The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-01-24

The story told by the log is one Of ter
rible suffering. Although the log was II
9 deiapidated condition Bascom secured
fwhat Remained intact Of it and recently
permitted your correspondent to inspec
il. The entries for January; 1877
showed that heavy snow and lntens'
cnld-was experienced. Both Brown ant
the Chinaman got much better until tn,
latterapaft of the month, when Brown
leg, began to swell badly and he was con
fined 10 his bed. In February ther,
were very heavy falls Of snow.
On March 0Captain Thompson's entr,
says: This month brings. sickness and
misery into this house. ~ sa
March 81 was compel ed to lie
down. with my legs swollen and turn
March Ozone OF the Chi lamen or
his back with the same disease. Brown
still getting worse and complaining tina
he cannot live. - T.
~ "March 3o-This@n month ends with
the sickness OF our other Chinaman
who is just able to walk. My God! VIII en-
will this end?
April 5-This month brings the great
est misery l have ever experienced
Brown is MT able to turn on his blanke
add mono of us are ab Q to give him {
helping hand. The poor Chinaman il
only able to give him a cup of tea once
| in while. i:
"April s-Poor old Brown died and
not one Of us able to close his eyes.
''April l0-One ofthe Cinnamon gone
We bad an awful time getting the body
lzinto the snow. D :
April l2-This night feel more like q
| dying man than ever.
| april 49, here is absolute misery in
the ranch, One Chinaman died during
| the night. TINS morning tried to gel
| up, but tainted: We tri d to get the dead
Chinaman outside, but all efforts failed
| l feel that we are all doomed"
The next and last entry has no date
and is written in a very feeble, shaky
| hand, 1t reads:
| "How long I have laid here I dom,
able to move The others are dead.
ing at my vitals. This must be DEATH
| . Here the logabrubtly ended. A grave
was dug by the party and the remains
were laid in as best they could be. The
door Of the cabin was strongly fastened
to keep out the bears. Two years after
| Bascom visited the same spot. He says:
| THE cabin still stood above the com
mon grave and I could not look upon ii
without a shudder passing over me to
think OF the terrible tragic months
these men had passed, dy lag one by
one of that slow, cer,ain dis
ease, far from home, he p
and civilization. The shores of thi>
wild, desolate country are the silen,
custodia.s of many a tragedy. The
| counterpart of this and lonely graves
and g;'astly skeletons give evidence
to the hundreds who have lost their
lives in search of gan or adventure in
this frozen land OF the north. No clue
to the friends of my comrades were
found, so far as know, and they had
unfortunately left nothing Of their his
tory. They were men without ex
| perience in cold attitudes, for they
| had made none of the ordinary prccau-
| tions to ward off sickness"
Bascom has been cruising around the
| unciyiliz"d parts of the world ever
since these thrilling experiences until
last Saturday, when he arrived in New
York and immediately started for his
home here. He wants no more of ad.
venture and, being man of good ed
ucation and much experience, will prob
ably settle down tothe hum.drum life OF
Waterbury tradesman.