The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1886-07-31
alive on his return. He could have
procured everything needful at
Placerville. hut time was too nre-

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Placerville, but time was too pre-.
cious to lose moment-his part
ner in the Basin was almost dying
when he left him. Leaving Gar
den valley he started on his return
via Deadwood Basin, where he
bought of Geo. Wise enough more
supplies to make his load 135
pounds, to transport which he made
a sled. He hauled the. sled until
the high mountains were reached,
forty-five miles from Deadwood,
when he became snow-blind and
got lost. He kept travelling, how
ever, and after going in circle for
three days, his eyes became better,
when getting his reckoning, he made
up a pack of as much as he
could carry and abandoning his
sled, again struck for camp. He
travelled due north, or tried to, and
was out fifteen days when at noon
he descended unexpectedly into the
Basin, where he had left his com
panion. He had no hopes of find
ing Clifford alive now, after an alb
sence of almost a month, and after
having left him i'll Of scurvy and
dying, as he thought, of starvation.
His object now was to find his
! partners remains and give them
burial. But it so happened that
he got onto a freshly blazed trail
made by Clifford, and finally caught
a notice fastened to a tree which told
him that his companion was still
alive. Following the signs he
reached the camp, found its occu-
pant absent, and forthwith com
menced preparing suitable food
and while gone down to the stream
for water Clifford appeared in the
distance scarcely able to shamble
along. He caught sight of Suther-
land whilst the latter's back was
toward him, and shouted as loud
as he could, but his voice could not
have been above a whisper, for
Sutherland, only a few feet distant,
did not hear him. He was partially
delirious, and in telling of the
meeting said he supposed he
shouted loud enough to be heard
five miles. But they finally met
face to face, each overjoyed to dis
cover the other alive. Oatmeal
Cruel and other light and nourish-
ing food was Immediately pre-
pared, and Clifford began to
eat. He indulged almost
continuously for three days,
when reaction set in and he COM
menced swelling. His limbs
swelled to the size of logs, and he
was in great distress; but he gained
strength and was soon able to
travel.
| After waiting fifteen days for the
return of Sutherland, Clifford had
moved camp twenty-five miles up
the Basin, and believeing his absent
friend to be dead-lost in the snow
he had started to find his body,
that he might bury it. Each
thought the other dead, and each
was actuated by the same motive
to find the remains of his friend.
They were agreeably surprised
to find that two of their four
horses had survived and came out
alive, but could scarcely stand.
The poor animals had sustained
life by browsing and paving
through the snow down to grass.
It was May 26th when Suther-
land returned, and on the first of
Jnne they both started for the
settlements to procure supplies
and tools for the purpose of return
ing and mining. They reached
Garden Valley in fourteen days,
with their half famished horses,
travelling over snow fifteen feet in
depth, and more. From there they
came on to Emmett, and thence on
to Boise. None but projectors
would have ciung 30 tenaciously
to life and to each other as they
did, under the circumstances. One
had subsisted on deer meat straight
for four months, and the other for
five months, and Sutherland was
lost in the mountains for seventeen
days while trying to return with
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