Peets, Mrs. (H.G.)

1898-1899

Passenger on steamer Alliance, departing Seattle for Yakutat Bay and Valdes, 3/24/98; party of 37 from Sioux City, IA led by J.N. Henry were to be dropped off at Yakutat, the others apparently headed for Valdes, Seattle P-I, 3/25/98; C.J. M wrote that he talked to a MRS. H.G. PEEKS [sic Peets] who was thrown over fifty rods by the slide and was rescued just before suffocating. C.J.M. letter of 6/5/98 in Boston MA Evening Transcript, 7/9/98; Crossed Glacier in 1898 with 3 tons; heard about Klutina rapids; Mr. Peets decided to sell outfit for 1 cent a pound and return to California so as not to endanger Mrs. Peets. Swan, A. Pathfinder, V:3, 1/1924.