. Capt. J. D. Winchester's experience on a voyage from Lynn, Massachusetts, to San Francisco, Cal., and to the Alaskan gold fields .... t and our flour was getting wet, for we had notarpaulin to lay over it and the river was rising. One day we were boarded by two squaws in a canoe totrade; they wanted flour but we could not spare it as wedid not know how much of what we had was had some trinkets he wanted to trade for a fish,but no, they were not vain; a pair of shears, however,brought the fish. She held a silver dollar in her handwhich she offered for some flour, but we could n
. Capt. J. D. Winchester's experience on a voyage from Lynn, Massachusetts, to San Francisco, Cal., and to the Alaskan gold fields .... t and our flour was getting wet, for we had notarpaulin to lay over it and the river was rising. One day we were boarded by two squaws in a canoe totrade; they wanted flour but we could not spare it as wedid not know how much of what we had was had some trinkets he wanted to trade for a fish,but no, they were not vain; a pair of shears, however,brought the fish. She held a silver dollar in her handwhich she offered for some flour, but we could not partwith any, so they pushed off and paddled Up to a salmontrap that they had set and commenced to take it up, forthere was going to be a flood. One or two days after we pitched our tent at the mouthof a slough. It was raining very hard and we landed forthe night. We had pulled our boat that day about threemiles, by means of the branches of trees and the little wil-lows that grew on the side of the bank. The river was-rising and we could float amongst them, but the rush ofwater that surged down made it difficult for us to make. BOARDED 1!Y SQUAW TRADERS ON THE WAY TO ARCTIC CITY. 179 much headway, so we pitched our tent until the waterssubsided. The ground was swampy, but we laid spruce limbs tohold us up out of the wet and that made it quite comfort-able. The river had swollen even with the bank, but solong as it did not come over we were all right. We meta man going down alone. He did not encourage us much,but he was after provisions, he said, and passed on. The rain came down in torrents and I felt that we wouldlose all of our flour. I was not very well and needed arest of three or four days, so was not sony at being de-layed. While Lepage busied himself in enlarging the sailand making new spars, I got quite a rest, and as soon asthe river fell enough we started up the slough, which wasnot very long and had a rapid across its entrance. We had to cross the rapids from the
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