The Nome nugget., 1902-01-18

DdItlc "Hn the utdUlN fiiHIard, such as few men in this Arctic country have fought and escaped with their lives, was that in which George A. Carpenter, Charles Hunter and ". G. Niut proved vi. tOriouS, but at q terrible sacrifice, so lar as Carpenter i, con cerned, fer the struggle with the fierce and relentless demon of the north has let him crippled for life.
 Al the Hotel Lawrence. helpless as an infant, is George Carpenter. Ills hands are so badly frozen that he will lose all the fingers on his lett hand an, all on the right, though it is possible that a portion of the right thumb may be saved. It is hoped also tl.at his feet may be saved. They arc. however black and badly swollen.
 The story of the fight for life made by Carpenter, Hunter and Nint on January 6 on the divide between the Inmachuk and the NoXapoga was told substantially d. It occurred In the last Issue or the NUGGET. Mr. Carpenter Wa, brought to Nome yesterday morn ing from KOugarok City by Deruly Marshal \. B. E,tubrook. J. C. Fmt and A. D. Nash. The party, with two dog teams, left Kouyarok City for Nome on Wednesday morning last anu reached here at :. o'clock Friday morn ing. They experienced stormy weather and heavy ualls the entire distance. The last eight hours they travelled through the blizzard, which set in about , o'clock Thursday evening. A nles,t n4tr had been St nJ aht at from TUUthy creek rotrl 'houst, ahd wien the party arrived every llaugrment had been made for the care ot Mr. Carpenter. and Dr. J. ]. Chambers was in waiting. Mr. Carpenter stood the the journey remarkably well, and, not wlthstand.ng his terrib.e plight. he had lost but lite Of his well known cheer fulucsS.
 The editor of the NUGGET watched by his beds de during the night, and Mir. arpenter insisted on telling his story, despite all protests. It Is as sad Il story as WuS ever told:
 Carpenter and V.nt went into the Candle creek country together, and on their return trip Hunter joined them. They left Candle on December -6 and made kieIs5erg's store that night. The weather was clustering and they lad over there the next day, but late ou the following day they reached Alder creek. On the next day they reached Deering City. Van Alters T. ad house, 50 miles up the lnmachuk rlver, was rea he'd the following even- ing. This place is ut the fGot of the divide There were a good many oyer flows on the river. The party lett Van Alters the following morning with two teams of four dogs each. When they got near tue summit howiiug gale cane up, bat they pushed on and made camp at the forks of the Good lifDN. bS HtdlbNI GLlN VI No AtA"AlN ttpioii' of change, and the next day, January 1, they made the mouth Of ksperanza, e.ght miles above Placer creek,
 It was Mr. ,arpenter's original in- tentlon to take the lacer creek trall, which be knew well, bat instead the party took the Beary creek trail, be- cuuse, among other reasons, Charley Schulz and Ali Sullivan were vamped on that c.eek, and they thought a trail would be broken by them, as they were hauling supplies from a cache on the creek. They camped on January 7 next to Sullivan & Schultz's sent. January 5 broke bright and still, and Carpenter and laiy starIei up Beary creek. Darkness began to settle down; the snow got deeper aud the dogs were unable to pull the sled. Their course was changed to the eastward, and they started to make the ridge between Beary creek and the Noxapaga, and from thence drop down to the latter, stream.
 The Dogs Curl Up.
 About 6 o'clock ta.at evening the, dogs began to curl up like shiimps. The w.nd was biting, but in their backs. They travelled two hours longer, the dogs bowling like wolves after their prey. Then camp was made on the ridge.
 There was no wood. There was no fuel to be had, and they could not put up their tent. It was frozen Us stiff ;Is' u board. A rude shelter was m adeS of their sled and the frozen tent and the three men lay down close together
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