The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-09-06
LOST ON PIXIES PEAK.

Alf. MOTIFS. WHO. with .lls ll4EttIId VIE. la.
len stopping 4. Manitoba =. ;ew day.
M.unte.. : hos. Thursday, .nt. started. aloli'
a. IL. r.. *, .xle"t'n. 10 return 'ii., evening
III. s,..i.. ~. made 1i.LoU. ac.lde,lt. and
D." reached III. :lr-'op Il no1'. and 'e!egrapLeo
A. WI. IN 'i... well. Ai-'T 'ahlLl. IN the
eight. which. irf Il. 'oh.ii.oi. .euoit, 81. IS
Hl.ty.'O.3 .. amman ..e ~. .5aze: upon.
ru. chatting awhile with tn. observer. Ton tbs
*iclIai S.r.!ce. Mr.. Morn. started {. return
8, Nhcf" III. fol.. ~. ..ltc.et. ..aeY III.
:n4:"T line. Suddenly huge .,.ack cloud.
WITCH a few minutes he. r ~; been .unb-
ling .,b'.. 20 IL" westward. settled down
around til. peak, an. Il. mos commenced 10
TAI Morris, fearing "a sto;. .es. nc sEcGld
- I@lated ana prevented NON reaching .Iaul-
tou that evening, ami thinking he could soon
get below the range Of the storm, q'iickeled
h. footsteps down tAe mountain. But the
la. Of SHOW increased and the wind strong
~ inst. became a te upest, with keen touch
Ht IL winter III it.
Morris. blinded by the snow which beat
against him III perfect clouds, nearly taking
hl- brea b, took the wrorg tail, the one lead
ing to the rink Of the crater, cL..sM second
Only to that Of Yosemite. Reaching a pile Of
powders, whore tie trail seemed 10 lie lost
be commenced 70 Chamber over them when he
slipped and rolled and dropied twenty five
feet, striking on a shelving rock three feet
Nlue anu GlpLt lGet lOIS. I1lSLeit MAS lash u
III two places. his body covered With bruises,
and the blood poured freely from his wounds.
lie was stunned by the fall bat, recovering
ms consciousness, and fearing to move. he
punched himself against the rock at his back
and awaited the abatement Of the storm.
When the wind lowered, and the snow ceased
falling, and the sun sLone again, Morris saw
at glance the awtulness Of his situation.
Above him, and on 10th sides Of him, the
Il 1bx.l,
him, just over the shelf On which IL lay. was
chasm two thous~nd feet deep the sight Of
which appalled, his senses, and LIE clang 10 the
rocks with sickeLin, dread, any human
| wuQld.
Mr. Morris, however, is . man .; calm
juu.gment, and as soon as be recovered from
the first shock IL decided 10 make the test Of
Oh. situation, come what would He divided
hi. luncheon, consisting q. sandviche. aud
cake. int" 1iiHe parts. salcIlatin. (" ct one
part every day. and 50 lrolong Lis .iie AT least
UiM. days. lie saw 20 one on the mountain
III: afternoon. Jha: lisl: terrific wind
and hail storm sccl.rred. The WING chilled
HIM t" the marrow. aud Lis suffering was
intense. After IL. storI. the hail stones were
ioi.G inches deep against IL. back. Taking
from his poke, bottle. from which the
whisky had been .pili.,i in Tie fail. lie filled
IL with hail, and thu. secured .Ma.i quantity
men climbing trDYl. and called to them with
a.. his strength but. after listening moment.
they passed on and disappeared benin.
ledge OF rocks. Those Wee tie only persons
he saw that .i.y. That .igAt tie clouds
poured .ut :. toIren: 0. ram. T.. cocks Il
lii back afforded Lin u. shelter, and l.. WAS
We. I. III. skin and vely eu.a besides. He
feared b.. might b,coLt lelirioJ.- and Jump
If. into that awful gorge. 50. ali through
irlda. might he .ubbeJ nis ieg~ and ,wung is
ann. about lis head. lie knew that 70 I'LL
.si..p was death
Saturday morning. al ri O'Clock, three
ne. appeared Oh pom. Of rochs, Il snort
distance from where Morris was sitting. One
.i Iii. men was Dick Tenn. len4an, famous
Pike. Peak @uiGe. ,.Li tie others were Npeu-
Ger Iiarri. and Reuben Iieai-y, residents #
Manltou, and Vel acquainted with mountain
.rail. Dick Ielnlrle,,Iall. Tie leader ~ The
searching. party, had lett Manitou IN the CON
v:c-iun that Morris would be found. il 10 Id
III all. some where about tie brink OF the
.1a:.r rs !. is called VII Il Morlis saw them
a. called 20 them. They heard Inn t.
AW.r.d. DU. III. voice. instead 81 coming
straight 70 them, spit nj" 4 Thousand @cioe.,
ana they were II i los - locate HIM. Finally,
atta, IA ir,itless s. ,rch With the eyes. temple
man hal!ooed to Morris to wave bis Lai.d-
k,lchiet, ana q keep it il motion ana
IN this way his eXa,t whereabouts Wee
..ctea Molr,s asked II they 1,i
a ROPE, and beng Answered that they
had not, he aesp"irIug threw up rs
hnlds and III low vo.ce winch Was
lnt iai tlv conveyed g them III echoes, sait:
You can't save me without POPE. Hut tDev
rescued him nevertheless, and without h rope.
though only BY Ia hardest work. III AN,
win Tcmpleman III the lead, worried tLelr
WAY down to within a tevtert Il Iuri, aid.
IN he aid Of HI, long lineA coat, wlien Re
twisted and fastened Inler His arms. .hey
succeeded in dragging and lifting nil4 over
tn pr"cipce.
they helped him along TO the trail, anl
ted him to the back Of , morse, AMI started
down the mountains. Togr tina, on the way
davn they lifted hin Of and LEI lin sleep
awhile When hr rght 20 the llnitou Hoe,
alive ana It's we'll h, could be expected, there
W., great ,ommouon among the peap.e. III
nobody dreamed that Ae could survive two
-pah nights A. Thursday and FRIDAY. Norris
ha, been confined to lis bed since 81, Urday,
hut LIZ i doing nicely. ana u expected soen
ia Tins city, where he j. VII auI t4Vor.h..
known.