Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1867-02-16

SosxysSe W.. - (U!lUSSV1J very Utyv;
bus seous II oclock bic courage vas renew.
Hop. :. - s.,j( ~, deserted ii.
nov sr(4 strong, AMI Ethl ssh the d,y /.
Msye mt noss q brhSssa eT,ris "a
mach I til lsr bs<brs 1arl feeling sha. b
eeu'd - sureiPs a"t,lsg ni61 on he pssi-
-. IL BIZ tsrsnish. sasE1os much e.
4ssts pad 1lshSaSh Sssiylse with The en-
eexy e1espAiA hs1esssh0 ssn 20 down and
The: night agxn eIoss wound him, while The
sessndiy trees shut oSs iron view and beyood
bic sssch. Fearing that il be attempt ID "a
srAysl after dark b should ,loss sisht Of The
Eeoes, spdf kSoti ,hSs iinth;S xest al
sxaegstsd ceadi.ioo h eolld pps. apry;se tho
night on his f.s,, 10 6nsIfy sought out 5
huge snow driit aud digging out large
cavity with bis heads, he crowded il aud
buried himself bsnsath the snow. Ia ,his
position he soon fell ssisep aud slept for sev.
ersi hours, dreaming thst be hAd arrived il
s.fs'y 1t Fort Dodee ani was telling his
companions Of his peril. aud escape from
freezing. Blu, upon awakening with ;he 6r,,
dsw" OF nothing, he found himself buried
i" tho s"o", out ." the grea. prairie a"i 90
weak from hunger and exhausted f. IN It
snperhumsn cxertions he had put forth dur
ing tbs three, terrible tays an1 nights pa..
and 20 crippled from freezing ,h.. he Ia .
hardly strsngthf,s crawl oul of his ~ he'd
But By great exertions he rcgni"cd lie feet,
and could SEQ l.oA Gry,s abou. n n.i,s
ahead. When h. triad t. walk. he. t;und tho!
has limbs had lost their vi'aiiiy axd ls ceutt!
only mvsc JorUurd BY yeacht"g d.v" wah
AS frozen hand. and 'jli.y kis leys ont
q tAs s"oU and placing first one foo.
torrard wih hiy banda, and then the other
tie thus managed 10 NOV. Slowly towards
the. grove. Alter . lonx, ,oi!ss,as jstrugsle
in which hi. i"doni'ab:e ensrgy Of will Fri.
",nphsd over every obstncs 10 at la, 70 mh.
I'd tae Grove, but only t, find it coli. he f.
less aud uninhabited. No signs OF lie. loo !,
or shelter could be tov"d. S i'll uudism ~ Cd
his iron will agai" n.rsei him ou to maxi
one more great ednrt for life.
B.yo"d the grove At Distance Of xbout
one and half miles hs sa~ = house. H.v,
Ing BY this tim. almost entirely los, tn. use
OF his feet anh legs. ne b"gan to crawl o,
his hands AID knees through the 3. % snow
tor the house. j .sss,i.U-s 10 would he .b' e
to rise to his feet aud tax. q I, " ,tep. for
Ward. when he would again fall Into the
snow, and drag himself forward once more
|" this va; he nsnxged ut LAST 10 reach III.
house, having bee from iayli,h: until ,w.
o'clock in the siteruo N going t~p aad a
half miles. He had re .ched III r.sid-n. 70 ,f
Mr.. Hicks, five ,ui!-s wrs, of Dayton aud
about 30 mi,rs southeast OF TIA point where
he lost the rand. lie had been out from
Thursday At 4 .c!ork until the n~x, Mn.
day at o'clock, in the severe,t storm o. the
season, with the mercury ranging y, nbou,
II degrees below zero aud 4 been on his
fee. during all of the time bu, about twelve
honr>
II. had gone four days and nj .h,s " thou,
. N 'rsel "ff"'d Vt any kind and no drink
but snow lie had only slept % ~, 5 h .nr.
in nearly five days. When We saw him he
was almost entirely hel PIES, aud very weak
from his terrible sutferiny.. His fac" is
turned black ani ,ieces Of flesh nre pealin.
If. Ills feet are terribly irJz"n, bu, the
lSort' hopes 10 save them from anrn,a,;o"
"y Removing sumo Of the toes. He will lose
o . ear aud undoubtedly be badly crippled
for life. We d ,uH whether there is another
case on record Of such fearful suffering,
heroic endurance. determined energy and
cool u"fl'"ching courage, rs has been sufF.r
cd and displayed by 'hi. Stage Driver
The sleigh Containing the mail. has been
fou"d about three miles south Of the For,
badge road. and about half way be, ween
'hi. place and the Yates Statement. One Of
the h"ises WAS found near it, !r zen TO de- ath
but the other hna mt v.t h ..p r.unJ