The Nome daily nugget., 1914-05-07
Continued from Yesterday. Provides for Emergency.

find the Karluk after two weeks where left her. had provided against what really happened msofarI that I had given Capt Bartlett in- structions as to what to do if the Karuk drifted off. Part of these in structions were tased on our eXperi- cnce during the six weeks we had already been in the ice. No matter what the wind, the Karluk had moved either eastward or westward about parallel to the coast except in the Harrison bay eddy" If the Karluk should drift off, Bartlett was, accord ingly as soon as opportunity offered to send sled ashore to build a bea- con with information for us.
 We were to travel along the. coast or the lookout for these, ard thus get news of the Karluk that would likely enable us to rejOin her 1 believed that by this time Harrison bay would Dc frozen over Solidly and although Il
 
 t'-> ." I"rtah Wuud have done had she the chance), decided to go west to Barrow before heading east to Her Schel. If the Karluk had gone west We were likely to lcarn it from the watchful Eskimos between Cape Hal. kett and Barrow; if she had not, we would at least get some news of the Alaska and Mary Sachs.
 Seeking an Outfit.
 We had known nothing of them since we left the Alaska behind at port Clarence. July 27 and got sepa- rated from the Mary Sachs near Cape Prince of Wales in a storm on July Z@ We would also be able to get a suitable travelling outfit from C. D. brower's whaling station at Barrow. One might think that upon leaving a we'll equipped exploring hsip like the Karluk We would have been prop erly Outftted for sled travel but this was not so. We looked upon our srOregoing as atwo weeks excursion only. On the ship were fourteen ex- cellent new sleds and one old one. took the old sled with the idea that it vas good enough for a mere caribou hunt. We had many dogs tried and found excellent; I took untried dogs. to see if they were good. We had the best instruments that mony could buy; I too konly the fewest possible, and cheap ones, with the idea that if they got broken there would be no great harm done. We brought no Iroper winter clothes. even though we had an abundance on the ship. Our whole outfit had been similarly selected. We could get along with what we had but not with any com fort
 Trace of White Men.
 We started west Oct. 3, and Oct. 5 we found group of three Eskimo families fishing in Harrison bay, back of Cape Halkett. While they had been inland, osme two weeks before, party of five men, some of whom Judging from their tracks) were white men, had come along the coast flom the east and had stolen sled which these Eskimos had left behind. It occurred to Us at first that possi- bly these white men might have been from the Alaska or Mary Sachs, which hp in that case must have been WI, cked.
 All these Eskimos were old friends of miro and one of them had been my travelling companion for about two months in 1908. They were catching rlenty of fish in a small lake, and gave us about 300 pounds for ouI dogs. We stayed with them three days, while their women repaired ouI boots, which were in urgent need oi 1t.
 Trace of the Ships.
 Before we left, the son-i Jaw oi one and the son of another couple ar. rived from the west They had gone by boat in the s,rnmer to Barrow tt trade. and on the return journey tht early freeze-up had caught them wes of Cape Simpson. They could tell u. ..ft both our schooners had come t, 6arrow and passed to the east bu they did not know how far east they had been able to go
 N, The west-golng party which Ina, taken the sled they had met west O Cape Simpson and they now brough the sled back. The party had consist ed of four Point Hope Fslxin1os am a white man, A. J. Allen, who als, lives at Point Hope They had al been with Captain S. F. Cottle on tn