River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-02-23
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of the tree by the cord which formerly
bound he bundle of furs.
Blu the aid of this and the dogs long
leash, taking a half hitch around the
limb. John managed to lower the in
sensible man down TO Jennie's waiting
arms. and the two then lifted him over
to the fire and laid him upon pile of
soft brush, while both went vigorously
10 work to restore animation. Duncan
had evidently been oyertaken by that
fatal sleep, superinduced by great cold,
hut only his feet were frozen, and those
very slightly. In another half hour
he would have been beyond help, but
now there was hope. While John was
getting off his brothers moccasins and
socks, so as to rub the frost-bitten feet
with snow, Jennie pulled small piece
of bark from a white birch tree and
with leaden bullet wrote upon it:
Come quick! twa miles DOT on trail.
Bring speerits an blankets" This rude
missive she tied firmly to the dogs
neck, saying: "Hame! Bose; hame;
off wi We quick!" and the intelligent
creature went off like the wind.
The resolute girl then built up an-
other great fire, SO that Duncan lay be-
tween the two. and in a few minutes
the blood again circulated through his
feet. The intense pain which invari-
ably accompanies this recovery from
frost bite, and the genial warmth OF
the fires, aroused the injured man from
his deadly lethargy; and when, III not
more than IS minutes after the hound
started, McGill and McGregor arrived
on the scene, he was bile to speak, but
not to stand.
However, he managed to swallow
nearly half pint OF raw spirits, and
then, being wrapped in blankets and
placed upon an improvised litter, was
conveyed homeward by the four car
riers.
Arrived at the house and assiduously
piled with hot drinks and food he
shortly revived sufficiently to tell his
story-briefly this;
just before dark he had been sud-
denly attacked by eight or ten wolves,
aud, being too closely pursued TO gain
tree or light fire, had set the barrel
upright on the ground, and, standing
on its head, had for awhile fought them
| off with a heavy staff. During the
| fracas fresh wolves kept pouring in
from all sides, and he had then, realiz-
4 ing at last that he was in deadly peril,
killed two of the brutes, and while the
pack. according to the usual habit Of
| their kind, were busily fighting over
! and devouring their dead companions,
! he made dash to one side and climbed
| the first suitable tree. For hours he
! had remained awake watching his
/ boodthirsty besiegers, but finally, be-
coming convinced that he should freeze
to death, he bound himself to the tree,
determined not TO furnish feast to
the ferocious beasts, and that was the
last thing he could remember. But,
mither," he loosely added, THE flooer
is safe i the bush, an yen fin a thae
ither bit gimcracks a RIGHT / my
pooches."
The next June, after the spring work
was done, Jennie and Duncan, having
been duly called" for three successive
Sabbaths in the kirk" at York, were
happily married, and the muscular
bridegroom certainly showed no signs
of injury from his dangerous adven-
ture.
In the year 1882 my father bought
out both the McGills and McGregors,
and all these good people were for a
long time employed by him.
The famous hound, Old Bose, was
then still living, and l, at that time a
boy of eight, have heard this story
over and over again from the lips
Of the actors themselves. - Ledger
! Monthly.