The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-01-21

day. We went on until dark ant
made a fire. l smoked two cigarette.
while we rested so did KlOOr. Hin
ton did not smoke.
"We did not eat that day; we car
ried the pigeons until the next day
There was some snow on the ground
80 we got a lot of pine brush to lie
On and l picked a lot of rotten WOOD
with my %penknife. We had no fire
arms-only the knife and the box OF
matches. r
Hinton went on a little 70 find a
stream. While he was gone he laid
off his flying suit to make better head
way and he could not find 1t on his
way back.
"That night l slept next to Hinton.
He was next to the fire. | vas IN the
outside. KIoo: lay off to one side and
slept. We got on fine together in the
forest. Hinton and I didn't sleep.
We got up at daylight.
They Eat First Pigeon.
1--WE ate a pigeon that morning, De-
cember 10. We cleaned a pigeon and
cooked 1t. We divided 1t in three
parts, a couple of mouthfuls apiece.
We drank water out of moose tracks
and holes In the ground. That is
what probably made me sick the next
day. We started off. l carrying my
grip.
1--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.
Il proposed to him to go southeast.
In 80 minutes We got 10 the creek,
which was not frozen over, so We had
TO follow the bank. We camped again
in good shape. L. for one. was not
very hungry, but we were cold when
we stopped walking.
I'VE had made a fire and rested at
noon, but we did not eat in order TO
conserve food. We argued about
where we were. l figured it some
where in the woods in Canada, but
wasn't sure.
How They Were CARRIED.
AT that time | was still in my
flying 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 it
away at ten o'clock, but took care to
pu it In a tree. Before that ! got
my good English shoes out OF the grip
and put them on and threw away my
flying boots, which were pretty near
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 s2ll nibbled
q bit of a kind of moss we found grow
Ing around.
I'VE were not cheerful. We began
to dread that this dog barking prop
osition was a kind Of phoney. Their
we're so many noises. ] figure now II
was a wolf barking. We saw a lot of
wolf tracks.
fryer trays.
"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-
sition they should dine off NE.
Hinton and | discussed Our course
while KlOor was praying. We had to
admit we were In a pretty serious Jam
and felt pretty blue. But when we
quit we had a bunch that the third
day was going to be lucky.
1--WE ate the second pigeon and killed
the other one the morning of the third
day-December 16. Kloor put the
dead pigeon in his pocket. We did this
to do away with the cage
During the night Hinton and Kloer
got their feet In the fire. Now their
flying shoes were burned and they had
TO throw them away and walk in uni.
form boots. My shoes were In the
best shape.
hikere Growing Weak.
1--WE we're all growing weak and fell
l lot in holes and yer trees. Hinton
vas very weak. ! felt like vomiting.
Hinton was nauseated. his stomach
vas very bad, but our heads were as
clear as they are right now.
IF we had had a definite object we
.ould have gone fifty or a hundred
niles without 80 much distress. We
saw so much Of the same sort OF
woods that 1t appeared we were not
,oing anywhere. But we were not
,oing In circles because we were
by the compass sigzaggtng
through the wood. Tlmt couhfed]
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