The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-10

80 precscrs were they whsn. after breath
less Anxiety. the TIRE was started and TIRE
names we're felix tsss men alt1asse about
10 g-- warm. As trey became hungry thy
shore fer some kind Of sasi FISH 20 eat
" a@E SAME uz1SsesS were foFint cafngsTg 70
me fesc ks inry were taken 10 the fire. wners
they xs<e cooked ever the ecaIx and eaten
In tbs way ghe three czstaways sslAxsssed
for three days. After tasir ftrst mai, when
they felt a Etsf. more strength. they wan
dtrea about the island to learn thssT seca-
tsen
We walked around TIL ~s learned that
We S=rs on an sssaad. said DIR. Fa3iifrs,
and then ws almost gave I'D N ieSpasr
Ter we knew hat il Was an uninaabited
ard 3.tse fr~GEeGsea Place We could see
what We thought 20 bs ire mainland. per-
living thing In saghs. We carried the Goals
from ,sls fire 70 alfysreaI PLACES on tire Isl
sa9 ard haalt other Ares. hoping thai some
Cne would see the blaze or the smoke and
thus D. warned Of o2g position.
We watched fer days and DAYS IN the
cold rsfsn and Nex snow There no
shelter on the island. so that We wers damp
ana miserable al the time. Night and day
the IRE sas kept up. for that Was cur only
hose Of hfe. When Ne LAY down 10 sleep IL
saS on the cold, vet ground. alongSie the
daytime. when 1e were hungry, We hunted
among the rocks OF tas .saore for musse.s.
There sas nothing else that We could sind
10 cat. for There sas no teach, hence xe
could not md crabs or CLAIMS.
Poor Fellows Become Delirious.
AT about 6 o'clock in the morning o.;
November = We saw the steamship Dan
ube going up The Mass river we tried to
signal her with fire torches, but she was
so Tar away We were unseen On the fifth
day. tbs third man OF the party. whose
nam. / have forgotten. became dsiirsous.
Although had lost all my medical instru-
nents | had a small quantity OF NOR
phta In "a pocket OF my coat. The poor
fellow begged me te give him enough 10
hiil him. He could not stand the cold and
tbs rain any longer. Then Bridges wanted
rnorhpia. they legged and begged me TO
give them, enough 20 end their misery. The
mussels were becoming scarce. nearly all
OF them were gone. so that hunger was
10 die at once. Tor they had given up all
hope
Il think that II was on the morning of
the seventh day that both Bridges
had kept up the fires until that time. II
was two days after that before We came
10 our senses Then We were in an Indian
camp on the mainland. where we were
heing hinaiy cared tor We learned that
an Indian. Joshua Wells, and his two sons
were passing Tracy island. going on a
hunting trip. They saw the smoke from
our fires. and. believing that Indians were
on the island hunting they stopped, when
they found us. They took ns over in their
canoes to their camp. Wells said that on
the way We cried so FOR food that he gave
us some dry Indian hammock made OF
-four. water and grease. which We ate
Hereby. AT their camp they gave US rice
soup until we showed signs OF sanity In
two days We had regained our reason and
the three of us went back to Fort Sirnp-
son. which was fourteen miles away"
DIR. Phillips is not discouraged. with
Alaska BY this experience. He il going
back very soon, and on into the Yukon
country.