The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-01-09

We may have weather of 20 below
zero before We start. so that every
little means of comfort Will help.
guess that you Will understand that
we will have to walk the whole dis
lance of 200 miles.
Lieutenant Farrell IL weak and
will have to ride most Of the way.
This will retard us to small ex
tent.
INDIANS A QUEER LOT.
This is a beautiful country, though
and the air puts life into you. And
have quite an appetite of late.
These Indians are queer lot, and !
have many tales to tell OF my expert
ences with them. The only white
people here are the Hudson Bay Com
pany employees. There are three OF
them, young Scots. They live with
US.
There are no white women here,
except the wife of Mr.. Thorp, who
lives on the other side of the island,
about two and half miles away.
We were over there this afternoon
and had some tea and very good
walk back.
HOPES FOR Nay RECORD.
In calculating the distance Travelled
by air in this hop. which so uneX-
pcctedly nearly cost our lives. | hg-
ure | have made a new navy record.
By the time these letters reach you
the newspapers will have flashed the
news of our safety, because / am
sending an official wire to my com
handing officer by the packet. whi n
takes out the mail on Thursday. He
will probably give out the informa-
ton at once.
\, 70 igo y 70 MI
that all of this should happen at this
time when everyone should be happy
and gay. will be here on Christmas,
travelling over a bleak frozen river
on New Year Day, but I am happy to
be alive. You will not know this
until after the holidays.
DESCRIBES HIS FLIGHT.
Out at the station they have prob
ably given us up for lost by now
leave here on December - and
will reach Mattice, Ontario. on Janu-
airy 5-not sooner. From Mattice to
Montreal. January :. and New York
by January o, providing all goes well
MOOSE FACTORY. Dec. 81.
After leaving the station at / p. m.
we rose to an altitude of 900 feet
the time when we passed over all the
good familiar scenes-frst Brooklyn
then New York. These wonderful
sights are still fresh in my memory,
but what a comparison with the pres
ent surroundings at Moose Factory.
1t is certainly a pleasant recollec-
tion-the wonderful view from the
air as we left the officers and crew
at the air station.
Little did I think at the time that
the trip which ! had taken so often
would bring me to this frozen coun-
try. Hinton has remarked number
OF times OF the contrast OF our sur
roundings to his home in New York.
ALL IN GOOD SPIRITS.
At about 1880 we were passing
over Brooklyn and released one Of
our carrier pigeons. The magnificent
view OF New York City as we
passed over IT was the real enjoy
able part OF the trip. We passed
over the Hudson river through tho
corner OF New Jersey and over the
Catskill mountains.
We were all in excellent spirits.
as the course OF the balloon was
ideal for Canada.
The flight through the rest +
New York State was similar in every
respect TO previous flights that |
have taken over the same country
Everything was going splcnd,dly as
we had plenty OF ballast
EVANS ESCAPED FATE.
We had figured on having Al Evans
tLicutcnant Evans, of Far Rock
away station, with ny on tho trip.
and at the last minute he decided
not to come, as he had put IN for
leave and wanted to go homo to his