The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-12-29
The Pate Of Two Men who Started
to Locate Home In the Michigan
Pineries.

From the Oshkosh North western.
One year ago K. KAkoll, aged 40, and
s. Beorcke, aged IS, left Poland to seek
a home in the New World. About q |
ago they left this City to locate
that long looked for home somewhere in
the vast wilderness 10 the north of us,
and in the spring time they were to take
their families and settle down to spend
the balance Of their days. 1t tseems that
the two men, after going about sixty
miles mp the Central Railroad, left the
track early in the morning with the in
tention of looking around through the
day and returning to Medford or some
other station before night. But instead,
they got lost, and about a week after
this occurrence two land hunters, Joho
Gross and Nicholas Gravity, came to
spot where some one had stayed over
night some time before. A FIRE had been
built, and some pine branches had been
laid down for bed, and some placed
against half fallen tree to make shell
ter from the wind. What attracted the
attention of the hunters was the absence
Of any marks OF an ak. Everything
had the appearance OF being broken or
cut with small knife. They stopped
few moments TO make closer inspection
of the place, with the intention of find
ing out, If possible, who had been there.
They were about to go away, when
Gross picked up large tin tobacco box,
which, on opening, they found contained
leaf torn out of memorandum book,
with the following. with pencil, written
upon it in the Polish language.
Dec. Z, 1876.
Ny God, we are lost and almost frozen
to death, with nothing to eat. Try and
save us. X. K.KAKoLL.
S. BoERCKE.
1t is evident that they left this with
the hops that some one would pick il
up. In case this would not be found
they had pinned paper to tree neal
by, with the same as the above writer
upon it, which Gross and Gravity dis
covered before they left the spot. s.
many days had elapsed since the tive
unfortunate men had stayed there tha
the two hunters had but little hopes o
finding them alive, if at all, for the not
was written just the day before the long
to- o-be.remem bered cold Friday of tn,
9Th instant. They started immediltel,
upon tho trail, but did not get far befor
night set in. Early the next morning
they started out again, and before noon
from the marks in the snow, they cam
to the conclusion that they would sool
find out the fate of the two men: No,
they would find where they had fallen
and staggered and stumbled along
short distance, and then, as if they ha
gathered new strength, wandered alon
in a half unconscious state, with n
knowledge of the direction they wer
taking or of the wretched state they wer
in, through brush and against trees, ur
til finally they came to large falle
tree, over which, it seems, they ha
strength enough to get. But just on tn
other side the body Of Kakoll was foun'
lying fat on his face and about eigf
rods further on that of Boercke W,
found lying on his side. The two hunt
ers tied some poles together, fastene
the bodies upon them, and started fC
the track, dragging the heavy loads aft
= them. They were obliged, however,
leave them after the first day, and G
and get help to bring them out.