Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1905-11-15

{ pits, abandoned the project Hoff-
man had remained on shore, distiIling
sea water to drink
They then tried to find Las Animas
ranch, which they had been told was
inland from that part of the coast.
Their supplies getting low, Rawls took
two of the burros and started out
alone to find the ranch The others
waited two days for his return, after
which they also left camp and endea-
vored to find the place.
Hoffman and Ingham gave out and
Grindell went on. That was the last
seen of IMMUNE IS o. 20, though the
other two remained there four days,
subsisting on ehollos (eaetus). Hoff-
man and Ingham then started to
hunt for water.
The privations encountered told on
Ingham to such an extent that he be-
came mentally unbalanced and at
lapsed physically.
Hoffman emained with him for a
day after his collapse, then driven by
hunger and thirst to seek food and
water, he resumed his wandering
alone.
The only sign of any of his COM
panions that he encountered after
leaving Ingham, was a place where
Rawls had camped after he left the
others to seek Las Animas ranch.
There he found the carcass of one of
the burros, and saw where his friend
had cooked some flour and bacon.
Rawls, he thinks, persisted from thirst.
Alone, starving, thirsting and fur
thered tortured by the hot desert sun,
he made his way baeA to the coast.
Following the coast south, subsIsting
on cactus and such rabbits and birds
as he could kill, and even on snails and
whatever other eatable creatures or
bits of vegetation he could pick up,
Hoffman continued his search for some
habitation.
At one time, when almost dead from
starvation and fatigue, he came upon
a large turtle summing itself on the
shore He quickly killed it, and af-
ter distilling a quantity of sea water,
near the carcass of the turtle
for several days, till it was entirely
devoured. The food and rest reeuper-
lted him to such an extent that he was
able to resume his journey compare
lively strong.
% find turtles nest with more than
hundred eggs. There he repeated
he performance enacted where he had
previously killed the large turtle. The
gigs fed him for several days, and
gain reeuperated in strength he re-
umed his efforts to reach civilization
At places along the coast the cliffs
Use straight up from the waters edge,
nd there were times when it was ne
essary for him to travel many miles
inland to get around the rough coun-
nv. On such occasions he carried with
i'm as much distilled sea water as ne
7as able to in his weakened condition,
nd always made his way back to the
uIf as soon as possible.
So he plodded on, day after day,
-eek afte week, and finally month af-
er month, starving and feasting as
nance threw food in his way or left
i'm hungering.
Finally he encountered party OF
[exican fishermen, who took him in
and and shared their fare with him.
hev showed him every kindness in
leir power until he was in condition to
ave their camp and travel to Quay
as. So great were his sufferings that
had set in on his fingers,
I'd the finger nails were falling off
a result.
During his four months wanderlngs
ong the desert coast, he probably
aveled from 300 to $50 miles, aver
ling but few miles day, because Of
5 constant search for food and the
ne REQUIRED to distil water to drink.
How often he laid down weakened
hunger and fatigue, and thorough
discouraged, only to rouse himself
CHI time, and with grim determina-
N struggle on through another mis-
able mile that appeared like ten, he
II probably never be able to recall.