The Cordova daily times., 1919-04-11

for treatment.
 During the week spent at Dawson was the recipient of many kindnesses from friends who, with the character istic generosity of the men of the North, made me many voluntary offers of assistance.
 The weather again moderating, I once more started on my travels, this time bound for Victoria-Ferrell re- turning on his solitary journey to his post at Lansing, and I cannot express how grateful I felt toward him when we parted for his, faithful attendance on me, but for which I could never have got as far as did.
 On the journey to Victoria I trav- eled to Whitehorse by stage, a dist ance of three hundred and fifty miles, making the trip in five and half days. On my stage journey I had the pleasure of the company of Bishop Stringer, who had just come through probably as hard deal as myself, he having got lost and almost starved to death crossing the mountains from the Mckenzie river to Dawson. He had many "reminiscences to relate of his long sojourn in the North. Another stage passenger from Dawson who helped me in many ways was Jack MscDougall, customs collector there, and then on his way to Ottawa.
 Having arrived at Whitehorse, we then took the train over the White Pass and Yukon railway to Skagway, Alaska, distance of one hundred and ten miles. In Skagway we had to lay over a couple of days waiting for a boat to convey us to Victoria, a thou sand miles off After stormy trip we reached Victoria by the middle of February, where l immediately con- suited Dr. Jones who, after examin- ing me, gave it as his opinion that l had no right to be alive. Acting on his advice I went to a specialist to have my head photographed by the X-rays. On completion of the photo- graph Dr. Jones decided to operate, and he gave the cheering news that he would be able to fix me up so that would manage to eat beefsteak. l then went to the Jubilee Hospital and two days later the doctor removed the joint of one of my jaws which the bears teeth had crushed into pulp. A month later, when I had sufficiently recovered to undergo some more carv- ing, the doctor operated on my arm, removing part of the wrist joint and wiring together what was left. At the end of another month I had further operation, having my back teeth re- moved and part of the jaw bone taken out.
 l was in the hospital at Victoria for three months, after which, being very tired of hospital life, though treated with the greatest kindness by sur geons and nurses-by whom I was jocularly known as the Bear Man." and who thought nothing too good for me, left the hospital against the doctors wishes and came to Manitoba, where I remained for months con valescing.
 About the first of August, 1910, the call of the wild proved to be irresist- ible and, although not yet fully re- covered, I again linked" for the North, reaching the Stewart river early ill September My intentions were to put in the winter either mining or trapping, but on getting down to busi- ness I was forced to admit having over-estimated my strength, which we are all prone to do.
 I remained in the Yukon territory little over a month and as the winter was setting in and knowing from ex- perience that that country is no place