| Show With the Beir in Alaska I Herhert W Spar ul Qulncywho Is I an nglllcr In the renu cutter FLrlce 01 th govcrnimnt mas suddenly 01 dOId tu KO to Alaska on the cutter Dear toward the latter part Jl last OoOm bel Inclncr Spear had been ellnl on thc Ureham on thc gent lokR when ho wu nrdI1 tn lhe Grant a t Port Tmnmend nn the 101lle cIIl When lie inril ul nt life post lie found government ardor maltIng him there hlch directed him it take cmmallli nt the BlneerB elltment on the Ileal and ccomlmn that vessel on her trll to the mllf df the koIm I 1Ioned whalers nl Point IInarow There la8 no time 10 make Iepura Un for the voyage and Engineer Spcar man obllg1 to leave without I having a chance to lrlle to hi is people In Quincy Ills family have received meoge this wee k rrom Alaska ubere the 1Ir Is I In minter quarters Tills I the Ort Iortunlt that nglneet Spllr h had 10 communlcnl ulth Spepr11on Writing from On no asks nlneer tar says I wen holly Unprepared loc thl1 trig > In tile may 01 clothing but I did mllnngI buy three flannel hlrt 0 pall ot lIOut and Fwne hay hoe and a tw other articles or 11r Whitworth mho had hn north IIIt season You know thl expedition max lilted out partly In the govern meet and partly bj the nenppopen of Sun Francisco the Cull and the Examiner Ex-aminer The newspapers fuinlshed the Food and most of the cloitilnR nnd the 0Ornment did the rt I arilved so late that I didnt get much clothing Ito ugh what they furnl hed the officers nt warn ery much for they evidently 1 evi-dently expected we mere going to spent the Inter In n nperatuie of ahou 50 Ileglee hlow I 0 Ioh officer wa lurnlh l ulth a ult nt for clothln consisting nf a Itkey I a thing like a ohllt with a ho4 to It and a Pal 01 trouser one pair ot Aayinky bouts mild 01 sealskin seal-skin with the hair on ntlll with walrus wal-rus hide Roles three suits of under wear two of Bilk und one of chmolo skin and some iery heavy socks to wenc fill the nhoomenUnn1 Iot and mittens and caps galore Out or this outllt t got R fur putt file bo ot one suit of rhamola skin Inlerwac acm Bocks and a cop As for food and provisions me Iere loaded to the hah with Itneld mhat me had 111ow me had a decklovl of barrel at Fall b ef and other truck We have tuff enough aboird now to feed boo men a > ear The distance from Seattle up to this place IR I about 1700 mUeit I and we made It In 10 days The wcathe wn wry good with the exception 01 about 0 hours vhen me were hove tn In n gale and had to use oil to kp the team from coming aboard We orrled here ou i December 9th and tk some coal Aboard and nn Saturday Sat-urday the IIlhat I oclock In the mornIng morn-Ing we lort for Sledge Island about 400 mile to the north of this place but we did not reach It for when abou 80 miles awny me encountered heavy drift Ice and the temperature nf the sea water wa 29 degrees so It WA deemed lent to hunt for gome othe place to land the party that To is poln overlend to Point narrow On Wednes day December 16th we anchored oed Cp Vancouver and here we succeeded succeed-ed In loading the relief part At a little vlllane of Isklmos they were fortunate enough tn find a trader mho had dugs sleds and all the paraphernalia parapher-nalia necessary for an overland trip who would take them to Rt Michael The overland putt consisted of Lieut Jawlii and liertholf and Dr Call From 91wl st Michael to Port Clarence they will take reindeer helnnxInK to the government mnt and drive them to Point narrn a distance of fOO miles After landing the parts we came hack her slurping at the Seal Islands ft Paul and ft Gnrg arriving at oln the 2rd of December ITere wo are for the minter 1 and spring to there I s nn chllnc r of KettlnK Into the Arvtl Until the middle of next Jull and we mill probably rg leave bero till June There In nothing here only 0 trading tlltlon tnI the AIIIkn Com mercl1 < omlnnY and the North Amerl too Trndng company Each enmrany has itI representatives here and 0 lot ot mehanlc bulhtlng heelhrrow honls stern wheel steamers for the Yuknn river One of the leading menthe nl men-the NAT company said ahoarl hr Hint there was between 115000001 and 1 IM tflft MO of cold dut nt Pt HichlPls to go to the slates on the first boats We will prnhnbly be the Ort boat 10 gt tn St MichaelA and that will 10 In June some time Of cone ve will to and get Into the Arctic am soon Re 10 11 and It mill probohly h I e August hetor we reach Point Harrow Then If the whaleri are In destitute Irrum stances the orders are to take them liourd I and brine them to Frisco III that case wo ought to reach Trie In September some time but the gencral I nrlnlon I seems to be that on our return on here fiom the Arctic the whalers It I we get them IJMw transferred to om l ther vesid end we wl1 go to tt MlcSiaels anti staj there till the season NtclZe In that event wo T1111 reach the coat about the Orst 01 November Engineer Spear has In In lie rave nus service Cor n number 01 years He was ahM1 the Ullatln I when Ph e ran ashore a Cew years ago and he nnrrnl Iy escaped with his lit e lie WAs expecting ex-pecting n transfer from the Inke to the Manning on the Maahutt coat when he rot Ills odrs to go 10 the frozen north hut like n good rant r-ant nl Uncle So nho wont aral once to hi new a-ral uncomlortabl 1 PzIteof duySprlngOcld NIass Iterubllcan |
