Show lieutenant Eipl explorations orations in alaska DES MOINES iowa nov 20 lieutenant the alaska explorer has returned from from big his recent trip into the interior of 0 that country and is amending enen dinK a few days with big frieada friends in dea des moines ills party left janean juneau alaska january they proceeded up the nikon river sixty miles consuming con gumins two weeks time on account ot of the swiftness of the current thence across the country eighty miles to a lake 0 of which the natives told them the lake is nearly miles long by fifteen miles in wa width ath and was named by the party ah klain il bin ig L lake a k e T they he t then h e u descended the newberry river rl yet for i 0 r miles game being plentiful in this region from fort selkirk they went southwest 2273 miles to what they supposed to be a region in which copper abounds but none was found several weeks were spent I 1 in a exploring the copper river it is to described d 0 by the lieutenant as one of t the he most turbulent streams he has ever seen in bis his travels after ascending mountain peaks in the interior and taking a num number berof of observations of never before seen by abito h men the deacent of the copper river was made in canvas boats for nearly miles the lieutenant Is more than pleased with his discoveries and thinks them of great geographical deoc graphical aswell as geological value after visiting in iowa a short time he will go to new york city |