nine o’clock, Sunday morning
The stretch of water between the head of the Box Cañon and the foot of the White Horse Rapids was unnavigable for steamboats , and passengers were transhipped at that point , walking around the rapids from one steamboat to the other . There were no telephones in the country , hence no way of informing the waiting _ Flora _ that the _ Willis _ was four days late , but coming . When the _ W. H. Willis _ pulled into White Horse , it was learned that the _ Flora _ had waited three days over the limit , and had departed only a few hours before . Also , it was learned that she would tie up at Tagish Post till nine o'clock , Sunday morning . It was then four o'clock , Saturday afternoon . The pilgrims called a meeting . On board was a large Peterborough canoe , consigned to the police post at the head of Lake Bennett .