St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-11-01
LOST IN MAINE WOODS
A. [. Bragg Went Sc Hours With
out Food After Killing a Deer
Wandered Is Miles.

A. L. Bragg, builder and contract
or, had very unpleasant experience
while away in the Maine woods on a
hunting trip last week. He was lost
and without food or shelter for SO
hours He went to Lowelltown, Me-,
to what was formerly Mitchells
camp, where many st. Johnsbury
people have gone. He found the
camp filed with hunters and he and
three men from Boston were taken
to vacant lumber camp about four
miles further into the woods, by
one of the guides, and made their
headquarters there.
Last week Monday afternoon in
company with Henry Finnell of Bos-
ton, he started out hunting without a
guide. Mr. Bragg sighted a deer and
shot at it, wounding it. He was able
to trace the deer by the blood and
followed it a long distance where he
came upon it dead He dressed and
skinned the deer and hung the car
cass to a tree. 1t was about 4.30
in the afternoon. Then he common
ced to wonder where he was and rea-
lized that he did not know in which
direction to head for his camp. He
attempted to follow his tracks back
towards camp but it soon became SO
dark that he was unable to follow
the trail and wandered about in the
woods until about midnight when
he found a deserted lumber camp.
He stayed there until day break and
then started to follow brook think
ing that it might bring him out into
civilization somewhere. After
walking some distance he remember
ed that all the streams in that sec
ton ran towards Canada and that
he was going away rather than to-
wards his camp so he turned around
and commenced to travel in the
other direction.
When Mr.. Bragg failed to appear
in camp that night an alarm was
given and the railroads notified that
a man was lost in the woods and
the train crews were instructed to
blow the whistle while passing
the woods to show in
what direction the road was located. |
This, they did and Mr.. Bragg COM |
travelling towards the sound. |
At last he came out on a hill where
he could see the smoke of the train
and then started in that direction,
arrived at the railroad and followed |
the road until he came to two
louses which were occupied by |
people who could speak only French.
He couldn't make them understand |
The predicament in which he was I'M
Ill the little girl went out into the |
woods and brought back man who /
could understand a little English.
He then made them understand that |
he was lost and where he wanted to |
90 but he was so nearly exhausted |
hat he could make no effort to |
reach camp that night and stayed |
that night, which proved to be in
the township of Trudell, Quebec.
Wednesday morning he was told
IN which direction to go to reach |
camp and walked 1 1 miles along the
railroad He thinks that he must
have travelled at least 25 miles while (
lost in the woods.
The people at the camp became
much alarmed about him and on
Wednesday morning started out
gang of 80 lumber men to search for
him but when Mr.. Bragg appeared +
he search was called off. He had
IN his pocket three matches and two
cartridges but as his supply was
so limited he did not use them as
ne was keeping them for dire neces-
sity, so he had nothing to eat from
The time he left camp on Monday
noon until he reached the French
mems camp on Tuesday afternoon.
The carcass of the deer so far as
Mr. Bragg knows is still hanging in
The tree where he left it but he is
unable to tell where where" is.