Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-06-23

The next day we sent another -. -
the next day, and the next 1ptarty, and
no trace. At the end OF tba ioutd
the rest had given up hone p week al
known Of a man found living at,o u' had
ing sixteen days on the tundra Ir spend.
I wanted to keep on. III Winter
Eight days after we heard II,
/ got two other men to 20 ont ' .,. news
along the shore Of the lake Na ne
lance from the track We cI,e Dis
high snow mound where a tree sra.d
while we were standing there or' and
companions said: I hear some y voi. H NJ
ing '''e ey
I'VE took or our fur cans r.i.,
cred the ears, and all listened SI Co.,
heard the sound again: but II so Soou
have no direction. 1t was uko ued
coming from a distance and eo,,us, 'oa
all the air about us. We VALID ing
and soon lost the sound. Retnr,, uOIh
the starting point, we heard II aging
we tried in another direction. b,1t y. y
out. Again we returned and 49,. ~ gA
third direction, with the sarna ~ I
Then l lay down upon the snou. a .sslt
seemed to me that could hear tb o'1
ing plainly. Wy
"of a sudden saw round hi.
the snow at the foot Of the larcb.,..ll
It's edges were Of ice. / had saas uss
a hole near trees where a bear wa, Y
his winter sleep. All OF US neor "a' 10
but could see nothing in the AZ. h'
Then a voice said: 1 am still alive
here a
Are you alive?' one Of Us asl,s
"'Yes; but / am very near des,bi
the answer. va
I'VE dug down and found Katb,...
frozen into a mold Of ice. To %, ~
away, we had to hew her out win ~ ~
knives. Her clothing was stiff Ana ~
hair was frozen solid. w
she begged us for tea, and tba.,.,
US for her deliverance. Even ~ go.
die, my soul will bless you to all eter1I,ys
she said.
We lifted her upon the sledsA I, q.
posture in which she was found -,
doubled up, with her right arm nr,..-,
across her chest, and both knees ~.
She could not move her arms or lee, !.
cramped was she. AS soon as wa resc,',
the settlement her clothes were on, =
and she was put to bed. There sbs =.
carefully fed and tended, and soon !,
was well. did not think her stepfs,t.
had treated her right, so 1 paid him -,
som OF a mare and a colt and MARI
her"
Apparently the girl now is as well =,
ever, although she has an abiding bo-,,
of the snow-bearing wind, and will =
venture beyond the door in a storm
was Eve days, she tells me, before !,
could make the sign OF the cross with !,
right hand. and ten days before she co5,
stand. Strangely enough, none Of y
limbs was frozen. She was considerslS
emaclated.
1t Is my opinion that THE Iron Mi
hibernated, as does the Arctic bear. Ttsr
is no reason to believe that she ogg
not have lived for many days lopg,
Apparently the cold produced a sort 4
trance in which the processes Of life vgs
reduced to the lowest terms She N
not suffer from hunger or pain, and ATE
the second day she felt no thirst nor AZ
she. as far as she can recolect eat an
snow. She was not totally unconsclgr,
as she records the changes from ulEs,
to day; but most OF her time probsby
was spent IN a condition OF semi-cous
Apparently the digestive functions vss
practically suspended; and infer that
the circulation OF blood was extremay
slow.
regret that no competent physiologE
was present to collect the scientific dau
on the case, for this must surely hau
been one OF the most remarkable az.
wonderful instances OF human endursna
that have been recorded.