The Red Cloud chief., 1880-09-16
A Terrible Experiences Story from
Japan.

DR. !. c. CUTTER. agraduate of Har.
yard. now physician to Kaitakushi,
Sappow, Japan, writes to the Boston
MEDICAL and Surgical Journal:
1.-The Japanese sendo or boatman,
upon a diet of boiled rice and weak
tea, with picked daikon Ga kind of rad.
ish not unlike dock root) for a relish,
will row or pole for hours without inter.
mission. Upon q similar diet, with an
occasional bit of dried fish, 'Jinriki'
will whirl you along in his two-wheeled
Pullman at the rate of five to seven
miles an hour. These men have been
known to draw an adult Japanese gen.
tleman fifty to sixty miles in one day
the same man going the entire distance.
l Am credibly informed that a Toxic
man drew in his .jin-riki-sha' one man
ninety miles in twenty-four consecutive
hours.
''On the 22d of March, 1880, M.
Soma, aged fourteen years and four
months, son of q farmer soldier sta
toned in Sappow, accompanied by two
young men aged fifteen and seventeen
years respectively. left Tswischari to
walk to Sappow twelve miles). just
before starting out, at about twelve m.
they partook of a luncheon of rice.
daikOn and tea. Each took with him
two handfuls of cold boiled rice. Soma
had. in addition. enough shoga (ginger
picked in plum vinegar and SALT to
serve for relish for two meals. They
had no alcohol or tobacco about them.
They had no compass or means of max
ing q fire. Each had a small half blan-
ket in addition to the dress of their
class in ife-that is. a cotton towel over
their ears, an under kimono "a garmsII
like q tunic reaching to their ms,
opening in front, with large sleeves,
into which the hands can be drawn) of
simple cotton or cotton wadded kimono
and Q rough Aino coat, made from the
inner bark OF . forest tree, cotton leg
gins, cotton tabi or shoe socks and straw
sandals.
latter coming about half way, owing
to the falling snow, they lost the path.
On account of the depth of the snow
they had become we&ried; so thew took
q brief rest. As evening was rapidly
approaching they again endeavored to
find the lost trail. After wandering
about until tired nature could do no
more they sat down on the snow amid
the high swamp grass and ate all the
rice they had. As well IS most of the
shoga. They oon sank into q deep
Sleep.
..1n the morning they had no sensa-
ton in their feet or legs. They were
unable to move from their resting place.
On the 23d, 24th and 18th they disposed
of al their food. On the night of the
18th the eldest ceased to speak; his
companion could not get to his side.
On the next day the middle spoke
his last audible words From this time
Soma lay in the same place. eating
snow while il lasted. slipping water OUT
Of the adjacent pool, gesticQlating and
shouting to keep the c~arniverous crows
from their prey. his companions.
ION the Esd. on ACCOUNT Of the nom
arrival Of the pazeDf sfarmer soldiers
began 70 60 out% TO scour the woods
and swamps - the young men. On
che mornin at April 19. attracted by
the swarJ 1t crows circling about and
perched 8 the neighbofing trees, they
found d two dead. and Soma speech
lsss. p1I eless. hardly able % conprs-
nying paEtys staring q them
- yecela expsselsols 1Af