The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-03-15
M. STEINERT & SONS,
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where he Is wintering with friends. The
story is told in his own language:
While we were at Del Norte we pro.
cured enough hickory timber for one
pair of snow shoes and red spruce
enough to make another. The hickory
cost 80 cents per foot. Just think OF
it! We wanted one good pair of such
shoes at least, so that we may have no
more accidents such as I had on my way
home from our last hunt. but / haven't
told you about that. / remained down
at the Halfway HOUSE day To- ger than
the rest of the party, as hated to give
up without getting a deer Next morn
ing l left the Hallway House at about
$3.50; walked twelve miles uphill to
Summitville, arriving there at 2:10 p.
m.
| II took two hours rest and then start
ed for the camp on my snow shoes,
made of pine. AS it gets dark here now
| little after D. M, | hadn't covered
more than half the distance before 1t
was pitch dark. After crossing South
Fork there is a steep hill to climb up
through the timber. While going up
that hill one of my snow ehoes. broke
oiuolG'y III WV lGdlIACu llto IL away
that was in bad shape, as / was tired
out when I started and had a gun to
carry to boot. 1 didn't regret having
the gun, however, for the mountain
lions have been seen in that vicinity re-
Gently. | first tried getting along on
one shoe, but that wouldn't work, for
every time I took a step with the foot
minus shoe / would plunge into the
snow up to my hips.
II then cut the other shoe off, swung
my gun on my back, took my snow chloe
pole to rest my hands on, and started
for camp on my hands and knees. In
that way l wouldn't sink so deep into
the snow. With two miles ahead of me
l felt this at least to be discouraging
method of Iocomotion, but in it lay the
only hope of eaving myself, 1 was so
nearly tagged out when I started that
| was compelled to rect every rod or so.
If you haven't an idea what fear
full task / had on my hands and knees
crawling laboriousy through the deep
snow in the dark, passing over a half
mile of bare ground on your hands and
knees
after leaving the timber began fir
ing off the rifle. About every 200 yards
| would fire two shots to see whether
could make any one up in the camp,
but not sound could I hear except the
echo of my rifle shot. Then ] would
grit my teeth and start on again. Nor
did get an answer until was within
100 yards of our cabin. Then | turned
the old gun loose, just to see If any one
was still alive within. When almost
home Mr.. Fetterman came down and
helped me up the HILL and the Lord
knows | needed help. | learned then
that Andrew was visiting at the Cham
bers cabin, and that Mr.. Fetterman was
the only person at home as he did not
know what to make of the shooting, he
became somewhat timid about investi-
eating the cause. / didn't suffer much
with the cold, as the exercise of crawl
ing through the snow kept me warm
with the exception of my feet and
hands. My German socks and overshoes
were frozen into solid pieces, but l wore
a thin pair of socks inside of them, and
they saved my feet. My hands could
better We depend now on
made of hickory, and spruce
and pine no more, st. Louis Globe