The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1897-02-24

and athletic suppose never would
have lived through it. l got out, took
my bearings from the sun and started
out on run to find the river. had to
run to keep from freezing. OF course
l still carried my rifle, and also had
a hunting knife, but l didn't have any
matches to start fire with. About ten
o'clock that morning l shot rabbit,
but of course couldn't cook it, so had
TO content myself with drinking a little
of the blood"
The bicycle young man gasped and
shivered, which led DOC" to say: You
would have been glad to get it,"
81 should think it would be hard
ming dentist.
"Not if you had snowshoes," said
"Doc," with an amused smile.
"Oh, l didn't know you had snow
shoes"
81 didn't have any when l started,
but l made rough pair out of some
long twigs knotted together with
kind of why grass that grows up there.
With this pair of shoes | could make
four miles an hour across the snow. |
kept at it nearly all day, only stopped
to rest twice, if | remember correctly,
but | was off in my calculations, for l
didn't find the river. 1t might have
been a mile or it might have been Is
miles away-I didn't know. When it
began to get dark again I'll admit that
was little frightened. The only
thing that had kept me warm all day
was my running, and, of course, by this
time, l was more or less tired. Well,
sir, it was a funny thing. | had cut
through little ravine and was starting
UP the other side, when l saw an In
dian trapper. II fur suit, jump be-
hind a tree about 100 feet ahead of me.
1 stopped short and yelled to him:
Kerry mahoo!' That means in the In
dian language, Come out.
'Can you talk Indian, too, 'Doc|
asked the ''lush."
81 knew few words belonging to this
Canadian tribe of MaXeboshas, but |
never gave thorough study to any
Iudian language except that of the
Sioux"
"Lo, the poor Indian" observed the
book agent. what did this man be-
hind the tree say to your"
swell, he waited few minutes. and
then he came out" said Doc" Il saw
that he had fresh haunch of venison
slung over his shoulder. and l decided
TO have some of it. went up to him and
asked him the way to the river and the
camp. He pretended not to under
ctapd lint Lpoxu baftor He cbook biS
head and started to go away and
dropped my rifle and grabbed him Of
course | could have taken a drop on
him, but l didn't want to have any
shooting. l didn't want a dead In
dian. l wanted live one, who could
show me the way back to Gen. Fosters
hunting lodge. First, | wrenched the
gun out of his hands, and then we went
at it. He was giant in stature and
very strong, and was weak from lack
of food and all that hard travel, but
got hold on him that had learned IN
wrestling. and landed him in the snow.
| fell on top of him, and, drawing my
hnife, pointed it at his throat and said:
Now, will you obey meY He nodded
that he would, and so | let him up. |
knew that these Indians always carried
matches or fints, because they were
in the habit of cooking food out in the
forest. l kept this fellow covered with
my rifle and made him build fire ami
cook me some venison, which ate with
some enjoyment, you may be sure. BY
this time the moon was up. | emptied
his gun and gave it back to him, and
then | told him to lead me to the camp.
lie struck off through the forest and
followed him. Well, sir, we travelled
all night and about nine o'clock next
morning reached the lodge. They had
given me up for lost. Yes, sir, all The
eastern papers had me dead, but tina,
after / got back that the Thermometer
had registered 10 below"
what became of the two men who
started out with your" asked the light
ming dentist.
"Oh, they got back all right by fol-
lowing the river. A funny thing about
that experience. The Indian remained
at our lodge couple of days and be-
cdHe very much alCacheu W hie. hlAel-
ward, when l went up there, he acted
as guide for our party"
doc" ceased talking and the lush"
gave one look at the lightning dentist,
as if to indicate that he was helpless
with admiration.
"The doctor appears to be man Tho
ha had remarkable experiences said
the book agent, later in the evening
when DOC" had gone to his room.
"You don't half know him yet, said
the ''lush." He's been a capitalist,
government scout, circus tumbler and
steamboat pilot"
"And an actor" added the lightning
dentist.
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