, 1874-01-10
Two Men Adrift for Seven DAYS
on an lce-Floe in Sagi-
nav Bay.
Cow They 1Yerc Saycd--"Tho Story Of Tho
CastAways rs Told by Themselves
Loss Of six Persons Who Went In Search
OF the Missing Men,.
Capt. Burrlngton's Perilous Voy-
ago Across tho Bay.

"Wednesday tho following account Of the torriblt
expcricnccs OF lIcEwan aud Smith, the two incr
who wero nearly ssyen days alrift on tho leo II
6aginAw Bay:
William A1cEwan aud George Smith went out
on tic leo or Saginaw Bay on Wednesday, Dec
al. 1873, 10 fish. They took with then
to tho eh.ro sundry supplies Of provisions, etc.
intendl.g to bn absent from homo several dnys
Thoy look with tncm on to tho leo, however
onlythoir blankets, tlsl1spoars, two hand-sleighs
toeis for cutting holes In tho ico and some other
Gshcrmen's apparatus. Tho leo ut thia time ,yas
from 1 to Q inchoa thick, and tho weaihar was
STEADILY, but not soyoroly, cold. Thoy spent
tho afternoon In fishing through tho Ice, and
secured three fish. 4 gouthorly wind way
blowing, and about half-past o'clock AlcE wau
looked up.nnd saw man who had been ncat
them running toward tue shore. At tho same
instant McEwan saw that the Ice lad cracked in
along line about aix rods from thorn, toward
Bhorc. AIcEwan callod to Smith, aud both ran
toward the oracs for tho purpose OF escaping to
The shore. but before they reached 1t tho crack,
At first discovery only Or inches wido, had IT,
creased 60 much tnat It was
1Mross1n1E II JUMP acRoss IT.
When it waa evident that thoro wero no
moanB Of getting ACROSS The crack otherwise,
alcEwan and Smith set about chopping out 4
cake OF ice largo enough to hold them, which
thesy PROPOSED to POLE across the open water r.! =
cut cut the cake, however, they saw that they
Nero drifting into deeper water. and trial
proved TINT they were already beyond reach Of
bottom with their spear polos.
The cngtnwayH then abandoned all hope OF
getting to shore at that point, aud started over
tho ice to the west, In Tho belief TINT Il had not
yet separated from the shore along tho west.
Tho ico which Ind been broken loose had also
broken into many pieces, some large aud some
small. The piece upon which the mon ware WAS
TIVE Oh sIx ACRES IN EXTENT.
Passing OIL to tue westward, they went oyor cakes
sometimes not over q Or feet square. Final-
Is tho ice becaulo so much broken up
sst ss tlsy a could % n 20 onssF so proceed 1 s
shore, using. their spear poies for
to rcnch bottom they Ind to put their arms into
the water up to the elbows. But after ha1f HI
hour Of this desperate work they wero compelled
70 abandon oil effort md make their pcecarious
way back to the larger cakes Of ice Ia the main
body. This attcmpt vas continued into tic
night Of Wednesday, which was fortunately
bright moonlight one. The men found seeure
their sleighs On tho windward side, and SO MAX
!ng . tolcrably comfortable night with tho aid Of
blankots.
During Wednesday night aud Thursday tho
willd blew steadily from the southwest. THIS
WIS in
THE SECOND DAY,
aud still thoy wore drifting toward the Charity
Islands, as lcarly as they could Judge. The ice
WAS evident that it was not strengthening.
Neither Of tho mon lad eaton anything since
coming on the ice on Wednesday,. They Ind
with them tho three raw fHA which they Ind
caught before the leo broke away, but they Ind
no craving for food. This day they again moved
In tGn FrhHtWnFsf mt tha tEaAt 1t1orn
as possible, In tho hope that tho ice would ult-
mately drift that way. On Friday afternoon,
THE THIRD DAY,
while moving toward the north shore, a0ross the
drifting culics OF Ice. 1fcEwan'H hand-slegh,
which ho wRH using to CROSS from ono cako to
another, went down between two cakes, and he
was instantly i'll tho water. Smith. however,
was securely on cake. and reached hiH spear
polo to his comrade aud holped him out, p,etty
thoroughly wet. Tho drift waa still eastward,
and OIL Saturday,
TIE FOURTH DAY,
they had driftcd 10 far in that direction TINT
they came III sight Of Fish Point. Except tllat
Of "Wednesday, tho nights had not been worry
cold, and saturday nlglt WAS not uncomfortably
20. sundny,
mas tho worst they had experienced. Tile storm
Nas not Of long continuance, but it waH violent,
and tho warm rain cut holes iu the ice Ill about
tho castawaya, as largo rs q mans bead. Tho
cako upon which they werc had weakened, until
Wv" oS u m,ao ~ a. n ae
and groand up the Ice Oh The eros ty Of tho rront
,a,at ano naa w oa w. ~. tu1 ~
s nes ~, shin t noon aa'o uonS .9e sao ~ Tue
tinncd s,,tlJnniy horeyer the ea wna s;ftoJ t.
uautu. as4 nad4ou.S, Ho"o'at, tno "tua auI!eo ~
ainson o ose aTu % .no aco nasaa ~ 54 up
tho stnr3 nnd ,ov fona necea hroa;ra ". az
feon, tha ,'akn on wh;cl, ti,ov wnro f1oatinr oA
A-'14 N'4o '"Ao ~. ,. "nsu .u11 ~ "e"t'ab'
ato,d,,, +hov o,artaa san tho nnsst ,,,o,, ~ .,
a., so a,' ;ttoI ~ ~ ~ =, uas a. ~ :o
t, H. sa"o,,t .,aa an,, ~ taaa'
rnnre tera kfcr son~ abos tnxse ;|sa rSrun +a to
.a sn.n nn1us aa ~. ee ,sa 1ney
ni Tle ,s 9eross M @ sa ~. uusas ooIt iast u tno ice
al Il az nsh Wan tIov found tnt a d 0d
Ind nared In oy Of rs au frher .nu t,ro9rasa m,uu
the @ and taInr IN the 70
edan On tneis Wy, enaeasoEea TO break their way
thoy teu rns of the Ths hn
exSf, eot !n;o @ .ne water: ana hnsiiy they wero
cnd eney resned
s.heh up the lce, or to make now ice betwoen
'i'e, n a.,a1as amu ,nv .me sIo,e. a,, l., .ho ,,
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