Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-01-01
HARD TRGAls AND TslnUIA.

| jas. L. Brooks, the Banner mail
carrier, got caught on tho road dur.
ing the heavy snow storm last Saturs
day night, with bis six horses. Bob
Gray loft ono Of tie horses on the
snmmit before the heavy storm. The
horse gave out. Jim Fisher left this
place for Banner on Saturday and
got as far Is Kempner's place, six
miles this side Of Banner, that night.
He left the horse there. Brooks left
Banner on Saturday with sleigh
pulled by four horses. He bad to
leave the sleigh It the Little Summit.
He snd Malcolm Mclean unhitched
and started with the horses for the
main summit. Two Of the horses
died before they got there, but they
succeeded in getting the other two
to the summit. Mclean and Brooks
were in ten feet of snow without feed
for the horses and only small chunk
of cheese for themselves, and no
snowshoes. They remained there
Sunday, expecting some one to come
along, but met with disappointment.
Monday Mclean made a poor excuse
for shoes out of boards-the best he
could do under the circumstances
and started for town, distance OF
sixteen miles. He met Mike Hoola-
han near the Twelye-mile house.
Mike had shovel, but no snGw-
shoes, and without . vest or coat.
Mike lives about two miles from this
place, on the Banner road. He knew
Brooks was on the road and showed
in. Mike left at s O'Clock Sunday
morning to make trial. He worked
necessarily for thirty-six hours.
When within two miles of the sum
nit the snow was SO deep and drifted
he could not walk through it. He
had to crawl from there to the sum-
init. Those who saw the work he
accomplished and the hardships he
endured, said it was almost impossi-
BILE to believe, after seeing, that one
man could accomplish SO much in
thirty-six hours in such depth OF
snow. But Mike was on a relief ex-
peditlon and knew no such word as
fail. Men who will do so much to
relieve distress are few and far be-
tween. He had little lunch left
when he reaceed the summit, but he
and Brooks soon disposed of it and
were still hungry. Mclean met
Bob Gray Monday, this side of the
summit, and told him of the situation.
Bob returned with Mclean to organ
ize relief expedition. They arrived
lust before dark. A. w. Dunn, Pete
Cohen and Jess Johnson Immediately
procured snowshoes, oats and grub
and started out at O'Clock. They
reached the summit at half-past one
Tuesday morning, but could not car
ry a sufficient amount of supplies for
men and horses. The men soon got
away with the grub and went to work
shoveling and beating trail for the
horses through ten and twenty feet
of snow. The snow, besides the nat
ural depth of ten feet, had drifted
heavily in places. They worked al
most necessarily and Tuesday were
pretty we'll exhausted and hungry.
They expected more supplies, which
failed to get there. johnson started
for town at 1880 o'clock Tuesday
and reached here little after dark,
completely worn out. Dunn, Cohen
Hoolahan and Brooks remained with
the horses, and continued to make
trail. About 9 o'clock Tuesday night
VIM. Hagler, Lew Workman, Jas
Weston and E. w. Jones started out
with grub, and six miles above here
ZACH took sack of oats left at the
China house, to where trail had beer
made with hors.s-two of Kempner''
and one of Havird's. The hoy'
reached the summit at z o'cloct
Wednesday morning with plenty o
} grub and a gooily supply OF hors'
feed, at the sight of which both mel
and horses greatly rejolced. Ih'
men at the summit were almost wilt
as a result Of hunger, loss OF sleel
: and exhaustion. They grabbed on
. Of the sacks of grub and it was a
Q the bows of the relief expedition coul
: do to keep them from eating suppl
of raw beef. The boys began sllcln
Q a chunk of bacon and the hungr
+ man went Tor it with great rapidit
Q and eaperness. The relief party lie
at II o'clock Wednesday mornin
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