The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1895-01-19
a STORY OF cowAsp1cE.
cariin's Friends Publish Book About Their
xxpleits.

cariin's Friends Publish Book About Their
Expleits.
"The disability Of Colgate was I'M.
questionably due to his own folly in
leaving behind the instruments on
which his existence depended. BY
maintaining silence during the long
journey into the woods when q word
would have halted the party and en-
abled them to inaugurate measures for
his relief he not only previously wronged
the rest Of the party from an ethical
standpoint but also, as subsequent
events proved, wilfully threw away the
only chance of saving his own life and
thereby sealed his own fate. When the
party first realized the painful position
in which his conduct had placed them,
they were naturally much ehagrined."
III ghosts can read, the spirit of
George Colgate, late Cook for the Car
lin hunting party, must feel very much
ashamed of himself. "In the Heart of
the Bitter Root Mountains" the new
book which WAS placed on sale in Spo-
kane today, fixes Cook Colgate. viii
Carlin is IA delightful companion and
true sportsman" A. L. Artman Him.
MCKNIGHT is serious, busy, kind and
compaionable." John ii. Pierce has
his share of virtues. Martin Spencer
is careful. reliable and u hustler"
Even Ben Kelley, the guide. though he
made considerable trouble by being
dissatisfied and had "audacity" to
threaten TO sue for money, thus for
feiting a biography, had several good
qualities and was SO far forgiven as to
be included in the portraits of the
little band of brave men," But that
man Colgate!
Not only did he grievously wrong
the party from an ethical standpoint
and chagrin them, as outlined above,
but his conduct is held responsible for
. the anxiety of their friends and the
expense of the relief expedition Worse
still, the odor that came from his
swollen limbs when he was abandoned
to perish on the river bank was al
most uncomfortable" A truly delicate
sense of propriety prompts his dismis-
sal in a few sentences.
I'VE all feel that 1t is clearly case
OF trying to save five lives or sacrific.
ing them in order to perform the last
sad rites for poor Colgate. To remain
longer with Colgate Is to jeopardize to
the very doors of folly all our lives, not
in the cause Of humanity, for Colgate
is beyond any appreciation of such
kindness, but for sentiment solely We
have exhausted every resource and feel
that We have gone to the extreme limit
of duty toward Colgate in our endeav.
ors to get him back to civilization. Our
own families and friends have now a
Just claim upon US, and We must save
ourselves if possible"
And again:
Poor Colgate was so far gone that
he could not remember his family, nor
did he make any remarks or request
concerning them. We made him as
comfortable as We could, left him what
necessities we thought he might re-
quire in the brief period he had yet to
live, and shouldering our packs We
started sadly down the river. Although
Colgate's head was turned toward us
he made no motion or outcry as he saw
US disappear one by one around the
bend"
10 the average reader the above
paragraph will be even more interesting
than the whole chapter devoted tc
the detailed description of how Will
killed his first elk-after five shots
/ spokane Chronicle.