Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1867-04-26

stor'p chilling him through. Before many
hours he found that his ears, face and feet
We're frozen solid, and his hands were be
ginning to freeze But still strong in the
determination to save himself, if III the
range of possibilities, he kept moving or
through the long, cheerlcss day. Towart
night he suffered greatly from hunger, a.
he had eaten nothing since Thursday noon
When darkness again closed around hin
he felt that the chances for surviving til,
night were very slim indeed. He dared
not sit down to rest, fearing that he would
fall asleep and perish. All through the
second night he kept on his feet. and some
times becoming so exhausted with cold ant
hunger, and his great eXertions to keeI
travelling, he would stop few minutes tC
rest. He repeatedly fell asleep while thus
standing, and was only awakened by fall
ing into the snow. Aagain and again dur
ing Friday night did he thus struggle ON till
daylight appeared The wind had now
ceased. but the cold was intense When
the sun came up on Saturday morniag.
he was able for the first time to learn the
direction. Looking anxiously around on
every side, and seeing no settlement, grove
or road, he felt that a longer struggle for
life was almost hopeless, Bat finding that
he was still able to move, he turned his face
| TO the east, knowing that his only hope
now was in being able to reach the Dcs
moines river, along which he was sure to
nd settlers. All day Saturday he toiled
on through the deep snow, suffering in
tcnseiy fro Il hunger, cold and loss of sleep.
| Whenever his strength gave out. and he
stopped Tor moment, lie would fail asleep
and tumble down i'll the SNOW, again aWak-
en-. rise up and push OH. Night encc
more came on, and found him still out on
the great prairie, with no shelter III sight.
Again did he pass another night-Hc Hird
one-on his feet. walking, stopping, falling
| asleep, tumbling down awahing, rising u>
and toiling on again. Lost. starving and
freezing. but still undismaycd, he watched
patiently during the long hours of the night
for the rising OF the sun ON the morning o
Sunday, the fourth day out. The sun rosl
bright and clear, but it was intensely cold
the mercury at sixteen degrees below zero
with keen, cuttiHg wind from the north
lie had. strange as 1t maT seem, ceased tc
,uiier from hunger; and nerviug himself
for one more effort, he turned his face east.
ward. and again struggled on. His prog
ress was very slow, bat at ab0Ht | | O'Clock
his courage was renewed by the sight Of Il
grove in the distance
Hope. that had never entirely deserted
Mn, ,t,,.,,. a,,L al ,Ir.5,,rL IL,
I,' hn sir7,,.,, ,r;th IL, su,,.,l,nn7,, ,4r
orts to reach the timber before dark. fear
ing that he could not survive another night
mncb ny1anytoI and ,IfLonrh striv;no
,yith tl,n onnr.r,. nr Jns,ai, hn saw ,ha snn
~, Ja,,.,, a,,I mn, ,o,in cIa.e ,,ronnJ lin,
wh5in thn l,iandl, res wrre sIni nnt of
III, ,s;.,, o,I L.,,1uJ lis zach Fnaring
r.f + he= =atteT,I.,j tn fr,vri oIIcr 1arl, h.,
,r,,,,fJ I5a ;lt,t IF tLo gro,.n anJ I,nor.
;n,, th,f in hi2,rprl, AVID pyhanstrd ro,,di-
-, H., could ,ot s,,,,';, tLo ,;,rl,t on Lis
f,nt ho finally sonrht ont a hug. snny
I'm a,J d;,r,,;,., ,fnt . l,rgn c,yitv viii
hi. hanJs hi. crn,y,Ir1 in and hurried him
self beneath tbe snow. In this position he
son,, f,.II n.lnnn and slant fin. several hours
Jr.oninr that hc had arrived in SAFETY at
Fort n61re. and was telling his compau-
ions of his urrils and rscan,, frnu frrrliuu,
Rnt nnnn awnI,inr with the first dawn of
,norninr be founJ himself hnrird in the
snov, ant IN thn rrrat nr,irie. so veal,
from bunrrr. and Exhausted from the su-
ncrhn,na,7 ny.rtions he had mt forth dnr.
inn thn ,hrr,. Terrible DAYS and niyhts mas.
om1 so rrinnIed from frtezirr th2t he had
h,r,I,y stra,,rtb tn crawl out nf his icv he'd
Rnt h, ~rcof cycrtious he rprainrl his feet.
anI c9HIJ 500 Inst Grove about a mile
ahead When II, tr,rd to walk he fouul
tl,nt his limbs had lost their vitality. and
h. cnnl1 only move forward by rrachinr
dawn with his frozcn hands and lftnr his
laos ont of thn sun,v and nlocinm one foot
f,Ty,rI w;tL Ills hands and then tbe other
uo I'm. n,,n,w.1 IA move slovly towards
tLo C,rnva Arr , lama, tnilso,ne strur
'rin IN which hi. inJn7nit,ble rnnrrv Of
os,;I, tr;,,,,,In1 nv.,. Every obstacle he nt
ta.t r.,'.r,.iI rho crave onh, tn find it
a,l1 ,.I,na,loss ana nninhabitcd No sions
~ l,f, fanI or shritrr could he found
St;i1 H., ;s,,a,,,J h;s iro, viii nnrved him
a., ava, "a MIKE o3c more rrna. effort for life.
'' norn'J w. ',, ,hn Grnv.' nj the distance of
.Lnn; nn.,and. shalfmilrs. he saw a house
H., III. .;m,a nIsass. ent;relv last
iln n"e ,o - his frrt ami lrrs. he braan to
nra,yI an his hands and knc,.s throurh the
Jnen snow fnr the house, sometimes he
wnall Il. AHA +, rise tn his feet and take
- f,,,. st,,ns fo,vorJ when he would arain
fil n ;o,n m ,i,e snow, and drae himself toward
nnn. moro In th;s wnv he MANAGED at
I'', ,'',t 80 r,.,,b H., hons. Lavinn hrcn from
I,',;,l't n,' ,,,'t;i . o,cnc in tho aft.rnoon
49,; &c t,ronnJ -, = boIfmil,s He had reach.
81 oJ'te ,f. rns;Janne nf Wr Hicks. five miles
uest of DAYTON. and about thirty miles