A history of California and an extended history of its southern coast counties, also containing biographies of well-known citizens of the past and present . Alaska werefull of adventure and exciting experiences, andhe succeeded in locating a number of payingmines. He spent several months in searching thefields of Kotzebue and then purchased a smallfishing smack and prepared to sail down the coastto Cape Nome, but the ice was so heavy thatthe party were obliged to return a number oftimes and start again after discouraging the last trip they encountered a storm whichblew their vessel
A history of California and an extended history of its southern coast counties, also containing biographies of well-known citizens of the past and present . Alaska werefull of adventure and exciting experiences, andhe succeeded in locating a number of payingmines. He spent several months in searching thefields of Kotzebue and then purchased a smallfishing smack and prepared to sail down the coastto Cape Nome, but the ice was so heavy thatthe party were obliged to return a number oftimes and start again after discouraging the last trip they encountered a storm whichblew their vessel on the mud flats seven milesfrom shore, and it took them five days after thestorm subsided to get the boat afloat again. Noserious mishap befell them afterwards until aboutfive miles ofiF Port Clarence, when another stormdrove the craft on the rocks and the crew start-ed for the shore in a small boat, but a breaker up-set them and they were obliged to swim, reachingland safely though nearly exhausted and ninetymiles from Nome. The sufferings of the menbefore they reached that point were terrible, butthev were glad for their deliverance at any Cl>^^
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