Beatty, Rev. Squire Trevelyn

Beatty, Rev. Squire Trevelyn

1898-1899

QCMDR, 1898, Locator, p. 61; witness to J. T. Beatty; Dooley attends religious services from Boy and Beatty at Rapids, Diary, 2/5/98; Members of Rev. Beatty’s party: S.T. Beatty, James T. Beatty, Isaac (Beatty or Simmons?); Mae Simmons, George (S.T. Beatty’s nephew), Beatty letter, 9/4/98; George drowns in Klutina while rest of party is off prospecting, apparently trying to return to Valdez to get mail, funeral service recited 23rd Psalm and took the funeral text ‘A soft answer turneth away wrath,” description of the river’s conditions, inadequacy of poling, need for rudders, Beatty letter, 9/4/98; McClelland outfit “turned out in the full force and put up a splendid cabin, 16 x 18 ft in the clear, for us at the head of the [Amy’s] rapids, Beatty letter, 10/8/98; Don’t believe anything but mosquito stories, they are perfectly reliable. Named his claim the Cecil Roy Claim, 10/19/98;