Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-06-24
Snow-Bound in a Sierra Cabin

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norma nave been bound IN by lmpass lble
barriers OF sho" on the teot hills OF the
Sierra Nevada Inc hrst time had sin
gle companion. we nad oeen mining IN an
Isolated out rich suieh where we had co n
sirueted a rude cabin. We knew at tn at
uhe nothing OF the great snow-storms OF
'he oe'rra' SO we had neglected TO lay IN
PROVISIONS OF iuei, ana up 10 th's Time had
procured wood from me scattering pine
ueeS on the mountain sides but on rising
ohe morning We iouha az least TWO ieet OF
Sno" ialien- IL continued All day long, and
"heh we rose next morning we found our
one ilt'ie "ihuoW dHsehed- we managed
70 MAKE hole throagh corner of the root
ol our eau'h "heh down came wagon load
o' sno" anu N came a MOOD Q, hght- we
su0''eueu "a 'hoNei''S away 'ne sho" from
,he fooi ana OUT OF our caoin' ou' the snow
kept on coming down ali day' ana on the
arFi'ai OF the next DAY We were again IN
u' N"eSs anu asa'h we ''ueo iof ASh''
turing 'liN day 'he Storm aoa'ed' but the
s"o" ha' ia''eh :" uePth q more than Ten
'eV', anu we were PRISONERS,
hete ior lhree weary weeks We were com
Pe'''" 70 stay. we had burned up every
scrap "' furniture IN our 'Aoin except the
io's poar"' "n 'he bottom q our bunks.
i'cu ''e '''ihNihs ana ciappoaruS on me
n'aiue OF our cabin ana 'he handles OF our
N'",e,' ~" '"'' we're consumed our
meat h''d lceh gone more tha'i a week and
We hau eaten an our Deans ana were entlrr-
4 ''Au Nhu"'" ever! gay
"'1e, >" ~ 10 Keep the sno" Soft On TOP.
A''p u vas 'ii'p"S''''I' |" walk 'hrouHh II, or
F" nnt way 'hahge our location or situation
ou"'u sec morning before Us but
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