The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1886-08-19

cts about our teeJ. W Q had to dC
it to keep from freezing. Old
man Swan gave out first. He was
old and in thin flesh. Our bread
gave out on the ninth day. We had
only eaten one meal day during
the last few days, because it was
storming and blowing SO that we
could not see but n few feet before
us. We were keepir g up toward The
summit of the hills, aiming for
Los Pinos agency. Bell first gave
up bis moccasins, and we made
one meal of those, boiling them.
l next gave up nine, and then the
others did -likeAisa. Bell had a
Ratchet and Moor had a gun, but
[ carried the rul bout half the
time. / think we AUST have been
out in the moua 5ains several
weeks after running out of food.
The men were getting desperate,
and Bell seemed to be getting era
zy. His eyes profcuded from his
head. While the others COM
planned and talked he remained
silent. The men cried for salt
They did not ask for food; it was
only salt, salt We had been eat
ing willow and rose buds for sew
eral days, having found some in
the valley near the lake, whore
Lake City now stands. We had
run out. of matches, and carried
fire with in coffee pot.
Gone day we saw game trail
on the mountains, and it was
agreed that l should go on the
trail, as | was the strongest. l
took the Winchester rifle and
searced. In the morning [ left
the men crazy with hunger. In
the evening when [ returned |
had found a bunch Of rose bushes
and had a good dinner frorl them,
but no game. I felt stronger. As
[ approached the fire l saw Bell
bending over the fire cooking
some meat. | spoke to him, and
he Immediately rose and started
for me with 9 hatchet. | ran
back down the ,si, but I fell,
and while down [ him through
the side as he approached me.
lie fell, and his. id 'chet dropped
by me. [ snatched it up ana
struck him in the head. [ went
up to the camp aga in and found
that The rest Of tn m were dead
and that the meat Sell was cook
ing was flesh from Humphreys
leg. I stayed in camp the rest of
that night. | then made my camp
off short distance, and stayed
5here for possibly fifteen days
During this time [ vas crazy with
hunger, and cut the flesh from
Bells leg and boiled it in tin
cup and ate it. 1t made me very
sick. After this 1 frequently ate
the meat, and several times [ tried
to get out of the country, /
would climb up the mountain, bat
failing to SEE any hope would re-
turn again to the camp and again
cut the flesh from he limbs of the
dead men and eat It. l was about
forty miles from os Pinos agen-
cy, and | did not know the exact
distance, Th.4 vas along in
April"
The witness jlen narrated at
great length how be wandered
from day to day over; the noun
tains, having supply of human
flesh along, and finally in the last
days of April he found his way to
Sagauche, He co tinuel:
"Here Maj. Dognes gave Ime
my first food, wi oh was brandy
with light diet. Isoon regained
my appetite, and took my meal
with Larry Dolon, a saloon keep
err Gen. Adams had gone cut to
Denver and was expected back ev-
cry day. Finally be came, and |
met him soon after and told him |
wanted to get back to the Los Pr
nos country, to General Adams
headquarters, and join my COM
rades, the parties that | had left
behind. He agreed to take me.
| had bought horse and saddle
from Otto Metz for $75.. Return
ing to the agency my story was
told, but not as L now tell it, for
| was ashamed for the world to