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View of ScrpBk1_07-verso: page 2 of typescript of a letter from George S. Hanes to Guy Destrubé, dated January 18, 1917.

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  • [start page] (CONTINUED) GEORGES HANES TO GUY. --- thought we were a tough bunch. I remember that he offered us his razor, and as I had not shaved for about 3 weeks, I guess I looked like a brigand. The story the Sergt. told us at Vermilion about the great battle that was then going on, is still fresh in my memory, and his story of the immense body of troops at Vancouver, and the warships which were heading for Vancouver and Victoria to shell the cities. We certainly did travel some from there to Peace River Crossing, and when I think of the hardship you endured when walking in those mocassins on the stones. I am free to admit that it was the most trying punishment that you could have been subjected to. I well remember the night we slept by the fire on the wet ground after travelling all day in the pouring rain, and you slept pretty well, although you were steaming like a hot pudding. We travelled and tracked that 280 miles in 11 days, or an average of 28 miles per day, when we figure we lost one day at the White Mud River when we went inland and met that bunch of Indians. From Peace River to Gouard is called 90 miles and as we made it in two days, we averaged 45 miles per day. Perhaps you remember that at the Horse Track, Hay River, where you saw the dead Indian, you traded off a Jack-knife and a silver coin for a few pounds of dried bear or moose meat, and that propelled us across the portage of about 100 miles in two and a half days. Even with any hardships, I still look back at that trip as a very pleasant one, and I only hope I can take another some day. Two weeks ago a friend of ours came back from Edmonton, and had visited Peace River, as McArthur, the railway contractor, was reported to have struck oil at Tar Island, Peace River on the one side. You remember we came by an old post <del>off</del> I had set up, but someone beat me to it by a few days. They have some oil, but not enough yet to make it worth while. The Thomas outfit have been drillling all summer of 1916 at Peace River Chutes, just below Vermilion, but have not as yet struck anything. Their manager, Mr. (forget his name) is here in North Vancouver, and he says that next year they may move their drilling rig to Great Slave Lake, because they expect it there. As you know, Thomas sent in a party on the ice from Athabasca in February 1915 to stake some claims at the same place that we visited. --- ---- Perhaps you will again have the privilege of roaming in the vast North West as we know it, and I can assure you that I hope you come through all right. Creelman sends his best wishes, and you have my very best wishes with you all the time, whether you hear from me or not. I would be pleased to hear some of your experiences. (signed) George S. Hanes 144-3rd St. West, North Vancouver, B.C. [end page]
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