The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-28
STARVING
II IN THE WOODS.
Adventures of a New Jersey Post
master Whose Guide Lett
Him Alone In Camp.

BURLINGTON Me-, Oct. 2T.--There are
worse things about hunting in Maine Cnan
being mistaken for a deer and shot to deatn,
said Harry Siebold, who when at nome 10
postmaster at Long Branch, N. J. FROM
INV short experience as a hunter l am con-
WINGED that death from shooting Is better
han diving slowly from starvation and Ia
tigue.
THE trouble started when l was camping
ON No. 80. North Hancock county. Oharles
Ahance, my Indian guide, came near 10
cutting on his hand while preparing nre-
wood for supper. Though l had Damages
the wound a. best ! could, 1t bled SO ireeiy
that Anance started out that night co WALK
through to Lincoln to find a doctor, "nhe
I was to wait where / was until he could eeno
in another guide to help me in the hunting
Before he left I told him to send in some
food, as about all we had left was the sloe
Of a deer which I had shot the day before:
1 accompanied him part Of the way and
on returning to camp l found hat he mad
carried with him all our ammunition.
Il went to sleep and was awakened soon
after midnight by the noise OF som large
animal, probably a bobcat, which climbed
a tree and carried away the venison which
l had hung up and which was my chief re-
lance until help could come. l was
/ In a state OF mind hat was not enjoyable
Having no compass or map and not
knowing to within twenty miles the loca-
ton Of my camp, it would be foolish Tor me
TO start out into an unknown wilderness IN
the hope Of reaching any human habitstion.
II l stayed close to the camp and waited
the chances were that I would perish from
hunger. II l struck out to find help 1t was
almost certain that i would become LOST
and perish.
AT daylight l built a fire and some
strong coffee, after which l started out to
pick up a breakfast. By 10 o'clock l had
collected something like a pint Of beech
nuts. which the squirrels and jays had not
found, and returning to camp and removing
the shells from the nuts and making some
more coffee, l had my first breakfast That
had been procured through my W en-
deavors.
From then until late in the afternoon 1
wandered about looking for any creature or
plant that was edible. In n place l found
a clump Of bright fungi growing about a
rotted stump, and hoped l had discovered
mushrooms enough to keep me going, but
/. then l suspected they were poisonous.
Later I found nearly a quart OF acorns,
which though very bitter and astTinSent
were sustaining, and with these ana some
more coffee l made out a supper.
INV second day la passed hunting
around the shores OF Nicatuus Lake., from
The waters Of which l caught two small
frogs. one fresh water clam n a dozen
ANAL minnows, all Of which cooked and
devoured ~ravenously. There were plenty
of red squirrels in the trees, but for all the
good they could do me they might have
been in Europe.
4 saw several partridges and almost ran
over a sleeping rabbit, but VERIFYING !
sou9ht rot away easily, leaving me frotfuI
and depressed, At nightfall six deer came
right by my camp and went on to the lake TO
drink. AS I saw them walk past in single
Ale I tried to put q price upon a single
cartridge would be worth to me, but could
not numerate the figures, and gave it up and
sOn the fourth day the last Of my con-
densed milk, sugar n coffee was gone
and | was fighting of starvation with
frogs, newtE and live bait. Then l man
aged to catch a hedgehog.
q removed the insides and washed the
body many times in the lake. Then. with
out removing any Of the spines or the skin,
/ pasted and plastered the body thickly
in soft blue clay from the banks OF the
lake and hurried away for my camp and
a square meal. As l turned from the
woods into the clearing / heard a strange
voice say
There he is now =
what l saw was good for sore eyes. l
paid no attention to the two men who
stood waiting for my coming, but looked
beyond to a great tin pail holding dough.
nuts and mince pie and baked beans and