. Capt. J. D. Winchester's experience on a voyage from Lynn, Massachusetts, to San Francisco, Cal., and to the Alaskan gold fields .... to an islandwhere we could get good footing. There was quite a highmountain there, with the main channel close to it, and along bar crossed from the island nearly to the main bank ;a fearful current was rushing across it. This bar was notsmooth bottom, but very uncertain, full of gullies andhummocks. It was a wicked looking place, but we wouldhave to get over it; it was our only hope. We sent Ryan out ahead with the rope, and pushed andpulled, sometimes the bo
. Capt. J. D. Winchester's experience on a voyage from Lynn, Massachusetts, to San Francisco, Cal., and to the Alaskan gold fields .... to an islandwhere we could get good footing. There was quite a highmountain there, with the main channel close to it, and along bar crossed from the island nearly to the main bank ;a fearful current was rushing across it. This bar was notsmooth bottom, but very uncertain, full of gullies andhummocks. It was a wicked looking place, but we wouldhave to get over it; it was our only hope. We sent Ryan out ahead with the rope, and pushed andpulled, sometimes the boat was afloat, then as quick asthought it would be aground on a hummock. 1 was wor-ried and tired out, but I ordered all overboard to could hardly stand in the water it was so swift, gully-ing the sand and stones from under our feet. We wouldsoon be down to our boot tops. I called Ryan in with therope ; he could do but little, as he was afraid of walkinginto some of the gullies, and he knew that would be thelast of him, so he came in, and we handled the boat muchbetter, and got her over the bar. This was really our first. WORKING THE RAPIDS. ON THE WAY TO ARCTIC CITY. 187 rapid, and it was a pretty swift one. We were done upand cramped. As soon as we got to the land we had supper and a goodnights rest. I forgot to mention that the Serenes puttheir freight on the steamer Kyle after settling with theFlorence people, and started off with their empty launchesafter bidding us good-b}^, saying they would meet us inArctic City. We kept plodding along slowly, with few mornings were getting cold and frosty, and the icecould be seen on the limbs and sprigs that hung in thewater. My hands and arms were chilled away up to myshoulders from handling a wet pole, and our toes began tofeel the frosty mornings. We landed at noontime now andbuilt a fire to eat our dinner. Some mornings were quitechilly when there was any wind. One morning we passed an Indian village, and were
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