Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-11-16
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uuRh Lee Of rrrry'. PARTY Lost in
the Fog.

Iiugh Lee Of rrrry'- Party Lost ia
the Fog.
Hugh Lee OF Mcrlden, Conn. who Is
with Lieut.. peary In the Attic, related
the following story 70 Herbert l..
Bridgemnn. special correspondent Of
the Brooklyn Standardization.
"Ono Sunday afternoon ute In Feb
ruary, whom we were AL preparing Tor
the lee cap march" said he, II started
with Two natives and two dog toamH,
proposing TO 10 TO the morntno camp,
ave miles or 80 from Anniversary
Lodge Hlcep there ana tho next duy
40 on TO tho tent which we had put
M In the fall. aud remove IL with It's
stores to the cache six miles beyond,
established beyond the gdgp Of the lee
cap. Before we could reach the camp
however a Furious driving Huowstprm
came on II WAS impossible tg Had tho
trttl or locate any Of the landmarks
aud we campcd out, making the best
we could Of 1t during the night, The
next day the storm continued so SEE
rcrcly that we decided 10 return TO
Anniversary Lodge ana wait for 1t TO
clpar ON Tuesday morning We start
ed again. aud uftor travelling all day
! made up my mind that we must
be near the tent FOR which We were
aenrehing, aud had the natives build
with their hands and knives q snow
lglpo, In which We passed the night In
comparative comfort ON Wednesday
morning we resumed our search FOR
the tent, ma the fog fortunately mt
ing, we discovered II about u half
mile distant from our iGlJO, We tool,
II, with the other articles, and started
again 20 find the cache our dc5tna-
ton, but we had Travelled only three
or four miles before the fog settled
down again thicker and more lmpenc-
trable than before. and advance or
further search WIS utterly useless
The only thing we could do was 10
camp aBuin. hoping that after a sleep
We should find II clear aud be able to
locate the cache which we were Sock
ing, ON rhurHduy morning | decided
that before brcnlNug camp and roe
moving the tent I woul make re-
concordance nud oudoaVor 10 find the
cache that we might make the most
direct route To u and possibly lind for
the party who Woro 10 follow us
moro direct and easier line Of march.
~ had not gone far before I found
that In the fog hnd become utterly
lost | could zee only iug and ice,
nothing could be Heen or heard by
which TO lay my course. or from which
could got m idea OF my position.
The wind was not sufficiently strong
to Biyr me any Glow 10 ~ direction,
nor could 1 be certain that II blow
steadily from tho,spmc point, l had
no thermometer, but from the tenn
praturca ruling at the lodge nj TINT
time am certain that II must have
been considerably more than 80 de-
grees below zero, | know instlnutiyely
that safnty, " not life depended ON
one thnS that 1 should keep moving
and 40 ! travelled On and on, probably
| presume, IN "A circle, nnd with no
definite idea OF direction or NJ dis.
lance All day and night / kept on,
until, iuut AZ fridays dawn was get.
ting gruy, | came out on glnrler,
which / though ! recognized ns one
emptylug into Bowdllu Bay, about 10
m|los below hcadquartor know
Tint by following II 10 its front
should then be able 10 take straight
course Tor home, and that gave me
fresh confidence To go forward. Far
mi In the distance could see the Ice,
which / took To be that Of lnglenpld
CUR, and 1 really believed that my
long tramp was coming 10 an end. /
had then been nearly twonty-four
hours without food. drink sleep or
rest ! knew that n 1 once STONED |
never should 30 on Hardly had |
got under why on the glacier, before
the dim light or tho morning, / fcIl
into a crovnsse, how deep do not
know for ms soon as | felt mysolf
going down, | threw my body back
ward on the lee, aud brought u5 all
sitting on the sheer edge OF the prooi-
pcc, just In time to save a fall, which
might have been my last
aHA.t Ia, tsa4
diuOn, TO take more riska OF that sort Il
dosoended to the outer edge VI the
glacier and followed its icy wan along
Its course toward the sea, The walk
lpg was dlmcult IN the extreme, over
fallen blocks OF leo. through drifts OF
soft, half melted anow, which would
auhmerge me 10 my waist, and again
over sharp. slippery and Jagged rocks.
An day toiled on doing my best, and
flnnlly abuut o'clock In the evening,
! struck the sea Ice, only 10 ma that
! had hoen following down the great
Hubbard glacier. ana that, instead OF
10, was more than 20 miles from
home. san, there was but one thing
60 do, and now that | knew approx.
mNtely where | was, ! went ON aguin.
Finally, at o'clock Saturday morn.
Ing, 1 fol, rather than walked. into
the lodge, arriving Just an hour before
the search party, then all ready, were
10 start out for mo,
THE two natives when | did not
return Thursday evoning to camp. MAD
come In. reported that | was missing.
and that they had burned for me, but
without avail. an the Roman candles
which I had taken along 70 guide the
party from tho Lodge, witch was 10
come up after US In o fow days. All
together from my departure from
camp Thutaday morning, untll my ar
rival AZ the Lodge, had been out Tor.
ty-four hours, All the lime walking.
with no sleep, drink. food or iire, aud
u goes without saying that was glad
10 set homie, surgeon Vincent took me
In hand, and, save frost-blttea left
great toe. Of which ! was not aware at
the time of my arrival. and which a
few weeks later knocked me OUT IN
the early ioeuap inarchcA, expert.
eneed no permanent M effects from
my long exposure Ny foot, however
has laitly 70 greatly improved that
believe Il IL now perfectly sound and
WIN b. Is good as new from his time
forward"
AZ reault OF tie late election 10 New