Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-03-03
WILL FULLY RECOVER.
Perciva1 NASH will Suffer NO Permanent
Injury as a Result OF His Terrible Ex-
perience In Alaska.


The GAZETTE takes pleasure
in being able to correct the state
ment published in the telegraphic
dispatches a few weeks age that
Percival Nash, formerly of Cor
wallis, has suffered the loss of one
of his legs, due to exposure to
the storms of Alaska.
Perciva1 has sent the GAZETTE
a copy of The Yukon Sun, pub
lished at Dawson, under date of
February 10th, giving a full ac-
count of his terrible experience,
which, fortunately, will leave no
lasting injury. The article fol-
lows:
For FIVE days and nights Percy
Nash saw trouble such as comes
to the lot of few men. He lay
for that length of time with his
leg badly gashed with an ak, ex-
posed to the elements and for a
part of the time without food.
When rescued he was weakly try
ing to decoy his faithful dog close
enough to him to kill it in order
that he might secure the food he
craved. z
A brief item to the effect that
Nash had met with an accident
on the Upper Stewart reached
the city some time ago. Details
were lacking. They are now
supplied by George Gordon, of
the firm of Gordon & Hoy, who
conducted store and roadhouse
at Duncan's Landing. Mr.. Cor
don brought the injured man to
Dawson Sunday.
'sMr. Nash is member of the
firm Of Braine d Nash, traders
on the Upper Stewart, their head
quarters being on Lansing creek, F"
he said. "1e left there to go
across the country some time in
September to see a hunter. One
night in making camp he drove
an ak into his leg near the shin
bone.
"He happened to have needle
and thread in his clothes and
sewed up the wound as best he
could. He then wrote a note and
tied it to his dogs neck with a
piece of string. Then he tried
to drive the animal away, hoping
It would return to headquarters
On Lansing creek, and that his
partner would learn of his pre-
dieament and come to his aid.
The faithful animal, however,
refused to leave him.
"For fve days and nights the
trader lay there, unable to move.
Even a slight movement cost him
an effort and he was in constant
pain. His grub was hghtand he
immediately placed himself on an
allowance of a quarter ofa pound
zach day. This soon gave out
and on the fifth day, when help
arrived, he was in a half famished
condition.
.sA man named Wood was
crossing the country hunting
moose and took a shot at one.
Nash heard the shot and answered
it. In short time Wood came
up to where the trader was lying.
By that time Nash was trying to
get his dog near him, where he
could kill it for food. Wood
managed to summon assistance
and stayed with the trader until
MS partner had been communi-
Gated with, making the injured
man as comfortable as was in his
power. 1t was found to be too
ate to come down by open water.
ttAs soon as ice formed Braine
took a dog team and toboggan
and hauled his wounded partner
I so miles to Duncan's Landing,
trail the greater part of
thesway. This trip required from
Christmas day to February I.
81 took a dog team and started
Tor Dawson with Mr.. Nash on
February 2. We got here Sun
lay night, being seven days on
he way. The trail was badly
drifted and we made comparative
y good time. Two of his friends,
Messrs. Baker and Freeman, live
IA cabin near the end Of the
Klondike bridge. Mr.. Nash is
with them and will be given sur
yical and medical assistance with
put loss of time. He had en-
dured a great deal and is III a
very weakened condition, but po-
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