The morning call., 1893-11-26
YOUNG CARLIN FOUND.
The Party in Most Pitiable Con-
ditiOn.
Colgate, the Cook, Left Behind, and
Has Probably Perished i'm
the Snow.

PORTLAND, Nov. 25.-BrigadieT-G General
w. =. Carlin sends the Associated Press
the following from Vancouver barracks: /:
A dispatch has just been received from
Lieutenant Charles P. Elliott. Fourth Cav
airy, dated November 90, as follows:
Falls of North Fork of Middle Fork of
Clearwater. The Carln party was found
on the river to-day. Carlin. Spencer,
Pierce and Himmelwright are well. Col
gate is lost and Kelly joined him In the
mountains. Will work down the river by
boat.
VANCOUVER, Nov. 25-Nothing more
than The brief dispatch announcing the
rescue of the Carlin party has been re-
ceivcd by General Carlin. All the relief
parties have been called in. and General
Carlin will leave tomorrow for Kendrlck,
Idaho, to meet his son.
MIssoULA, Mont, Nov. 25.-Indeed har-
rowing il true is the tale tnat comes
from the little mountain hamlet of Ken
drick, Idaho, to the effect that the Carlin
party was found more dead than alive,
minus Colgate, the cook, whose pitful
abandonment was Decessitated in order
that the remainder might be saved. The
Missoulian's correspondence is to the effect
that courier arrived at Kendrick at 5
o'clock this m orning bearing the startling
announcement that the party. excepting
Colgate, were found by Lieutenant EI-
liotps relief CORDS on the middle
fork OF the Clearwater, 80 miles
from any habitation. famished and with
out horse or provisions, barefOoted. only
the soles of their shoes remaining, and
scant of clothing. hpmmed in by intermin-
able and impenetrable snow banks, and
after several attempts to escape the party
became resigned to fate. trusting proyi-
dence for relief. as another thirty-six
hours would discover their frozen remains
Lieutenant Elliott found the men verging
on insanity. and every hope gone. He
was Mortified to learn that Colgate was
still behind, owing to his inability to keep
up with the party. This necessitaied send
ing an additional search for Colgate,
though Carlin believes it to be too late,
and he will not be found alive. Tie leav-
ing of Colgate is said to have been the most
trying ordeal Of the expedition.
The rescued and rescuers are expected to
arrive at Kendrick Oh Monday or Tuesday
of next week. as they are still long dis
lance from that point. and many hardships
rescue can be termed complete success.
SPOKANE, Wash. Nov. 25.-A Review
special from Kendrick. Idaho. says: A
courier arrived here at o'clock this morn
ing after an all-night ride from Weippe
with the news that Lieutenant Elliott
had found the Carlin party in the middle
fork of the Clearwater, 100 miles from
here, last Wednesday. The lost party
were in a bad condition when found, being
out of provisions, nearly barefoot and
with little clothing They were slowly
making their way down the river on a raft
when found. George Colgate, the cook Of
the party. gave out q few days before
rescue and had to be left and it Is feared
may have died.
Everything possible will be done to find
him. dead or alive. The party is expected
here Monday. The Carlin party has been
out since September 15. and the Elliott re-
lief party was fitted out in Spokane by
Captain Merriam two weeks ago, going
into the Bitter Root Mountains by the
way of Kendrick. Lieutenant Elliott went
as far as he could with horses. He bor-
rowed saw at a rancher's cabin, made a
skif and had gone up the river in it thir-
teen miles when he met the party.