The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-10-30
SEMEnS' TERRIBLE
TRIP To TANANA
sroRY OF rse HAZARDOUS STAMPEDE FROM vAloGz. TOTO
sYA MAN WHO IS ONE TIE SURVIVORS

IA shelf isA feet long through a per
Hrn'igulsr waN nf So HrEa enough
for them "a ptaa through tf au8
body ten Oft thia ahrit ha Huutt
HluuEr 700 faet iaN nWafd inta.
roaring torrent We accomplished
The feas without TIE l.Hs - mah ST.
horse
PROM Frsteriets FlHrteF flow
thruv rivers The White uanH dnu n
enc s.dr 80 the divide mtp thw up
Ter frarbra ~ fha Yukon Ihe
Nrhereu- ami shuaaHau Flow dysn
ere atbeF slide uf tbs iiFiin frum
each atIe ~ ghs glacier These twu
streams. fra hundred mites fur.
Their on. msrt and form ghr Tauaus
eur party ~ Hia went down thr
shuaauan
tt teok rs ave days e. tuHj "a
aW We bad not gene mere than
s haIf-miie when 81 caught ln "a log
lam eur guns aed pfaviaianH wrrr
eaue The horses Swan ashore Co
an island With US We had H1t even
H uafrhs ff naH faa aHflF fuf her
.IaH tuf : nsr fn That country e HiHh
not even the Indian inhabited uHa
abundant The animals dld Hnf
know whst man Wur. and moose
Mountain sheep shiloh 8fu usually
- Hty would come around So tn
Hrugaa.
uuf nov 80 asa rot have our
guns 01if only vegetable tlet was
vauHr rushra The Lend wA#
BaafHiuK With young Wild ssse
sad these Wr caught iu ouf hariH.
1eyau them faW after letting
their ifF nus q littlr lu tie HHu
They werr not auffi aient fnr QUE
naHHa. however ara finally ! waf
forced Co kfii oHr youngest horse
81 ma mY tack knife The other We
iusrei iuosn. on the minced horse
meat ard easiinHa SIC INFa four
Gays. nv that time we hai cone
strurfnd another raft. We trf
sunna lnEa together wtfh shrrsiH ~
nuF blankets. puf oFeralia ans Shoe
stringa
son this ran sc reached Tan7Ha
rbaaiHE. whHrs there f. FnFrfu.
guaug telegraph station. Here Ne
bought another outfit salt waa rs
cents per pound aud other ihinHa
tcenvdlnHif Tha ifiu dnHn 90 taifs
banks wHs made etiauut further ins
lBeut
while ee we're ~ Trnaha cruaas
ing We learned ahuuf the terrible
axrartauca ~ Godfrey TIE and
fvo companions had boon on r8fi
hiah cluaiaed on the ShuHhanan
and they also reached one - the
asfands IN She river ne SO had. Win
nothing but starvation staring them
I'm the face. Godfrey finally deter
mined 20 swim across the river TO
tho mainland and walk the remain
I ing a. miles 20 Tauaua crossing
TIE other two men preferred % re-
main on the island.
Godfrey reached the mainland
sa fa.v and started on bis tong tramn
In his weakened condition De could
nor iuug keep up the struggle tin-
ally he got two logs together end
started 10 float down the river. Tie
herame unconscious aud remember
- no more. The soldiers ne THnnhg
crossing picked him up. Tie had
lust enough strength when EtVeu
rcatoratlvea. 20 say. There are tRo
men vas 90 the river The soldiers
vent IL search ~ them one vas
rescued. The other had already
/ died from hls exposure.
Poor Godfrey vas Tn terribly
rmaeiatrd condition when rescued
/ lie uaa hatIeaa. and his trousers
we're worn OF - the knees The
soldiers weighed him and found
that he had wasted away 90 ~
pounds IN health he BE- man -
is0 pounds I should Judge u waH
only hla youth that sustained him
during those Il days that he wont
without food"
semafs has been prospecting In
klaakn since tHf first riish. but be
saws that the ttir hr hHp iust com
uiafed wav fha most h8Tardpus ~
ever undertook he e. going back
ia the spring.