The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-09-01
A BOYS STRANGE VOYAGE.
PICKED UP, UNCONSCIOUS FROM STARVATION,
AFTER FLOATING AN UNKNOWN LENGTH OF
TIME ON A TREE IN THE MIssIssIPPI-HopEs
OF HIS RECOVERY.

ACA6h 1LOA1lN0 AN ONhNOWN LENGTH OF
TIME ON A TREE IN THE M1ssIssIPp1-HopEs
OF HIS RECOVERY.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD
ST. LOUIS, no.. August 81, 1873
Last Thursday morning, i've miles below Chester
the Illinois shore OF the Missis ippi River and
sixty miles below st. Louis, boy about seven years
OF age found In tho river floating on tho trunk of
Of huge cottonwood tree, and from the
evidence attainable At present 1t appears GER
tain that the little follow had been In this
position hve or SIX days without food Two farm
HANDS, Henry Schultz and Joe Maxey, who are en-.
ploysd the farm OF, John KleiumAter wore cross.
Ing the river a skin. whom they noticed the trunk
Of a tree floating the water aud something lying on
the top Of II. Their curiosity was excited
and they pulled up 70 the troe, which was
about one hundred ieet long, and were astenisns cd
at finding that the object was young boy the little
fellow lying In kind Of hollow which had iormed
IN the trunk. He WAS unconsclous and in high state
OF lever while his wasted form and
nnce bespoke long abstinence from food. The Tvs q
mon lifted him into the sk r0wed ashore and chr.
riod him TO Klenmater's farmhouse. aud medical rs
UNABLE TO TELL his STORY.
The boy remained Tor twenty-iour hours In coma
condi ton, but yesterday he began give sig
OF CONSEQUENCES Stmuants we're contin uaiiy given
him. aud he drank SO trsediIy Of beei tea That the
pny scians had 10 moderate the quantities Slowly
and gradually his pulse began to beat the rem cd
gor M under The carefu treatment and nursing
Taod ccns1oeraOly last evening" SO that the doctors
sang Of his ultimate recovery tie IL still
unable to converse, so that IL ~ not who no Is
or where no comes from, or now he into such u
peril0us POSITION.
WHERE DID FRoMY
The presumption Is that the boy must have drited
the trunk from some point near the mouth OF the
Missouri River, vsnturing upon the trunk while It
lying close 10 tho banks, ana by
some means It became detached and Was
carried down the stream by tho current
The trunk fortunately WAS admirably lifted for
resting place, as was gnarlsd and hollow co ntras
were formed Ia H. Had u not been SO ho mrs. 10
cvitabIy have met with watory grave
WHY NE WAS Not SOONER
One oil the 81. Louis ordRe watehm stated that
Wednesday, night he raw dark object rcsem
tree floating down the river. but the nights arc
now dark. he did not perceive tho boy eurled
up on the top IL Is rather strange that
no steamboat pilot saw tho boy THIS, how.
navigation tbs Lower Mississippi mas almost ceased
owing TO the yellow lever. The officers of John g.
Msude and the Belle OF Memphis tho last boats VIII
camo up the river, acc0ubt for thsir seeing Tie
object the theory that they probably passed
ing the night, and as there IS Ia Don, noatn
objects ngoly to DO much noticed curing the
night hours; besides, the river full OF noalin
trees that little notice 10 takou OF tDem.
SUFFERING MrxonR.
Tho little fellow must least have been on the
trunk for ave or six days, drt,ug 100 miles, dur NJ
which time he, OF course, had no suStsnanoc The
men who took him of the tree said IN one place
the bark appeared ghswed which lea 10 that
tue Lao, TO aopsass the pAngs OF huEger, actually
nibbtso and knawed at tho tree
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