, 1890-06-05

much OF tho severity experienced In
Puget Sound basin, or these brave men
must have perishcd. Their garments
were reduced almost to tattcrs, their
hats were gone entirely ana
their shoes almost worn from their
feet They mad long ago cast oil their
extra luggage, and were now struggling
more to save life till Gray's Harbor could
be reached than to explore tho country.
Not only had no white men been seen
for months, but no Indian had home
or lodging place In this vast wilderness.
Go back they could not, and their only
hope was 10 push ON to the southward.
This was easier said than done. While
their oompassee pointed the way TO keep
II was well nigh impossible. streams
of water would be followed for a
time only 10 see them disappear
in the earth or under piles oil driit or
undorbrush so dense that even the dogs
would losc their way the surface Of the
earth was torn and broken ~ II II had at
volcano and settled back In dire confu-
sion. 10 keep n straight course they
could not, and II was often necessary TO
travel many miles to gain point only q
short distance ahead, But health and
strength held out, no serious accidents
occurred until they reached q stream,
which they rightly Judged to be the up-
per Quinault. This they ioi-
lowed down, and while in camp
we're overjoyed to see canoe contain
ing n white man and two Indians ap..
proaching, This welcome party proved
TO be Fred Antrim. of Aberdeen, and
| his guides, who was out on tour for
his own amusement. Henry Nj. STAN
ley. after years of submergence In the
wilds of Africa, could not have been
greeted with more. JOY than was Mr.
i A .s-t.. A..
ing was over, and inquiry made Us to
what the explorers were most In need of,
the unanimous acclaim was--toeaccol
In all his life Antrim had never chewod
tobacco, yet by some strange guidance
! he h ad taken q pound plug OF this great
comforter with him and soon produced
IT, Joy reigned uncontned.
Here tho explorers had determined
to build q raft and rest their travel
worn feet by floating 10 the lake on
the primitive structure. Both Antrim
and his Indian guides warned them
that the river was too treacherous Tor
such a venture, but the men seemed to
have endured the privatlons of tramp
ing the painless forests SO long that they
could not be persuaded to give 1t up, and
so, loading their traps on the frail struc-
ture. pushed oil, the Aberdeen party go
ing up as they went down.
nlsAHIIh.
Soon these adventurous spirits saw
that the warning was timely. They had
entered on a rapid-running portion of
the stream, where its waters were con-
fined to q narrow passage by encroach-
ing hills, and by sharp bend the force
Of the current drove the raft violently
against drit. Before they struck the
men realized their peril and prepared TO
save their lives. Captain Burns in
stantly resolved that the records OF their
trip should not be lost except
he was, and taking pack
graphic views and his notes and
memoranda he leapcd far out into tho
stream, hoping TO reach the opposite
shore and thus keep from being sucked
under the drift. In this he was success
ful, but lodged against steep point
where he almost succumbed before res
cucd. The others jumped into the drift
safely except one man, who fell in tho
stream, but managed to grasp log, to
at the risk of his own life. drew him from
the water. This was the most difficult ana
dangerous feat. as the entire current of
the rapid stream went under the DRIFT
at railroad speed and held the man
under the water with sHch force Ms TO al
most take off his eIo,hing. Motives were
lost in this catastrophe but all the per
sonal effects except the one pack saved
by Captain Burns went to destruction.
Now, indeed, they were anxious to re
turn TO civilization, and were soon over
taken by Mr.. Antrim on his return and
piloted safely to the Quinault agency.
and then to Aberdeen, where they were
furnished new clothing and other neces-
saries of life and comfort, and aher TWO
days rest returned TO Seattle. null
account Of their vsnderings, expert.
ences, what they saw and discovered
will be printed by the Seattle Press.