The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-06-06
Hn Engineers Story
1T JOHN n'NAIK

In thc iau oi 1898. l was 's>'>tant to Chief Engineer Mobcrly, ",w O. Vancouver. B. C.. when he was ordered q, 6pl a pass tor a wagon route ,br,ugb thc mountains oi. British Co., b,,,t;7 h vas a very difficult under i,Lirg but it was given Go men who h,J lived their lives iu Inc wilderness .f m, great West. and knew no fear 10 was ou the third day ot our cNplo- ration that our party halted on an cmi- rcrcc oi the beautiful Lake Shu>wap anI held consultation Our chct favored going Co the right which would lead hIm through a trcachcrouS nolne valley and which two oiuS held to be ;oo low to be feasible. Ntcr 90 long dcbhcr1tiou it was decided that we separate. Nohcrly passing down the ra,mc. where he believed he would hnd ibc pass. Thi, belief came from watching ln eagle in itS flight through thc rlyuc. Uc followed ,hc impre>- .,.n given him from che incident and tvo day, later discovered the wagon route
 Nv communion and ] took more ra-,hcI,trry direction. and tor a tune 10 seemed th1t We were sure oi success, a.r. NC found foot path leading up the .,1r oi thc mountain But when we hal a>ccnltl to a considerable height che ,rll was completely lost. and t1c upp,,itc side oi the mountain w1, a complete wilderness oi forest and rocN through neither man nor beast could force their way. While we halted Go consider che hest way out oi
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 few flake, oi snow iu che air warned u. ,hat We must i' possible. nnd our wa, back Go thc wJiu party. hui thi, vl, easier said than done. We h1d spent several hour, iu ascending. the path leading ioVuV1rj~ which We surely expected to lcad %, within a short distance oi where our ch'ci would hlt ior thc night Wa, unexpectedly cw off,
 We turned our horse, head, Co dc,- c-rI and had gone hut short distance when. upon reaching an open space. we were surprised Co dud that thc sky had hccomc J dull gray anal a storm u., uwckb coming ou With lI speed uc pushed on. honius to reach thc end af trr -aviuc where We had separated from our companions. Jud q possible. %. .vrr,.ke them But l> We reached tlr iuut oi thc mountain my horse ,hp. ncI lnJ icn ! ji>cng1gcd myself from thr saddle and tried t1 help hiw up when. to my horror. ! found that hi, right iorc'c- wa, broken My compa ui.r vl, only a few yards hchind me. and when we were only too well con- vuccd oi my great misfortune ] took tre saddle from my horse and turned away while he sent a bullet through thc arhu' animals brain to end it> ,u.- ,er,ne AS tic echo oi thc shot dicd away turned to NcDougal and l con less it was in >hlky voice ] asked. "Wcl o'I man. what are yc to do.
 Dunno. sir. my horse !, tagged out or we might push on with her but with this storm coming on t'S my opinion we'd better ful a hollow where we c1u keep from freezing u'l morning. and than fnj thc rest oi thc gang.
 Indeed thi, was thc only thing Co dl \ snow storm was now upon u~. and we hl,tc'y looked for a place oi shelter Leading che horse down a small icc'yity. we followed go path around trc base oi thC mountain. where wc were pretty well protected from che fierce wind and hhnjing snow My ....rrIr.Uu fefhercd In, horse while ] .at down in deep detection ,o think over thc ,crapc into which my impcrti. ncrcr had led me- when ! noticed that some oi thc branches near me were broken a., hy man or wi'j animal pushing through them My frs, thought wa, oi thc latter hut rcmcm- bcrcd tha, our route had been quite free from them. and ] concluded that human being had gone over the