New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-10-07
fulres, to the God .uho amid 60 mary hazards hsd
rnhrfd ma kniIa1

spared as toilet YEARLY on.
About II O'Clock We entered . large lake. Never
more Cherries prospect opened on mortal vlsioe
Perhaps weeks nust psss before would fpd the
outlet. And theu-whs. then Never mind; on We
went, sinking TO the right, cloee to the bsnk, and
polng-polns-poiing. siore tie numerous bays
aai lndentatious. bye never looked upon more nag
rbcsrt seerery. Emboeomed in crest basin scOcpsd
OF. amid rotie hlls; surrounded by beautiful ever
gree trees dotted With hte Islands, and retisc'ing
II IT. pelr.,d bosorn the desp blue OF tbs sky-psrter
could tot have had more noble study. But where
"ss cur GFo;hsr Non the ouIhs spoke OF auTAn hap
itsioni the welcome face Of sympathy; tre besning
eye of intelligence Alas alas without these cold,
dreary, and souber, TO two worn starving nen-lost
IN TIE fackless viderness-wouli have been toe most
ms'chless sceLs ia Nstures broad domain.
So We strained a. Night found us 20. NOR than
o1efourth of the around the lake, and s,ill
signs OF It's outlet. We bad eaten nothing but high
bush berries sc,d and destitute Of nutrmentan
INJURY rather than beLent. About clock the WIND
commenced blowing, and az were on the lee-shore,
sc decided 20 travel further thst night. Sc We
crew our raft up tie bank, went lhto the woods,
AID Isy down. We had nothing else to do. No sup
Per troubled our digestion. Another awful, SILVER.
ing, dreny Iight-sLd gray, hazy, contortless
ntrGirg. We were dying, starving, perlshng by
inches Ard yet somethiBg whispered 70 me that we
should be saved. II seemed AZ could hear voice
ellirg lie that must live to croes the ocean with
bs loon. Audmy hopes so encouraged me that could
rot help Hr Sing simple refrain.
We started on again, the snnbeaDs breaking FOR the
fret the in two dsys. Three miles progress brought
to what appeared 70 be the outlet of river opening
into smaller lske This oheered NJ. We began to
hope We had reached large stream. But when We
reached the end-msery there was no outlets
small creek set into the lake. With hope almost gone
We started YEARLY bsck toward the large lake We had
left. Mr.. Hsddoek here began to icok upon our fate
as sesled He was brave as man could be The
thought Of death had no terrors for him. But ne
wife ard family. Hos little we knew what God
hsd in store for Us cheered my friend we'll as
could, ard with great regret We turned back. We
had gore but nile when we heard the report OF
gun, quickly succeeded by another. How the blood
bounded 10 our veins! Hope revived within our
bresst, We halloed a. loudly as feeble strength
would allow "a. but got auswer, and heard no
other reports We were beginning to despair again,
when Nr. Haddook called my attention 10 smoke curl
rg the trees neaT the opposite shore of the lake
HIS sigh, had become dim, and he could not surely
distt gush it from fog But mire was better knew
i, came from FIRE. And as looked, oh. Joy there
Wa canoe hauled upon the b6Ik--thoggh It looked
ike log at fret We were strong men sgain. Noise
letsly We padded across fearful II tbs fire was that of
Ct an utcvlsed Irdisr be might be frightened away
without sssistrg us. The canoe turned bottom
eide up the bssk Under were gun two coats, and
sack containing dead duck. Mr HaddOck started to
hunt up the owner, ard seized snd commenced "trip
ping tie duck intending to eat it unco0ked But that
was no, Iecesssiy. In less than i've minutes an ln1an
boy sppesred upon the bank addressed him first In
elsh then in fTerch. He answered in the later, and
asked me to follow him. did 90, hardly able to drag
my body slorg. About twenty rods from the shore,
amid the woods, Iepered tie shanty from which the
emo Ike had curled. God be praised There was my
oompaiiop converting with generous king Scotch
nan: around him ruuber Cf athletic timber cutters;
ard near by table lsden with carrots potatoes pork,
and 20 oI,l-s the heart could wish for. The revul
zion was most too much, but Providence was kind.
Every body can imsgine the rect. Az INST tooi hsd
no mo,e tssie to u than chips. We ate sparingly a.
first az cur stomachs able to bear and we're more
rayeIOUs a. VI became strOL ger.
iIr. La Mountsin concludes with brief aceoun; OF
their travel homeward.