The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-10-22

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ta nms UIutfa and BE- huhhling srrinr
aUf .IH..iIns utuI. nhIud us Ah0ad
HHl th il. unHi mud l0ii was n desert "
sinI. vI....n only tio uunfed saro bush
4ni .f. ..If cactus arrow We headed w
auuHa.. ff fLe other Hdo and before W.
iad COMO milo Sumo " tho men wcfu VI
radF sIruus at thclr wntof bottle ny
nU.u OBJ. hHfso. betrayed theif thirst md
when ullt uu1iiY mmc aud we mndo y
npi,.- und wat flc.s camp we rUaliScd
that $50 bad uui sufficiently prepared for
thr tourney Thr Naior intended 10 last
f0r Threw dnys was almost gone. The men
would hive quito pmrilod their BOTTLES
had mot thc officer collected them and
watched over thcm with bis own eyes.
laW .Ius of warm aud thickrning wator iut
tho rdors--uot drop fut tho poor horsos
hrld my horse 81 mouth open aud dropped
% dozen drops on his tongue, md ho
showed his gratitude by rubbing his nose
against my Chuck
That nieht ut midnight. made dospor
alto hy thirst. the animals stnmpCdcd In
bunch, going straight TO the east, and
when morning came we piled mp saddles
aud hridlos 600 % heap and SGT out on the
trail Of the horses. u the men had suffered
with heat while In the saddle, they now
suffered far moro 1s their feet sank deep
intu tho sand and the sun was reflected
back into their faces. By II O'Clock the
sands wuro So hot as TO almost burn the
/ bare hand, and the feet Of the men
raised % dust, causing a thirst which only
pints OF ice cold water could have ASST
aged Just 40 sunset the Lieutenant stag
D gorpd and fDll, and che mon came up one
hy one and fell down beside him and made
the camp nt that spot There was but n
pint Of water for "a mon. After bit the
officer dealt II out In the shell Of car
fridge. The twenty fourth Of a pint for a
man whose tongue was dry hs stick
whose voice was only whispor-who had
cursed or wcpt ns be lurchod over the hot
sands and remembered the ice cold spring
we bad left behind on the western sidel
The relief did not last above minute.
3 Thurc was scarcely enough to moisten the
tongue
ll' iAlN ~ NAAN'A 40 NilNa ithAhANA hhNh WV
shell and lay down. Some tried 10 sleep
others ate their ground coffee and hard
tacl, and nibblcd at their salt meat and
thus added to their thirst No one wanted
food Every man would have given all
his earthly possessions for pint of water
l There was no dow. A dozen times during
that long night men got up 10 SEQ II the
. haudkcrChiufs spread ON the sands had
caught any dnmpncss, but they were MS
dry ~ II Just taken out OF an oven. IL was
| a night Of wailing and cursing and suffer
ing When morning came the lieutenant,
who was hardly moro than boy and not
in robust health, looked wild and talked
quocrly No orders were given. We rose
/ M, ono by one, looked around us In a
dazcd way, and then resumed tho march.
! Hcrr and there two mon walked side by
side. but most Of thcm walked alone. II
seems to me as / think 1t over that every
man talked to himself and every ones
voice was wonderfully changed. The talk
was all about wells and springs and brooks
and ice, and IL added TO ones misery "a
hear It. 1t was every man for himself
We had "a lieutenant, sergeant and
two corporals, but cannot remember that
any of thoIn gave any orders. The mon sat
down or marched ON. At noon eight of
us happened to be sitting together
/ counted them over and over and am sure
there were eight No one else was In
sight No one asked what had become OF
the others. About mldaftcrnoon, as we
were toiling painfully along, | counted
again This time we were only five. Not
q word was said about the others When
the man in the lead fell down and stretched
out the rest Of us did the same, and thus
we wont into camp Night had come and
was browsing when ! heard the corporal
say TO Peters:
1T is not water, but it will stop this
awful thirst"
"Whnt is iti' asked Peters "fter LONG
interval.
Blood"
Whose bloodi"
Il knowr'
No moro was said between them, but i
came to me in dim way that they mean
to kill me and drink my blood. / was no
frightened at first, but after little fea
began to steal into my heart and / rose nj
, and ran of into the darkness. ran till
fell exhausted and from that time all wa
, blank for four days Our horses reache
tho eastern side, and tho pioneers VIII
/ found them suspected what had occurre
, and came to our relief. They came n
quickly as possible, but they were too lat
: to save the majority. Ten out Of "a wcr
picked up as they wandered about in dc
: lirium or had laid down to die. Tn
t, others were dead-dcad of sunstrokC
thirst or tho fangs of the rattlesnakes o
which thoyt | as they pressed forward {
drink at "A spring they believed to DO bull
bling up from the sands of tho desert.
NJ. QUAD.