wo reached CHIT I'olnt on tho eastward the llrtt tibnipt promontory on tho lake that wo had met Itwa pra mt e, tumo 75 to Km) fe t pcrnlliiilaraud imiwl ilctttr pmiuo and oontphuniit brvak to thn Lrntlo irrndlert mi iharaeterUtto of tlo thorct of Ahhkluln There were twenty thue wnnl bl(f mil- to our credit tint evening, a dlstam.o that appear Insignificant nor looklnir back from tho land of rtllrmd nnl tHeaurrcyhojuda, but tbatma let a nip teem like a foreign country frrtin tho place wo had left In tho tnortiinf by Louiparlscn with our former Klt The neit day, Juno 10, wan atmoit a re pet I thin of ll c one ilefcrlbcd About noon that day wc tame abrrntt of tho Carl-I Carl-I mn ranpo, to raited ly the Intlant Ihlt I a iiiostoouspUiiouR tnsultled utustcrof twak on the wrst thorp around which thn lake llhtl 1 ml at if divh'cd at UiIijHjIntlnlotuoifnat arm, lhe Ant day lraattni had not (.Ivcn u a alnirle ' rlo with thrrc Ire II Irtfr Hue "t out, but this day when wo saw soma flli Jumpluif, thn troll were strain tail and two salmon trout. Ultba tiity aeven tulle record that dar wo felt like camplnirenrh, but the tlrfftwocKl ictoed our e (Tor la and wurntd u ttmlnclntfly that If wo wantid to gel all wotk done tefo-u dsrUweiutut hereafter seek an early ifeinp tn tompensate for time lost in this w ay 0 got anay caily the )lh a a snsnklnjr Lrocro mir nay lndukud us to prcs matte m while It laatc 1 Alniuto we pnstrd the iroutli of tho Keciihtaln ((Urn river In Tlluk It) or Ilifr niver of tho Indian. It com-a In from tho rnst an I is JW to 15? 3ardswh1c lttvallty I conspirtiou andean te traced 1 ail- Inland tot t rly to fifty mlUt laigr snowclnd hill llauklntr it u thu wuthn est It I evidently evi-dently thu Isrjfe-it rlier draining Into Ahkflalu llerun couple of lukuu In dlaus, In u light birth bark cam, pid bled over to nfrom tho w rat aid nav Uii prrvlooaly ttgualled us by a (run fthot Theyhnln.meuntuvltliiir dried mocAo-meat with thum I ut we bought tho btst looking plmo ainunr the lot, they, ut usual, friAtlug the test en 1 of tho bargain lhatevrulug meal had tho Ust the market nirordod, tin re b-tng b-tng gull egrt, mooMMLoat and titlmori trout, with iwrk and U in furdesnert 'lhe record for the day wa twenty fnu miles, tho grruter urt Wlnj done ly good, huet rowing, 'lhe neit day, lu tho early aflemoon, tho liikeT began be-gan to nnrniw rapidly, and tin outlet touhlbo Men among a h t of white brokin Uuk. At 4.0 we tn tired tho ilrnlnlug river nnd oiKO morn took u good gait without laboring for It Ihlt thu wouudo twenty mile ou thn Itke. or nlnit IUo In all It 1 therefore tafo tu uswrt tint Ahk IcUIu it over ono hundred mile lu length and will therefore take its place among tho grtat lake of the llrtllsh Ainerttan Northwest, a Inn t faniot a for it largo lakit 'J he latidof the 'Inkoiit mav br said to end w.tli tt tho fi.rthctt Inland of any of tho '1 Hit kits et I came tn lontact aetirnl time with the fact that they knuw aomethlng of a 'llinklt band, tho HUgVecut, allowing that & probable In land communication exUled letween the in Tlie btickren country I around ftruiro 11. AhuUa.lhla town deneudiuj on the a Oisaltr inlues, roni.had from truufcllbythetlakeii river, aid stream is mtvljrabld for 140 milea. then then are aome seventy tiro miles by iatk train toDeaso Lake, and twenty-LvftmllrsoTPr twenty-LvftmllrsoTPr IttoCaulnr All through this laud the btlckeans have I een tin ployod (tut may hae extended their trading 1 aourslou to the Takou laud of lakes Kat-o-shau, tho pith ent Stickcen chief, garo inu Int tcrertlug Information as to tho uo tn which the Tllukrt totem pole, are pu-an pu-an I regarding which there arn a number num-ber of conjecture. Ho said that ex- sC5SiS" tfW'Vnm-Pr' tn wham x sttai tux cunt, i ravatlon ln them aro often mod a burial plruvn for the atl eof crcmaUd Indiana, while other are gtncologkal and itUtorUal. TIicro Indiana have a legend that tho great Utlikeen glacier ooce reathtd ross tho river whhh lUwed und.r-uetlli und.r-uetlli Ih rough tho ley tunnel they onro soot au old mail In hi cauo.' Jo corroborate Ibo first, thera tan atlll be Men the rLmnmituf u gUo'cr oppihlte thoronln mas of lev, but nnUiinfr to corrultorsto tho tietond txtept the limply Inherent tuennneis cf tnem to do such n trdk, esperlall) If the old man wat a decrepit and lalnetes -.Uvc I wbh told that About the latter '70 bhot rich chief of the ihllkatv, of whom I have already itpoken killed sixty alau before r hikes chief of tho htlikeaitV who, not to bo outdonoln abolUbltigalairry, slew sixty fi-,e lo fore Shot rich Then the two tlan foushtand thaKUtkeenawrro whipped, my Informunt adding that tjhakts committed com-mitted sulcldo iu u rettjlt. I'ttXrSIllUH HUTVATK Cem'd cNTI t dgr I. pditIou. |
