The Arvada enterprise., 1921-01-20

wandered four days in the woods. and On
day. We went on until dark and
made q fire. I smoked two cigarettes
while We rested; % did Kloor. Hin.
ton did not smoke.
1--WE did not eat that day; We car
ried the pigeons until th6 next day.
There was some snow on the ground,
10 We got . lot Of pine brush to lie
on and picked lot Of rotten wood
With my penknife. We had no nre-
arms-only the knife and the box Of
matches.
Hinton went ON q little to nnd q
stream. While he was gone he laid
of his flying suit to make better head.
way and he could not find 1t on his
way hack.
THAT night I slept next to Hinton.
He was next to the nre. I was on the
outside. Kloor lay Oh to one side and
slept. We got on nne together In the
forest. Hinton and I didn't sleep.
We got up at daylight.
rksy Eat Firse Pisssn.
I'VE ate . pigeon that morning. De-
cember Is. We cleaned q pigeon and
cooked It. We divided 1t In three
parts. couple ot mouthfuls apiece.
We drank water out Of moose tracks
and holes I'M the ground. That 10
what probably made me sick the next
day. We started of, I carrying my
grip.
I'VE came to . creek that day (the
Indians call this stream the Nesco-
haga). Hinton was leading and kept
moving too far to the west.
Il proposed to him to 20 southeast.
In 80 minutes We got to the creek.
which was not frozen over. 80 we had
to follow the bank. We camped again
In good shape. I. for one. was not
very hungry. bat We were cold when
We stopped walking.
I'VE had made Q Ore and rested at
noon. but We did not eat in order to
conserve food. We argued about
where we were. figured 1t some
where In the woods In Canada. but
wasn't sure.
New They Wsrs oasts6.
AT that time I was still In my
dying suit. Hinton In uniform and
Kloor In uniform and nyinx suit. We
all wore aying boots. Ny grip kept
| getting foul Of trees, 70 I threw It
away at ten O'Clock. but took care to
put It In Q tree. Before that rot
my good Engiish shoes out Of the grip
and pot. them On and threw away my
flying boots. which were pretty near
goos.
II did not make more than -four
miles the lltst day nor more than sev.
en q eight the second day. Our night
camp was On the creek. We did not
eat. During the day We all nibbled
. bit Of kind Of moas We found grow.
Ing around.
I'VE were not cheerful. We began
to dread that this dog barking prop.
ositiea was . kind Of phonsy. There
were % many noises. dgure now II
was q wolf barking. We aaw lot ef
wolf tracks.
vsvNesss Fiysr Peaya
"Kloor told % he had been praying
-aot out lood. but just to himself.
I'm not much on religion: didn't
pray. No mere than ! made q peopo-
sitioa they should dine Oh me.
| "lalptou and discuseed our course
while Klsos was praying. We had to
admit We were In q pretty serious Jam
and felt pretty blue. But when we
quit We had Q hunch that the third
day was going TO bo lucky.
I'VE ate the second pigeon and killed
the other one the morning Of the third
day-December 10. Kloor put the
dead pigeon In his pocket. We did this
10 dO away with the cage.
During the night Hinton and Kloor
got their feet Ia the nre. Now their
flying sl,oer were burned and they had
~ throw them away and walk In uni.
form boots. Ny shoes were In the
b~st shape.
ttiksrs osevsinV Weak.
I'VE were all growing weak md fell
u lot In holes und over trees. Hinton
WAS very weak. ! felt like vomiting.
Hinton was nauscHtcd. his stomach
was very bud. but our heads were 10
clear ~ they are right now.
III We had had definite object we
could have gone nifty or a hundred
miles without ~ much distress. We
saw ~ much Of tive same sort Of
woods that II appeared We were not
going anywhere. But We were not
going In circles because We were
sterred BY the compass xigxsRgtnx
through the wood. That counted
aSaisst ~.