Pierce, James A.

Pre 1898

Passenger on steamer Wolcott, left Seattle for Copper River, 11/20/97, member of Doc Tanner’s party, Seattle P-I, 11/21/97; Witch City Mining Co. split between Hoag and Haines factions, members of Haines party: Lee, Call, Tanner, Haines, and Pierce, Seattle P-I, 2/3/98;

1898-1899

Witch City Mining Co. split between Hoag and Haines factions, members of Haines party: Lee, Call, Tanner, Haines, and Pierce, Seattle P-I, 2/3/98; escaped from tent and went to notify others of shooting, Seattle P-I, 2/3/98; caught in snowslide on Valdez glacier with Haines, buried for 2 hrs., lost consciousness, but revived; lost tent and camp stove, but still planning to push on over the Glacier, Seattle P-I 3/31/98; Age, 35, began receiving rations from Quartermaster Brown at Army cantonment in Valdez, 2/12/99, for 17 days, listed as an American Scurvy victim, Brown, List of Persons Rationed;