The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-08-08

pheasant or two for supper. He came
upon the the fresh track of bear and
without the slightest hesitancy de-
cided to pursue it in the hope of sur
prising the camp with bear steak.
But the storm increased and night
settled down and it was necessary for
him to abandon the chase and get
back to camp. In following the track
of the bear many turns had been
made and he thought to take a short
cut, upon which he set out confident
ly. but he did not find the camp or
even the lake and soon realized that
he was lost, thought that was hui
initiating to the young woodsman. He
came to creek, which he supposed
would necessarily lead to the lake,
not knowing that the watershed was
very narrow there and the creek led
away from the lake instead of to it,
and this he followed for some distance
/
before he began to despair of finding
his friends. Unable to proceed fur
Their in the darkness and driving snow
he hallooed and fired his gun. No
answer came. He was cold, tired,
hungry and utterly confused as to
directions without food or shell
ter from the raging tempest of wind
and snow. He knew that TO lie down
meant death, yet his courage and
strength had departed.
Now wandering aimlessly about,
more to keep moving than with any
other purpose, the half-frozen boy
stumbled i'm the darkness against a
great tree. which he found to be hol-
low and with small opening near the
roots. Into this shelter he crawled
and to his great satisfaction found it
unoccupied and it turned out to be a
chamber about four feet in diameter,
not very high, and lined with masses
of soft and decayed wood clinging to
the walls. Angus danced up and
down in his narrow house until his
blood was circulating warmly, then
went out and with the aid OF his TOM
ahawk peeled sheet of bark with
which to make door and prepared
to be as comfortable as might be.
The opening stopped, he cut away
the dry, rotten lining of the tree and
got a thick, soft floor upon which he
curled himself and had tOlerable
nights lodging. In the morning,
when the lad left his den, the storm
was undated but by daylight he was
able to judge of the lay of the land
and so to proceed i'm the direction of
the camp, in doing which he soon met
some of the Indians out searching for
him, by whom he was guided to a
steaming mess of venison boiling in
a very smoky little wigwam that
seemed like paradise.
In answer to the questions Of his
Indian friends Angus described his
nights experience and was commend
ed for his fortitude and resolution.
They were in very good humor over
his return and fell to joking him, one
saving that he should not go on SO
crooked path when trying to run
away, another that he must have been
eating too much rabbit because he
preferred to burrow i'm stump rather
than to dwell in wigwam by the fire,
while still another suggested that he
ought to be put out on the ice to
catch fish where all might see him
through the day and lead him safely
home at night, all of which rallying
he enjoyed with much laughter.
Before departing from this camp,
which the band of Tullihas occupied
for several days because of the fine
fish they scared through holes in the
ice, they killed noble buck elk, the
only one they had yet seen that
season. TIlllihas himself tracked the
elk to its haunt in the woods, held its
attention by skillfully initiating the
voice of its mate while he cunningly
insinuated himself into favorable
position, and fired the shot that
pierced the great buck S heart. There
was great feast that night and until
the fat elk meat was all consumed,
and the hide was put away with
unusual care. for it was the most val
liable prize they had hitherto secured.
/ At length, well along in December,
the cache on the ST. Mary's was
reached and the store Of hides was
found untouched. A suitable spot
was selected for the winter cabin and
the work of construction began with
out delay. They cut small logs about
fifteen feet in length and with them
raised the two side walls of the house
about four feet high, holding each
wall in its place by setting posts in