The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-04-05

eat the rest of my moccasins and n pair
of cowhide mittens. They ought TO
help some. am not suffering. Tine
acute pangg Of hunger have given way
TO Indifference. ! am sleepy. / think
Death from starvation T. not so bad.
1 liut let no one suppoBs I expect It, /
am prepared; that la all think the
| boys VIII he al !. with the Lords help.
/ to save me"
! In the morning of October 18th, when
George and / left camp. drizzling cold
rain was falling. This soon changed to
Il steady dowApour, driving in sheets
4 into our faces, and progress was difi-
cult. At dusk we made our fire. pull
ing together dead branches for that pur-
pose. Near midnight the rain ceas-
ed and a heavy snow set in, which last
ed until morning. At daybreak we pre-
pared for our advance, neither of us
having closed our eyes in sleep the en-
tire night. Toward noon we We're com
PEELED to ford the river, waist deep.
/ Late in the afternoon George killed
partridge and without taking time to
cook 1t we ate part of it raw. That
night In camp we boiled the rest with
the entrails and ate it and drank The
DIolH' ~ uuSh We ic't'Htu ti'S iO"'
bag. 1t contained only some Jumps OF
mouldly green stun that had once peer
flour The next morning George ate tn
greater part OF thls 10 help MN III NJ
long Journey to Grand Lake ana attef
ate what chung 10 the bag ana rev
Jumps of the stuff, parted. The snow
began iallihs thicK ana fast. wa
very weak and nearly blind from tn
Gft1plxp from fire when | he
gan my return march toward Hubbard
ana camp Before noon the SHOW was
half way up TO my Knees Ihe spruc'
ana hr tree prahches were pehuiils 10"
with their weight Oh snow the river
was partially frozen ana the Whoie sur
face of the country was changed.
made SLOW progress que TO th' Sn""
and my extreme weakness, ana mat
/ night mace IRE near the pace where
we forded the river. me shoWs'orh
never ceased hlght ana day uh'H the
evening OF OCTOBER 29th'
WALKING IN a DREAM.
The next day / forded the river,
breaking the thin ice on the edge until
| reached ice thick enough TO bear me
and allow me to climb out of the water
onto IT. The next day | was still far
from camp when night came and the
third day i walked, the greater part of
the night. The river was now frozen.
The snow had obliterated all landmarks
and after walking up and down several
times where | thought the camp must
be, l was al length compelled to give
up the search and headed toward Grand
Lake. My intellect was numbed
through weakness and / walked in
half dream Sometimes | imagined my
self asleep and dreaming and felt that
all | had and was enduring was just
dream, and | would soon awake. My
matches We're nearly gone and wood
was nara 10 get. maze out the one
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iatui"i 'Htl eoui" SCI up anu oiet'N
more ana once OF twice Would near
her speak 10 ne ana ten me 10 Keep up
NY courage Anu So 1t was uay aitei
uaS' i'lsh' "i'er ilSn', uiltii l lost an
recoru Vi 'iii,e nau peeh away rom
camp anu uiu i'ol hio" me oas VI .he
wen VI even "n"t iio''''i ~ ""'' o'e
,isht l was almost 100 "eaN anu eA
hauS'e'i " se' my s''chs lor lie'
So lev 'oS very lew anu
l'a'e d ''',e iife uiioe' ui'e stump Vi q
l'ite'i Tree ny Jain me stump vas
io''en anu ,ooh lle anu Sii.oNeu anu
Si'ioiueieu an iish'' ie'e''iHS "oiiie
meat
HELP ARRIVES.
In the morning | tried to get some
more sticks, but fell in the snow. l
could not walk. | was overcome with
the desire for sleep and sat doing by
the stump, and it would have been my
last sleep | am confident that would
have been my last bivouac-when | |