The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-09-25

I abated somewhat, and in the afternoon
a larger and more determined party set
out for the stacks. They were reached
with much difficulty, but the man and
| boy could not he found. The holes
which they had made in the straw, and
into which they had crept. were plainly
visible, but all traces of their departure
were hidden under the drifting snow.
Search was made until night closed in,
when it was discontinued. On the fol-
I lowing day it was resumed. In the
forenoon the body of the boy was found
lying under the snow at distance of
about eighty yards from the stack. He
was, of course, frozen stiff. At dis
lance of half mile the mans coat was
picked up, but days of search revealed
no traces of his body. 1t was apparent
1 that they had left the sticks in an effort
to find their way home But the posi-
ton of the boy and of the coat We're di-
rectly opposite to the route which they
should have taken. In the latterpart of
April some half-breeds wandering over
the prairie, found the remains Of the
man sitting at the foot of a tree on the
bank of a small stream, about six miles
distant from the stacks The body was
entirely destitute of clothing, save Il
pair of trousers. The man, without
doubt, had become insane, and had cast
off his garments as he wandered on.
His shoes, hat, and shirt were after
ward found between the tree and the
stacks. Throwing away their clothing
is a common act with the lost, and al
WAYS hptroVS insanity
"a man may easily become lost on a
prairie trail, or even a broad highway
on the plains, if he has no other land
mark to 90 by. In the old days of over
land travel to California it frequently
happened that parties who had camped
over night at a short distance from the
road took the back track in the morning,
under the firm belief that it was the right
one. '-
''It is astonishing how quick men will
get lost on a prairie. They seem hardly
to have time to get out of sight. Some
times, too, they are not found again.
Two young Canadians went up the Red
River Valley, few summers since,
bound for Fort Garry. They had joined
in the purchase of pony and Il rickety
old cart at Fargo, and journeyed togeth-
er. One evening about dusk they went
into camp on the banks of Goose River.
After supper one of them started off on
the prairie to look after the pony, which
had been hoppled and turned loose. He
failed to return. The pony came in all
right in the morning, but the man has
not been seen to this day. 1t is proba-
bic that when he left the camp he went
in a westerly direction. If he did so he
might walk to the Rocky Mountains
without seeing human being. ..... ...
As said, people disappear sudden
ly on the prairies, and are never heard
of more. But it occasionally happens
that people are found, also, or, rather,
their remains are. The most singular
find of this sort coming to my own
knowledge, was that of two half breeds
who had been hunting buffalo in the
winter They had wandered far out
upon the plains in search of game, and,
being laden heavily with meat and
hides, night overlook them before they
were able to regain the shelter of the
timber. To protect themselves from
the cold, they lay down in the snow side
by side, and wrapped fresh buffalo
hide tightly about them, with the green
or feshy side out While they slept,
the overlapping sides and ends of the
hide froze fast, and imprisoned them
ike wise. Tightly wrapped, as they
were, they could not extricate them
selves, and so died of starvation. When
found, the two skeletons, shrouded in
the stiffened and half decayed parch-
ment, showed the manner of their
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