The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-06-25

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idas Hubbard, Jr., explorer and hero,
was buried on the side of hill over
looking the Hudson, near Haverstraw
last week
A group of friends stood by the
side of the open grave, and as the
casket was lowered to its final rest
ing place a laurel wreath was placed
on it. Hemlock boughs, brought from
far-away Labrador, the scene of his
death, were laid on the bier as the
sorroWing company turned away.
A year ago Hubbard and Prof. S.
p. Orth OF this city planned the trip
which cost Hubbard his life. They
had been chums in college. Both
were poor boys. and together they
had worked their way through the
University of Michigan Both were
enthusiastic on the subject of explor-
alton.
Hubbard was retained by an east
ern magazine to make the trip into
the interior of Labrador, a
Section Never Visited
by a white man. Calling Orth to
New York, he explained his mission
and asked his cooperation in laying
the route TO be traversed. Both real
lied the dangers.
The awful hardships that were en-
dured by Hubbard and his compan-
ions are told in a diary that was
found near Hubbard's body. This
diary fell into the possession of Prof.
Orth
Hubbard and two companions, Dill
lon Wallace, a Wall street lawyer,
and George, a full blooded indian
from the upper lake regions, sailed
from New York year ago in May
They were to go directly to Labrador,
reach the Nescaupee, a branch of the
Grand river, follow it's course to the
head waters, a chain of lakes, and
then portage across the water shed
to the George river. 1t was figured
that straits could be followed to the
mouth, where it empties into Davis
strait This journey would take the
party through country
Never Before Explored.
The three were perfectly equipped
scientifically. They carried what was
believed to be a sufficient food sup
ply.
Reaching the Nescaupee they made
good progress Game and fish were
plentiful BY the time the watershed
was reached it was found that the
last half of the trip must, of neces-
sity, be abandoned. 1t was evident
that winter was upon them and that
death from either cold or starvation
awaited them should they continue
to push into the interior. On August
| they had killed caribou, the last
found during the trip. In September
the fish quit biting Occasionally af-
ter that they killed a bird. Going
into the interior they had established
Little Supply Stations,
buried food so that it could be used
in case they were forced to retrace
their course over the ground already
travelled. This was believed to be a
sufficient safeguard to insure them
against sunering.
The winter came on and the land
was bare. The visible food supply
dwindled away. BY the end of Sep
TENDER starvation was upon them
Entries in the diary show that Hub
bard and his companions existed on
the banks of trees for days at a time
The tops of the heavy leather boots
that the men wore were cut away
and boiled so that there might be
some degree of sustenance in the
broth.
Hubbard became so weak that he
could hardly sit up The canoe could
no longer be portrayed and it was
abandoned One by one the scien-
tific instruments were dropped along
the trail. Last of all the rifles
Were Tossed Aside.
Day after day the three men drew
themselves along, making only few
miles of the great stretch between
them and the nearest settlement on
Grand lake. October 16 an entry
shows Hubbard threw away his pack.
For two more days he was helped
along by his two companions, carried
for miles between them On October