Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-03

Ice peerng down at these minute fca lice,
begging and praying that enough of thom
mlgh, 80 into the sack TO af1rd Ne al least
a soluty meal My companions were now
helpless. 0le OF thom had mad blih f0et
frozen Of and the eloughing Of HE wounds
tod too plainly that he was near the end
Of bis sungrinEg Some Of the others were
aimnst az badly on frozen and starved
uGul they were az helpless as babies. They
had to be- Tod, and | know that ! had 10
feed them. The raw seal hide thongs on
the dog aodgcs ! took oif and boiled The
dog harness and our sealsk.n leather boota
were cooked IN like manner and eaten. hut
such food, OF courao, 'eopld do ua little or no
gloi.
- was able to find some lchcns on the
rocks, though IN very small Quantities
ana those we h0cd ard ate. They were NOT
very sustaining. however. and or iho time
wore on toward the end the doaiA rntC ln-
crclAod allrmlngy From April uuui june
20 1883, when we were rescued the diet
continued, end when man died we simply
figured that there was one less mouth 20
feed, We had almost forgotten the oylBts
enre Of al things oaye our own slomachs.
ond that wac thing We had no opportunity
to forget. During the last month Il WA
not an uncommon thing for man 10
awaEon IN the morning and had the man
who had been with him IN his sicepluE has
for warmth dead and sud. and he not have
Ellison wla Va a tcrrihle stale. illH feet had
frozen on some timu before, and The stunps
Of his legs had hut poor treatment with
the ncanty appliances we had az hand We
did all we could tor him however. for
uessly all Of the mcn could crawl about d
little, and / was sull able TO go ont In
search OF llchena and shrlmp, Again and
again I passed the graves on the sandy
ridge, and one morning ! saw the buttons
on poor Lieutenant Lnckwoods blouse |
looked at him, aud II the truth must be told
| really believe ] would have willingly
changed places with him II could have done
50. | don't know what more l can tell you
Of my personal experiences during thlFe
last days. One day was Just like It's prcdo-
ccssOr, only tribe worse. II possible. Our
suffering amounted 20 torture and nothing
elsc--therc Il no other name for It, II
knew that ! could 10 through Il all again IN
ttg same length OF time and como out Of
u juGt az | did and recover my health ~
far as ! now have theF0 has not money
enough been coined Ia the world to tempt
me for an Instant
Lieutenant Bralnard ia now tho picture Of
health and physcAl Htrength He IL thirty
nino yuara OF age. and Is a native Of New
York State. having been born In Herkimer
County. He was appointed a Lieutenant by
President Cleveland In 1850, IN rcoogniuoa
Of his services With the Lady Franklin Bay
expedition, and IN 1898 secured his com
missiOn as First Lieutenant, lie has served
all tho time In the Second Cavalry. alnes his
original enlistment az private. In 1916
He saw some sharp Bervice with General
Nelson a. Miles IN the Sioux war IN Mon
tana 10 1871 and soon after rose to the
rank Of sergeant
Lieutenant B'alnara'a mama is Just now
mentioned as the most likely aapirant for
the vacant captaincy In the Subsistence De-
partment OF the Army. Tho retirement OF
nrlgadlcr-Ceneral John r. Hawkins. Sept
20, 1884, and tho promotion Of tho officers
10 that department. formed the vacancy
which has not yet been nled. Il is las
earnest hope Of Lieutenant Brainard's host
OF friends. both 10 and out of the service,
that the promotion may come 10 him, not
only ON account Of hla especial fitness for
the position but also az slight further
recognition Of tho untauntod couragg be
displayed In that campaign In the frozen
north. where 50 many bravo men laid down
their lives W. J. ROUSE.