The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-01
LOST IN THE WILDERNESS.


First u the halfb.zt Eset - xet lack from
TIE north mis- season - the Hssse E~aganer
Caroline. which droppez s.1e part 80 esssss-
y last Monday that her coming was a.
most unsao'tesss. In common with the rest
q the feet she had a fairly good catch.
bringing back be.xee. izso ans ,7ss.5
Io2nSS - haEihus- The Carc.ine's winter
IN the ncrtn vas rendered rsosr nsraora-
biz from The fact that She Iose gre % her
men barney by name who started cat
hunting ore morning az the ccss. az
Nrange, naTrows ami disappeared As com.
pieIely a. II the earth had swallowed hin
Up
About all that Is known Of him is that ne
was German By birth, his family xt3,s
living IN that country. He hal made his
h1ne IN Seattle and Port Townsend fa4
the last ten or twelve years and was wea
known and liked among sea going men
Ihey Knew nlEn simply as Barney. AMI
even one % his mates en- the Caroline VIA
told the story yesterday d31 no; i,nov
whether Barney was the mans IRIS.
or last mans. He shipped on The Cavotsra's
north bound trip, little dreaming that he
was never 10 step on the familiar VI aarves
at Seattle again.
Il vas anou; New Years day when Rsr-
neg lett the boat and entered the Wilder
ness. from which he was never 10 emerge
he took gun and started out aloha In
quest o. game Il was early In the morn
ing. As ne disappeared N the deDths az
TIE forest h4 had not a word Of farewell
LOT MS comrades, though i Has fhe last
time ne was % lock upon a human face.
TIE day went by and when night came
some sigh, anxiety was felt aboard he
schooner al Barneys absence. Still the
men reasoned taat he might have wander
ed further than he had Intended ana Il
ne was robust and self-rel.ant little fear
vas fe!i mat ne would he able 10 take care
OF himself during the night. especially as
the weather was moderate for that season
% the year.
When the next day came and went. how
ever. and Barney aid not appear the .nea
have overtaken him.
They set out 70 search fer him, bat the
Sc&Eca vas fruit!sss from first Ia last For
- Gays t"elFe or fourteen mea secured
me country In ali directions They soon
came upon the place where he haa pitched
ms ngst camp, hut here the very number
q the seaFchers ninderea the search. gy
TIE time the place bzd been Identified .h..ra
We're so many Zoo prints around Ii in al
directions that Il WAS Impossible 20 tsisfin-
sussn bAThey's tracks from any other Sill
tiie @eaFcAers perseveFea. or the follow Il. <
day hFdN& sn0W fess, completely oaiIreF-
aiinS al tracks Ia the old snow, After hat
tne search Was mere grCpl2g in the dark
ouf Ter more than "A week longer he men
~ ~ ~ day ox DAY hoping against hope
that they might stumble upon their los,
camraGe. By that time they became CON
vinced that he must either have starved 10
death or been devoured by wild beasts Re-
luctant.y they turned their faces toward
me schooner and sailed southwark. leaving
behind them the mystery OF death
The skipper Of the Caroline reports that
all the vessels Of the halsbut fleet made
fairly good catches. and are now sailing
southwark and should be dropping into Sc
attic very soon.