Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1920-04-02

day. We went on until dark and
made fire. / smoked two cigarettes
while we rested; so did Kloor. Hin
ton did not smoke.
1--WE did not eat that day; we car
ried the pigeons until the next day.
There was some snow on the ground,
so we got lot Of pine brush to lie
on and picked a lot Of rotten wood
arms-only the knife and the box of
matches.
Hinton went on d little to find
stream. While he was gone he laid
off his flying suit to make better head
way and he could not find It on his
way back.
'"That night slept next to Hinton.
He was next to the fire. was on the
outside. Kloor lay Off to one side and
slept. We got on fine together In the
forest. Hinton and l didn't sleep.
We got up at daylight.
They Eat First Pigeon.
"We ate a pigeon that morning, De-
cember 10. We cleaned a pigeon and
cooked II. We divided II In three
parts. couple Of mouthfuls apiece.
We drank water out of moose tracks
and holes I'm the ground. That Is
what probably made me sick the next
day. We started off, carrying my
grip.
"We came to a creek that day (the
Indians call this stream the Nesco-
haga). Hinton was leading and kept
moving too far to the west.
II proposed to him to go southeast
In 30 minutes we got to the creek,
which was not frozen over, so we had
to follow the bank. We camped again
in good shape. j, for one, was not
very hungry, but we were cold when
we stopped walking.
1--WE had made fire and rested at
noon, but we did not eat In order to
conserve food. We argued about
where we were. l figured 1t some
where In the woods In Canada, but
wasn't sure.
How They Were CARRIED.
AT that time l was still In my
dying suit, Hinton In uniform and
Kloor In uniform and flying suit. We
all wore flying boots. My grip kept
getting foul of trees, so threw Il
away at ten o'clock, but took care to
put 1t In tree. Before that l got |
my good English shoes out of the grip |
and put them on and threw away my |
HyfnaY hnAto xx,hi |
gone.
II did not make more than four
miles the first day nor more than sew
en- or eight the second day. Our night
camp was on the creek. We did not
eat. During the day we all nibbled
a bit of kind of moss we found grow
ing around.
"We were not cheerful. We began
to dread that this dog barking prop
osltion was kind of phoney There
were so many noises. / figure now II
was a wolf barking. We saw a lot OF
wolf tracks.
Youngest Flyer Prays.
"Kloor told us he had been praying
not out loud. but just to himself
I'm not much on religion; didn't
pray. No more than | made a propo-
sttion they should dine off me.
Hinton and ! discussed our course
while kloor was praying. We had 70
admit we were In pretty serIous lam
and felt pretty blue But when we
quit we had bunch that the third
day was going TO be lucky.
I'VE ate the second pigeon and killed
he other one the morning OF the third
iay-December 10. KloOr put the
lead pigeon In his pocket. We did this
o do away with the cage.
During the night Hinton and Kloor
'ot their feet in the fire. Now their
lying shoes were burned and they had I
o throw them away and walk in uni.
orm boots. My shoes were In the
est shape.
Hikers Growing Weak. c
"We were all growing weak and fell =
lot In holes and over trees. Hinton
'as very weak. felt like vomiting. :,
linton was nauseated, his stomach y
AS very bad, but our heads were ms u
lear as they are right now.
III we had had definite object we
)uld have gone fifty or hundred II
lies without so much distress. We &C
NV so much OF the same sort of cc
oods that 1t appeared we were not NJ
ing anywhere. But we were not m
ing In circles because we were IT,
eered by the compass zigzagging M
rough the wood. That counted
ainst US. ~