Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1877-04-17
THE Story OF FRANCIS K
o'BRIEN.

ZONE days since We Published .
brief ssaier.ens u the suffering, Of one
fnncis X o'Brien. . printer, who
had lost Ll- way Ia the mou ntalns
and been bsily frozen. II seems tina,
he has arrived At Genoa where he IL
undergoing treatment. The Carson
Valley Meas gives an account Of an
Interview with him. His story Is that
he len sonors, Tuolumne 0punty.
CALIFORNIA;, on the 10Th Of March for
iiridgspor. lie VAS ia search Of
work, be says. Afler various adven
lures Ia the mountains he underwent
The bitter experiences related la the
following.
had sot gop. far when Il beean
showing furiousiy. | could see only a
lev yards ahead Of me, and my TRACKS
were niiei with drifting snow almost a.
soon as made However. l managed 10
keep my course very we'll, and every now
aud then could see traces III the wagon
road which was attempting 10 follow.
~ ~a~ night when reached the summit.
OF tIie mountains, and here I Lost Ill
traces OF The roai, was too weak, cold
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| tuinbled over in the snow for the night
] s@alix"d my situation, and that there
was but ialut hope OF surviving. 50
took out my pocket book and wrote such
objections 70 any one who might Ind II
~ desired communicated 10 my friends
| aud relatives. ! looked down on the
eastern slope ofthe mountains In every
direction. but could see no indications Of
any settlement or bai,ifation nothing
but an endless expanse of snow.
| thonKht the shape OF the mountains
| Toward the northeast promised little
better route 10 travel 10 than the other.
and accordingly decided to struggle on In
thAt direction The snow was very deep,
and would frequently break through
/ y asrc II was over my head | was GOV.
/ ctt with SNOW, aud my whiskers aud
clothes were frozen stiff. In fact didn't
care cent whether lived or died. Az
ter descending the mountain some dis.
lance came To Al little rivuiet OF water
\ making lis way through the snow n
was the first wafer had seen for some
Time, ana ] followed 1t hoping that II
would lead me Ia some habitation. Just
before dark came IL where wood had
! recenfly been cut aud several bents OF
hume I placed two OF them together
Forming q oos and crawlsd into them for
| thitt night. IL was u nice 1T, aud
only those who have slept In q box OF
| TINT Kind on n freezing cold niKht In the
Sierrhs can appreciate the position. It
WAS necessary to crawl out every time to
tWh p''rs ms knees ana legs panied
ine very much and was glad when
| morning came. A. soon rs II was light
enough 10 see cTawied out OF my smell
and commenced prospecting for tracks
iound them and followed them like a
blood hound, but only for short dis
tance, when found. that / could moi
Walk. sat down and reflected, and then
halloood as loud A. could. thought
h,.rd an answer, butt had deceived my
sell 10 often with rocks for houses that
could hardly believe my ears. | called
aEnin aud was satisfied that / was NOT
mistaken. II was about 7 O'Clock In the
morning ana crew OF IA dozen French
men were iust on their way To work.
The news says that o Brien loft tn e
position Of weather observer at Nash.
vile, Tenn, for California about a
year ago. He has since " subbed +" on
several California papers. Already
tho great too Of his right foot has
sloughed oil. Other toes Will have 70
be amputated.