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Army Officers on steamer Valencia, departing Seattle 4/7/98, Seattle P-I 4/8/98 & Seattle Times, 4/8/98; Bjornstad made up rations for Lt. Lowe and two surveyors to go to Orca, MB-D, 5/4/98; Lt. Lowe, Schrader, and Marlowe returned from trip along coast (to Orca), MB-D, 5/20/98; Party headed to interior composed of Lowe, Gumaer, Keller, Tolley, Gardner, Garrett, Hallett, Bence, Kahill, and Bjornstad starts with horses over Valdez Glacier, MB-D, 7/9/98; Crary meets taking soldiers and pack train to Circle City, 7/31/1898. Crary, Diary Ms. , p. 11; Fell into Valdez River, so name changed to Lowe River. A. Powell, Trailing. p. 79 ff; arrives at Pearson's camp with 13 pack horses and 3 men July 16th on way to Circle. Pearson, CS1; Report submitted to G.D. Meiklejohn, Asst. Sec. Dept. of War, "for exploring a portion of Alaska and establish your projected "All-American" route to the Yukon," 2/10/1899, Office of the Sec. of War Dept. 1265-2, NARA RG 107, Entry 80;
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