. Capt. J. D. Winchester's experience on a voyage from Lynn, Massachusetts, to San Francisco, Cal., and to the Alaskan gold fields .... et around. After that we could row, and we got tothe mouth of the river sometime in the night, where wewere told that our boat was too deep and that we nevercould get up the river with that load. We heeded nottheir warning, but pushing along we were told to keep tothe right bank and we would go along all right. We didso as soon as practicable, but the trouble was we got nosleep. After we had been three nights without sleep, we landedon the bank where there was
. Capt. J. D. Winchester's experience on a voyage from Lynn, Massachusetts, to San Francisco, Cal., and to the Alaskan gold fields .... et around. After that we could row, and we got tothe mouth of the river sometime in the night, where wewere told that our boat was too deep and that we nevercould get up the river with that load. We heeded nottheir warning, but pushing along we were told to keep tothe right bank and we would go along all right. We didso as soon as practicable, but the trouble was we got nosleep. After we had been three nights without sleep, we landedon the bank where there was a breeze blowing, and had asort of restless sleep. We had been so long without itthat we were troubled with nervousness, and I could notclose my eyes so long as I heard the mosquitoes did not stop long, but were up and away again andsoon began to feel the need of sleep. We tied our boatto an old stump that was off in mid-stream while we weregetting our dinner,—if you could call it such. We hadnot taken time to cook and our meals consisted of hardbread and condensed milk—a very weak diet for the workwe had before GETTING READY TO ASCEND THE KOYUKUK. UP THE YUKON. 167 I had made a mosquito net and had it over my hat;when I went to light my pipe it caught fire, and by thetime I got it away from my face it was completely des-troyed. The Alaska Union launch passed up by and hailedus, asking where we wanted to go. We answered up theKoyukuk,1 and they replied we were on the wrong river—we would have to go back. This worried us a little, for we had no charts and it washard to feel just confident unless we saw some I did not intend to turn back, and why that manshould lie I could not tell. There was another little steam launch on the river andwe found out that it belonged to the Kelly party fromNew York. She was trying to take two heavy boats upthe river, loaded with stores, by relaying. We had madea sail, and with a fair wind we were stemming the curre
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