St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-22
he gave yowl Of terror and ran whin
ing away.
Horrid Sight.


deed the greatest enemy of man was
present. Death sat in the. teepee. On
the rough earth floor were three bodies.
Two were the remains OF females and
the other of an old man.
sit was but the work of moment to
discover that they had frozen to death.
All of the wood and twigs in the teepee
had been burned, and the ashes OF the
hearth showed that everything i'll reach
had been burned. Their emaciated
forms showed that they had succumbed
first to hunger and then to the cold. In
their weak state they had been unable
to gather wood for the fire, and the two
messengers of death, cold and hunger,
had carried away the souls of the vic
tins.
"a search of the other teepees was
quickly made. Bodies we're found in
each one, and in teepee removed some-
what from the others l discovered that
the ashes were warm. This showed that
the fire had been out but short time.
As was looking under the rags in one
corner | found the body of young
woman, terribly emaciated, but not so
thin as the bodies of the others had
found. Thought that could feel small
amount of warmth in the body and L
called loudly for my companion. de
hurried faster than had ever seen him
move before, and we quickly had fire
started My matches had been kept in
a water-tight box and had not been in
jured when we were precipltated into
the waters of the lake. We laid the
still body on the ground in front of the
fire. We rubbed and chafed the hands
of the woman in our efforts to bring her
back to life. Perhaps she was the only
thing in the form of human being we
would ever see again.
"After rubbing her hands and limbs
for about an hour we were rewarded by
seeing the lips futter and the eyes par
TALLY open. There was look OF intelll-
gence in the dark eyes. but with a moan
she closed them again and fell back
on to the ground. Luckily | had pre-
served a small flask of brandy in an
inner pocket and few drops OF the
fiery liquid caused the eyes to open
again. Then she slowly raised one OF
her hands to her mouth in mute appeal
for food.
1--WE looked on at another, We-Wip
and |. What was there for us to give
her to eat? What was there to keep US
from sharing the same fate as she had
been so miracuously preserved, FOR the
present al ledSC, from!
:" Hungry said WeWip, without the
Winking Of an eyelid.
Get her something to eat then,
snarled, angered at his apparent lack OF
interest. He left the teapot and in about
ten minutes he returned with piece
of raw meat in his hands. | was about
ing hunk in her hand, but he gave me
to understand that she would not care
whether it were cooked or not. l. how
ever, found small iron pot which l
filled with water and soon had dish of
broth for the famished woman.
We-Wip gravely watched me, and
after the soup was finished
he greedily gulped down the greater
portion, after she had taken what she
wanted. He then commenced talking
to her in her own tongue, and L could
hear the gutteral sound of their CONVEX
sation as hacked away at dead tree
IN order 10 get wood for the night. AS
l returned to the tepee, almost Stun
bled over the body of one of the dogs
which was laying in the spot where
We-Wip had cut it's throat and killed
it for the soup. | hung the carcass in
the low branches of tree to keep it
from prowling wolves.
Town Frozen Out
''She had told her story. Those Indians
have wonderful hold on life. We had
found her as good as dead but an hour
or two before and here she was sitting
on the ground jabbering away with
him. The men belonging to the village
had gone to the mainland on hunting
trip. They had taken the only canoe on
the island and only five days before,
Just as the women and old men were on
the point of starving, they saw the
canoe come from the other side of the
open water with the men it it. The
canoe sat low in the water as sure
sign that it was loaded with game. The
women and old men who were strong
enough to go to the shore saw the canoe
arrive in the middle of the river, collide
with cake Of floating ice and all Of the
occupants of the canoe sink to the
bottom. One brave succeeded in almost
making the shore when the awful cold
of the water chilled him to death and
he sank from view. The women and
the old men retired to their tepees,
and while the women sat in silence on
the floors OF the tepeeS the old men
sang the death song. Then they lay
down to die like braves. After quite a
period of silence the woman got upon
her feet, gave us the signal to follow
her, and started for one Of the tepees.
We followed her. She opened the flap
of the tepee, went to one corner and
soon appeared with something in her
hand. 1t was about dusk, and at first
could not distinguish what she carried.
Suddenly | made jump for her, seized
the horrible thing ANYWAY from her and
threw it far away. 1t was human
hand and arm which had been cut off
from the shoulder. We then returned
in silence to our tepee.
"We-Wip and the woman threw the m
selves down on the floor of the tepee
and were soon asleep. went outside,
gathered some more firewood and
heaped it on the fire, for it was getting
bitter cold. l was getting hungry. For
the first time in. my life wanted some
thing to eat and there was nothing to
satisfy my desire. The more L thought
OF the helplessness of my position the
more hungry got. had been without
ach felt as though my throat had been
cut. | walked up and down the river
bank thinking over my horrible posi-
ton. and wondering if it would be
necessary for me to eat some of
the flesh Of the human beings whose
corpses lay in the other tepees.
The more l thought of it the
more revolving the idea became to me.
1t was about midnight, and on suddenly
pulling myself together, l felt that
something was following me. l was
among the trees near the shore and
some distance away from the tepees.
Yes, was sure that some living thing
was following me. could hear the
patter of soft feet on the snow, and the
feeling became certainty. Hastily
pulling my revolver l turned in my
tracks, and an immense gray wolf,
which was not more than ten feet be-
hind me, sQuatted on his launches and
licked his chops with his blood-red
tongue. His gaunt form was plainly
pictured on the white snow, and ne was
so thin that could almost see his ribs
sticking through his hide. l carefully
pointed my revolver at him, and after
taking a careful aim l fired. With a
howl he leaped into the air, gave a
frightful yell of agony, and | saw his
warm, red blood squirt over the white
snow. Not knowing why | did it, l
rioEad tho narpaSS ont of the snow