Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1843-10-05
A Young Woman and Six Children
Lost for two days and two nights
in the woods in Clarified COUNTY.

On Wednesday the 18th ult., Miss Rebecca
Ginier, young woman living al or near the forks
of the Philipsburg and Birmingham road, in Clear
field county, accompanied by six children, of from
l2 10 years of age, went out into the woods TO
gather berries. The day being cloudy they soon
60 bewidered and lost. and at once commenced
..uitless attempt to find their way out All that
day "wednesday they rambled about. but night
closed on them, and still they were in the woods
and unprotected. On Thursday morning they
again commenced their wanderingS. Ii was an
exceedingly cold wet gloomy day, as many of our
leaders will recollect; raining from morning to
night To this inclement weather they were ex-
posed The whole of that day, and throughout the
night following, with bit their summer clothing
for protection On this day their suffering must
have been great; for they were wearled by Wed
nesday's exertionS, shivering with wet and cold
and almost exhausted with hunger, yet they kept
on in their truitless attempts to hnd way out
But night again closed on them-and a most chill
ling, trying night il must nave BEEN Exposed to
the cold, pelting storm, the cravings of hunger
becoming more and more intense, unprotected from
the prowng beasts of that woody country and
despair of finding their way out increasing every
hour, how painful must have been their situation
On Wednesday evening search for them COM
menced, and was continued throughout Thursday
and Thursday night. On Friday morning some
TWO or thlee nuhdred persons met and formed
line to sweep the mo untain." as a last effort for
their discovery Bat il happened that the unfor-
tunale young woman and children were too far to
the right TO come within the range of the line and
so seemed destined to perish But kind Provi-
dence had ordered otherwise. 4 Young man on
the extreme right Of the line, wandered little from
hi 5 true course and heard faint cry in the dis
tance. He Immediately gave notice TO the line,
and after some cXpostuaton, detachment start
ed in the direction indicated, and at about a quar-
Ter Of miles march, hhey found the little party
hudded together under a sort OF shelter which the
yonng woman had made with broken branches of
bushes, &c, for their protection. In their ex-
rremity she had stripped her own person TO afford
relief 10 one Of her little companions. IA child Of
wears old) which near peIlShing. They
were all in the last stage Of exhaustion, and must
inevitably have perished if relief had not been at
for5ei that day.
One little incident is worry Of note. as it serves
10 illustrate the happy effects OF religious training
in childhood. The young woman, having given up
in despair, and being touched to the heart with
sympathy for her little sufferers. at time gave
vent 10 her feelings in tears and lamentations
One Of the little girls observing this with all the
earnestnesS OF a woman OF maturer wears expoStu-
lated with her for her dependency, and told her
10 be Of good cheer, " for the good Lord would de-
liver them"