The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10

to rights IN the open, where Jack
planted the finishing shot. We dressed
and hung him up-he's still hanging
there, by the way-and then we found
it was nearly 2 In the afternoon. We
made fire, boiled some tea, enjoyed
lunch and smoke, and then
it suddenly dawned upon us that we
didn It know where we were at and had
better hike out of there p. d. q. if we
wished to sleep in our own hunks that
night. Right there the trouble began.
We had good compass all right, but
it wasn't Of much use when we did not
know in which direction the camp lay.
Jack took it into his stubborn head
that it lay in an exactly opposite direc-
ton to where l was sure it stood, and /
couldn It argue him out of it. So we
started his way, agreeing if an hours
walk didn It bring us into familiar coun-
try that my notion should be adopted.
We liked, hiked, and then liked until
the hour was up, and both of us could
swear we had never laid eyes on the
territory we had gotten into, and then
I took my turn at plotting. By, the
Great Horn Spoon! AS sure as I'm
sitting here, and how I managed it I
couldn It tell if John DIS wealth was
the price Of telling, my hour WASH It
fairly up before we were right back
where we had hung up the deer, and
then it dawned upon us that we were
against the real thing in good shape. :
Well, we looked things right in the
face, and made the best of them. /
set to work cutting meat for supper off
the deer, while Jack got busy building
teepee to spend the night in, it being
plainly apparent that we were elected
to spend it right there. I stuck many
hunks of meat on twigs and roasted
them more or less at the fire. I had
made, and by the time Jack had finished
cooked to furnish us not-half bad
meal. Jack had built a good-sized tee
pee, we'll covered with fir boughs, and
before it grew dark we had accumu-
lated wood enough to last all night, so
we entered our shelter and made a fire
in the middle of it, Indian fashion, in
tending to lay on the boughs inside,
and sleep warm and snug. We did fall
asleep and awoke nearly strangled by
smoke, being forced to rush outside and
half freeze before our teepee cleared
enough to allow us to beathe inside.
Then we passed few hours in fixing
up fire outside 50 that the heat
would be thrown inside the teepee, the
smoke to dissipate in the air. That
plan worked nicely and we fell asleep
again and didn't awake until about 4
am. when we were aroused in hurry
by the fact that our teepee was mass
Of flames, the fir boughs having ignited
some way, and we playing in great luck
to be able to get out alive.
Raw Meat Diet.
Being fully clad we lost nothing
but a few hours sleep, and by the
time it was light enough to see we
had roasted and eaten enough veni-
son to last for half day, besides
some to carry with us, and took to
the woods again. You might not
think it possible but all the same we
were right back at our camping place
by noon, and it began to look as if we
were fated to stay there until the deer
was all devoured, or the guide found
us. Another half raw meal was eaten,
and then Jack had the idea that brought
us out all right. Like all the ideas of
genius it was very simple. He climbed
tall tree to see if he could see any
thing, and he did see camp not a mile
from where we were. didn't allow
him to come down until I had that
camp IS direction by the compass, and
then we went right to it. It was what
lumbermen call a farm camp, where
they raise potatoes and other vegetables
for winter use, and tho there was no
body there, there was root house
full, good camp with stove, and
hunks with blankets in them, and we
made ourselves at home I tell you
That night a tote teamstero came
along after load Of potatoes and we
were all right again. The three of us
spent the night at the farm camp, we
going with the 'totero to his camp
next day and hiring team to bring
us to town when we got there, which
perhaps accounts for the guides not
finding u.s. And, oh, if / could only
reproduce the guide s remarks!
Chandler Egan has written saying he
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