The Nenana daily news., 1919-06-03
MAN LOSES WAY ON LONE TRAIL:
 REACHES TOWN

where ne had been plcked up Tn more or less exhausted condition, due to exposure and want of food.
 Brunteson and Herman Eckstrom were hired by Charles Beam at Fair banks some time ago to go to work for Gustafson at his mine on the Tatlanika river. The mine is situ- ated at a point on the Tatlanika about 60 miles distant, along a little-used trail, from the mouth of Wood river.
 The two men left Fairbanks a week ago last Saturday on the launch Eclipse, and landed at Wood river the same evening. They fig ured that they would be able to make the camp in from two to two and one-half days at least, and accordingly set out with only suf- ficient grub to last them for little over two days. Brunteson carried .22-caliber rife, and Eckstrom had a heavy rife and dog along with him.
 As previously stated, the trail from the mouth of Wood river to the Gustafson mine is very little [ used, and in consequence is not clearly defined in some places.
 Brunteson states that on Sunday. 1 May 25th, they lost the trail, and in an effort to regain it appeared l to have lost their way completely l The next day their scanty stock of grub ran out, but they kept on in the hope of being able to make the | camp or find the trail. They had nothing to eat all Monday and i Tuesday and the bangs of hunger were very keen. Eckstrom man. aged to bag a porcupine late on Tuesday night, which they roasted over campfire and devoured rav- enously, the dog satisfying himself i with the entrails, etc., of the an- imal.
 With renewed vigor they pushed on again, but still failed to find l the trail or get their bearings, and wandered on thus till hunger again began to tell on them Both men stumbled along, resting very ire quently from sheer exhaustion. Reaching high spot day or two later, Eckstrom seemed to recog- l nize a certain creek ahead, from | which place he thought he might be able to get his bearings, as he had . trapped in the country in years gone by. He spoke to Brunteson, who was about all in, and inquired f if he was right in the head, and . having satisfied himself on this |, point, he went on ahead, directing Brunteson to follow and join him at the creek.
 Brunteson, whose memory would ' appear to have been rather hay at . this stage, says he fell asleep, and i has no idea how long he may have been in this state. He awoke chilled 1 to the bone, and remembering his partners instructions, headed for | the creek pointed out to him. This 1 creek would appear to have been about mile or so from the place where he rested, and he says he stumbled along with many stops till he finally reached it, but found no | trace of Eckstrom He says he tried 1 to shout, but was too weak to make l much of noise After another rest, he says, he l stumbled along and followed the ridge at the head of the creek. He saw fire some distance ahead of him, and hoping to find Eckstrom, he made for it. He has no very clear recollection of what happened 1 after this, or any idea as to the time that had elapsed since start ing toward the creek. He says he struck swamp and widowed i through it, and then again fell down after crossing it and took a long sleep. Waking up cold, he saw a camp robber and managed to shoot ! it. He had only four matches re- maining and did not dare make a | fire, so he says he ate the bird raw and that it tasted mighty good.
 After this feed, he wandered | along with no idea of the direction he was travelling in, till at last he found himself on the railroad near mile 339, shortly after midnight last Sunday, after little more than | ,,,ooJ> af ,,,o,, ! l