Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-02-18

mat was buried deep under the snow,
and that my rescue would be matter OF
weeks. The first m,ve was to write out .
statement Of the accident, and this !
placed where 1t would be preserved and
found in case Of my death. Then l began
a daily Journal, and mapped out pro
gramne to be followed. A weeks i'm
prisonment would be nothing, but after
that 1t would not do TO let the mind dwell
on the situation. You see, the horror OF
It. was the stiffness. The idea kept com
iIAS up that was buried alive, and II was
an HWfui thing To think Of. The hermit 5
clock Wns an old fashioned one, with
loud ticE tack, and after the cabin got
through settling under the weight OF the
snow every tick sounded almost as loud
as the blow Of a hammer. Ii WAS 80
warm that needed only the smallest fire,
and when went 10 bed ut 0 O'Clock there
WAS no need of even q single blanket for
cover
was up at an early hour next morn
ing, having slept like log all night, and
while eating breakfast was startled by
sounds which believed to he the voice Of
human being. thought l could hear
grOans and Doans and cries for help, and
when opened the door the sounds came
to me more distinctly. 1t might he that
the hermit, caught under the snow, had
succeeded in tunneling his way TO point
from which could rescue him by digging,
and had no sooner dispatched my break
fast than I set about making me . shovel
tosiig with. found a hatchet, and with
this sharpened q board, and the snow
dug from the doorway heaped up in the
fuel room. had not been digging over
half an hour when l made the discovery
that the first rush Of the avalanche had
brought down u grea. lot of small trees,
bushes, and rocks, with here and there
large tree They had been piled up heller
skelter, but they held up the mass Of snow
so that with little digging could run a
tunnel In almost any direction. Great
care was necessary, however, as the bur
den above was very heavy. and the dis
placement Of q support might bring down
a great weight Of snow.
After had run ths tunnel straight out
from the door about twenty feet turned
to the right, made my way under . lot
Of rubbish, and after going about thirty
feet came upon the body Of an Indian.
Here the limbs and sticks made sort Of
bower, under which he lay, and knew
that it was his voice had heard calling.
Their, were no Indians about ma excep,
hos,iles and inst before the snov csms
tb.v b,.d kilI,.d two men belonging To onr
camn We had no fear of them After
winter set in, knowing that they stuck
close to their villages. Here was . red
skin. however, and in full war paint; but
l had no sooner found him than / saw
that ne WAS dead. Though his body wa,
stiII warm He had been ,naulei in a
terrible manner. both legs being broken.
his head ali bloody from An injury. and
bis right arm doubIed under him a. II
broken Icould see the butt Of his rife
sticking out of the snow. but when I
nnlle,i AZ Il I.ound the barrel mi,aino, II
had been vrencbed on cot nj. toma-
hawk and Knife. however. together with
pov.ier horn and bullet roneh and when 7
had nnlled the body along and crent behind
n csuobt sight Of a moccasin in the
snow and dirt II took me An hour tn
unearth the botiv. which was thai OF a
second warrior The life had been crushed
out Of him In a SECOND. The masa Of rock
which had come down with him had
broken every 6ope in his t,odv And a great
share Of his face had been ground of
His rife I could not find. while both knife
and tomahavk were broken. While
searching his cold and battsred bo,iy I
found a buckskin bag containing about
$500 worth Of small nuggets Of gold. and
this cave me q hint to overhaul the other
I also got from him . bag containing
about 600 worth Of dust and nuggets,
md In the search found attached to his
belt white mans scalp, which had not
hous <SH kA y-tr koaA -
They must have been In ambush part way
up the mountain. intent upon taking the
nermHs cap, auu ou' LUZ .ne c,sAsncne >,
'ney "isn' nave nAh ''''"' - ""
The day had go.e by the time ! had
overhauled the second Indians body.
Being At work the hours had passed