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Lieut. Stoney. who went upon tbc last trip of t'e revenue stuamer Corvrin , r'or the purpoge of distributíng atnong ihe Tchuckchee Indians, Alaska; $5,000 worth of presents given thom by the overnment-in lecognitiou of shelter nd food aflbrded the offiuersand eqjfiw „f the steamcr Rogers, burued m 1881, reports the discovery of an immense river hitherto unknowïi to geographers. The river has been vaguely spoken of by the Indians t i former explorers Stoney bein" compelled U avvait the return trip of the Co'nvin, detcrniined to see, if thcre; was anything in it. Accompauied byone attendantaud an interpret er he prooeed inland from Hotham inlet m a southwesl erly direciion until he struck what he supposed to be the mysicrious riv.er. He traced it to its mouth o riiut.mcp. of about fiftecn miles, wheru e saw sucli immense pieoes of floaüng imber as to satisfy kim that the stream mist be of immense size. He retraced lis steps a distanue of tifty miles, where ie eueouutered nativos, from whom he earned that toreach the head waters of ho unknown stream, would take severalmonths. The Indians told him they c-une down it a ditance of 1,500 milos to meet f ur traders, and that the river went up bigher tlian that. Having no time to go further Stoney returned It is his opinión, as stated ov those on the Convin from whom tbis nformation has boon obtained, that the discoverv of this river accounts for the largo anïount of rtoating timber in the Arotic, popularly supposed to com down the Yukon. The Indians stated that the river i some places was twenty miles wide. I is within the Arotic Circle, but in Au gust, when Stoney was there, lie foun iflowers and vegetation, not hitlu'rt discovered in so high a latitude. Ho ha forwarded his report to the secretary o the navy and hopes to be permitted to come back and continue the exploration.