The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1844-12-14

I'hS oHp" W on ~ WoS a oulV duu
deadly aim that the starving, dying man,
| put upon the huge brute, and the game was
down on the spot, painting and melting the
snow with its hot blood. The sight was
new life TO CUirsfel, who dragged himself
from his shanly a. Gu, into the flesh of the
bull ere yet the enormous head had cease d
10 roll, the eyes TO glare, or the limbs 10
'ramble. RaIc! he tore, gnawed. and suck
ed the mea, raw, once more revlving his
strength in some measure, with this savage
sustenance, but not sufficiently TO enable
i'm To butcher the tough old ulI,and, drag.
Iing with hIm only part OF a fleece, he
"rgained the shsnty, replenished his 6re,re
loaded his rifle, and rolled, exhausted, into
his bUfflo robe.
Subsisling on This providenlial supply of
meat for three days,the poor mountsineer
pot strength to cIswI, and, after dry ing some
Of the jeIked flesh, he turned and started
hrmeward; making a desperate effort TO
reach the Fort, Struggling against his en-.
leebled and miserable condition. Carralel
made Two miles that day, aud fortunately :,
when worn down TO The last gasp; found al
spot of timber fit Tor encaDpiug IT. But the
exert on had been too much for him, and the
next morning he was unable to rise. lnI
this state the wretched man remained forty
one days; just managing to fire from his
bed upon such game as came near, and SO
food. In The depth of winter;
throughout its most bitter portion, and in
The heart of the wilderness; an unhappy
invalid; PROSTATE and alone, forty one days
n the snow!
lie once killed bull so near him during
he night that the leg ions Of wolves immedi
ilely bese tting The carcBss;assailed himself;
,!so, and he only escaped destruction by
Irving them back iiIe with brands In the
morning ne was glad 10 secure the marrow
zones, and such meat rom the mangle1 bull
IS the voracious dogs of The prairie had left
,im, and drying the flesh, he once more
II tempted his way to the Fort. He made
some distance. and reached creek, which
ose upon him during the night. On the
iown; but was too enfeebled 10 make all
fort in securing il: But in the morning
n nanorl,t G,llnxyol Tho han nh of tha
md had tie unhoped for luck o: finding
he calf lodged among drfIw not far
rom where it had passed him. From th,
most fortunate chance = new supply Of pro h
vision fell into his hand, as if sent to the
poor starvelng from heaven, for at this time
he had but three rife charges of ammuni
lion left,
Again, better fortune attended him as he
slowly and YEARLY made his way back To
wards his friends. for Two elk crossed him,
and, with two well managed shols,he killed
them both, LEAVING himself now, for The
rest Of his dessolare journey,lo depend upon
wha, meat he could dry and drag with him,
and the last solitary charge in his rife.
For nine days longer, he resolulely worked
and the poor fellow was saved
Ore morning a sudden cry ran through
For; Platte of a bear! a bear" and half
dozen hunters were out immediately;
making toward the spot where, from the
walls Of The for. they had seen some living
thing moving through the snow. Ii was
poor Carrafe! crawling feeble homeward
on hls hands and knees, gasping with JOY
a, once more seeing the fort and fanling a,
last at the sigh, of his friends.
One day longer, and The unhappy wan
derer must inevitably have perished He
had crawled: literally dragged himself, the
whole distance homewsrd, over ice and
snow, Though streams and broken ravines,
'orured with the pangs Of frozen feet, a
starving and debiIilaed body, and progress
ing only at The miserable rate of from two
20 four miles day. This is one case of,per
haps, as keen prolonged suffering as was
ever known among mountains.
Garralel continues cripple for life and
pensioner at Fort Platte; having entirely
lost the balls from both feet. lie was un
der care two mouths al the fort before be-
could tosch his frost bitten exlremities to
he ground a, all. and lhe succeeding Sep