The Eskimo bulletin., 1902-05-01
Drifted Out to Sea.
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 We found at least seventy five men ahead of
 uS. They were seated around the numerous patches of open water between the foes. By
 the middle of the afternoon, most of these hunters had killed their seals, and had start.
 ed to drag them home, a distance of eight or nine miles. We were less successful We missed the few seals we saw, because in com ing up to blow, they only exposed the tils of tletr nC3es and eyes. Throughout the day we kept working soutAWard, when changing our position, 80 as not 10 drift into the Arctic.
 Not wishing 10 return home without seal, 1 fingered behind, hoping 10 get one. But hearing the danger call, koo-ookl koo-ook!
 kou ook! given by some one who had reached
 che shore ice, knew the wind had changed and would have to run tor my life. WAS t,o late. When arrived, found channel ol water, and slush ice, one hundred yards wide, between me and my brother, who was standing on the shore ice. The wind was h. crossing, and the channel was W ldentng eN- eIy minute. hastily put on my snow shoes, aud made two atteml s to cross. But each time got Into the water up to my waist.
 Darkness coming on, gave up all hope of being able to cross. called to my brother and told him was n little wet, pulled or my buots, loured the water out of them, wranG the water from my deer sox, and tho bottom of my seal pants, and then put my s'lo \ uu again. The change made my feet very cold. and 1t kept ma kick ing them to- gth, all night, to Keep them from freezing.
 made Il llttle snow shelter, but did not dare h. t,'#nntn still i'll it very long at a time. Dur Ing the u'ght ato almost all my dried ap IIeS. l s tl,t none.
 N hen daylight came, hardly knew which way to go. The weather was thick. Dut from Il a i 5ht trightn ss In the sky, where thought tho sun ought 10 be, concluded the wind Nae still from the ast, and so l decided to [ find my way to the Diomede Islands. put ol n. B loW -shors, and started in a south , t!s. ,lirectiCn About 10 clock, the peak l,aak oi the ape WAS liable few minutes, sO knew the wind was still in the east, and ! < iuus ..S 1t continued from that direction, il would be u safe guide for mo. During the night had t,rifted north west from tue Cape The ice was quite level. l walked fast, and sometimes ran. About noon l had ttnished my dried apples. locked all day to see the Is ands, but the fog never lifted enough for l,Ie to get a glimpse of them. l travelled as long as l could aee. had a miserable night of 1t. My clothing was still wet. slept none. When day light came, 1 started off in a south easterly direction again About Loon the fog lifted, 80 that could see the base Of the is ands directly west ot nae, so changed my course accordingly. After had gone shoit distance on my new course, l saw Po- lar bear ana her cub They were lying on the ice, near some open water. My course brought mo within 260 yards of them. But was too anxious to reach land 10 think of stopping to shoot them. Just after had pass ed them, they plunged inlo the water and q disappeared
 During the afternoon of thts second day. 1 felt very lonely and down hearted. was weak by this time, that had 10 walk very slow. and rest often. Once while r, sting, by prostrating m y self on the fee felt that 1 had no strength to so on, and must give up and die where was lying. But 10 co seem ed to say 10 me, Kiln! Kin! Kiln! go ahead ) 1 obeyed, and did not stop until had roach ed the shoIe-ics of the "SnAall Dtomedes.'
 AsI stepped flom the drftir F ice. field, to the solid shore ice, felt that was saved, l found a sheltered place, under projecting rocK, and passed the night as had the two previous ones, only it seemed much lcnger, and colder. The creaking, and grooming of the drifting ce-foea, grinding against the shore ice, sounded good to me, because ii