The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-10-08

possible; 20 We concluded to ro beek. and 81
- couIa get the rsft down 4 piece 81 time
NM Moaio \. g ON with her; II NOT We would
anu prepare for deafh =
,r MoKE sUFFRRIK0.
Ment pack and afief examining the stream
dos~n ~ concluded to try @ get the raft
! ,s Ine pieces would not float more than
..' Iou " fine before they would stick on some
stoue Wnlcn the low water left above tha sur
lace, ano tnen you must pry II over in some
W. -ru ~ ~ along TO the next obstruction.
W % Ine middle, and there several times fell
AatOhS, completely using mn our comuass
Wnlcn now fran tically pointed in any direc
waser wat ri hs1 ssa ns.,n mead thoues desirable. The
Alter long hours ofsuch labor we rot the raft
aoWns ana LA d. again tied ii together. Pass
ing ON, In about an hour we came to \ larve
iane-sn miles long and six miles broad.
around It we must OF course pass until we
should lind The outlet So we turned mn 10
tne right, and pressed on with a. much resoln
uon az could be expected. To-day We found
Que os cdam, winch insisted La Mountain should
ear, as ne was weaker than myself and had
eat little or nothing on the day we went mn
Around We went into all the fndentations 81
the shore, keeping always in shallow water.
axa "a, las. we stopped at place we Thought least
exposed to the wind. We laid down upon the
cold ground, having lifted up the end of our raft
SO that the wind might not drift Ii away in
the night We were cold when we laid down.
anu poln OF us trembled by the hour, like men
suHering from severe attack of the ague. =
Inc WIND had risen just at night and the dis
mai snrgIng OF the waves upon the shore
formed, l thought, q fitting lullaby to slum-
.4 Der SO disturbed and dismal as ours. BY this
time our clothes were nearly torn off. NV
pantaloons were slit up both legs, and the
wristbands nearly torn of. My boots both
leaked, and our mighty wrestlings in the
canon nad torn the skin from our ankles and
hands. La Mountains hat was gone the first
Gay OUT he had thrown away his woolIeD
drawers and stockings the first day of our
trapping, as they dragged him down by the
weight OF water they absorbed. We slept but
Iittie. II really seemed as though during that
nlgnt, we passed through the horrors of dozen
deaths. At daylight we got up by degrees. first
on one Knee and then on the other, SO stiff and
weak mat we could hardly stand
THE RESCUE.
1t has now been four dull DAYS since we ate
a meal. All we had ate in the meantime was
a frog apiece, four clans and few wild her
res, whose acid properties and bitter taste had
proDably done us more harm than good. Our
strength was beginning to fail very fast and
our systems were evidently about to undergo
an extraordinary change. We turned the raft
around, and poled her back towards the place
Wnere we had en- tered this last lake. We had
gone about mile when we heard the sound of
gun, quickly followed by a second report
NO sound was ever so sweet to me as that
we haiioed as loud as we could good many
times, but could get no response We kept our
poles going, and had gone about half a mile.
Wnen called La Mountains attention to what
l thought was smoke curling up among the
trees on the side of a hill. My own eyesight
mad begun to fail me to an extent that could
not depend upon il when long, steady gaze
was necessary. He said it was smoke. and
that ne thought just below it, on the bank
was a bark canoe. In few moments the
blue smoke rolled gently but Enthusiastically
ABOVE the tree tops, and we felt that we were
saved. such revulsion of feeling was al
most too much for us. We could hardly be-
lieve our senses, and credited any thing fayora-
Die TO our condition with the utmost caution
Our bitter disappointments had taught us that
lesson
We padded the raft with the ends of our
poles directly across the lake, near perhaps.
three-fourths of a mile wide and made for the
canoe 1t proved TO be large one-eyidently
an Indians. Up the bank I pressed, leaving
La Mountain at the canoe to cut off q retreat
by the Indian in case he was timid and wished
To ayolo US. came at once upon the shanties
of numbering wood, and from the chimney
of the farthest building a broad volume OF
smoke was rising. l halloed-a noise was
heard inside, and n noble looking Indian came
TO the door. ParIez rons Franeais ,'' was nv
eager inquiry as l grasped his outstretched
hand. Yes, sir, and English, too" He drew
me into the cabin, and there was the head of
the party, uOble-hearted Scotchman. named
Angus Cameron. Immediately told my story:
that we came in with u balloon, were lost. and
had been four days without food asking where
we were. Imagine my surprise when he said
We were one hundred and fifty miles due north
of Cttowa-in the dense, uninhabited torres l.
whose only limit was the Arctic circle.
From this point the nronauts were taken te
Ottowa, Canada, whence they made their way
homo in safety.