The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-10-25

and willows which he found In the
swamps as I feel that l am near the
end of this life. pray that you will
tell my wife that die Christian and
that my last prayer is for her and dear
family. Good bye friends.
GEORG DEAN.
Gods will be DONE Amen.
IN A PHYSICIANS CARE.
Dr. Bates In whose charge the two
men were placed upon their arrival in
Teller. was seen by News man as SOFA
as he had waited upon his patents and
in response to questions said:
Huston Is a living skeleton, ami
could not have lived another twenty
four hours. He is In a much more seri-
Gus condition than was Mr.. James Hail
who, you will remember, spent sixty
seven days last fall under similar cir
cumstances.
"His mental faculties, however. arc
as keen as ever and with careful nurs-
ing he will pull through.
"Thiery would have been good for
another ten days for. he is man of
powerful frame and great enduring
powers. His recovery will be complet
in month.
STATEMENT OF ]. C. THIERY.
"We were all in very fair condition
when we started for Teller and made
the trip of fifteen miles to the head of
Portage. creek in good time. When WE
arrived there storm was raging and
the creek was so full of water 1t was
impossible for us to follow 1t down.
I'VE then returned to Quartz or
Clara creek, where we remained until
the middle of June. The flour we had
left when we made our first start, had
dwindled down until we had but enough
to make four loaves and third OF
bread. With this small supply we
again started for Teller this time head
ing for Burk creek, I'M order to cut Off
sixteen miles of the distance. Arriv-
ing at Burk creek we found 1t so full
of water that 1t would be dangerous
to cross, and we decided to stick to the
divide, following it down to the Agia-
puk, where we expected to fall in with
some other party. We would travel
for twenty hours at stretch and after
few hours rest get UP and go at it
again. When we saw Salt Lake we
headed for that, but when we thought
we were nearly there, we came to deep
manshs or slOughs, ten to three hun
dred feet wide and from ten to twenty
miles long. Being unable to cross
these We started back for the Agiapuk
river expecting to strike it farther uD
and continue down the river to tn"
lake. In our trip back to the river, We
came to slough that extended back
from the lake. bench upon bench, for
at least twenty miles. to the mountains,
READY TO GIVE UP.
Huston who up to this time he
held on bravely, gave out and asked
Dean and | to leave him, to either get
assistance or save ourselves, | left
Dean and Huston there and walked to
the top of the divide. about FIVE miles
distant, from which l could see the
Agiapuk. l then returned and helping
up Huston, whose legs had become
partially paralyzed, continued our
tramp. Dean by this time had became
so weak that he could not carry the
gun, and every time that we stopped
he would pitch forward upon his face.
or while walking would fall asleep and
drop. In my condition 1t would take a
mighty effort to get him to walking
Then the hallucination seemed to take
possession of him that he was a drag
upon the party, and he repeatedly ask
ed to be left behind.
"We came to another slough about
fifteen feet wide. The boys had not
strength enough left to attempt to go
around 1t, SO l built a bridge of viii
lows and our six pack straps and one
at a time l got them over.
THEY DISCOVER AN EGLOW.
"After following down the AgiapuK
for thirty or forty miles, we arrived
opposite the lower village, left the
boys here and went down the river two
miles where / came to q slough that |
knew could not be crossed but found
a little iglo about six feet In diameter
where ] brought the boys and made
camp.
"While at this iglo we could hear
shots every night, but could not locate
the direction from which the SOUNDS
came. found rope Of three strands
ten feet long, and with this ard several
logs made raft with which intend
ed to cross the river and procure help
from the village After building my
craft found that II would not sustain
my weight, SO had to give up the idea
of crossing. Later found an Indian
corpse rolled in light canvas about
fifteen by twenty feet in size, from
which l made a boat eight feet In
length by four in width. 1t was too
rotten to hold me up and was nearly
drowned trying to row it. But the
boat subsequently saved our lives as ii
was that which attracted the attention
Of our rescuers.
DEAN DICTATES THE LETTER.
about five days before we were
found, Dean asked me to write q
statement which he wished to die
tate and which did. (This is the let
ter which appears above.) Dean had
seemed to be reviving physically, with
his rest, but he was still laboring un-
der the delusion that he was In the