The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-01-21

we're in doubt about this until we
heard a dog bark.
Il took bearings with the compass
on the shack and the place where the
dog barked. We decided to land. We
were in low clouds about 1000 feet
high. The wind was north by west.
the Sui had been heating up our bag
and we began to 60 up. We reached
$500 feet. 1t takes q long time to 60
from that height
Make 4 Bad Landing.
1.-THE clouds were below us and
above us. We got down about two
O'Clock. 1t was a bad landing and we
were pretty badly shaken up. We
were o hurt or thrown out. but the
basket was smashed against the
ground.
1.-The balloon caught between the
trees. We had taken the pigeons into
the basket to protect them from the
landing. Usually they ride in a cage
tied outside Of the basket. The wealth
er was clear and nearly freezing.
"Al, three OF us stepped out Of the
basket In our flying clothes. ] took
the grip. We soaking wet. klOor
took the pigeon cage. We started on
at a terrific pace to get where the
dog barked. We did not stop to in
spect the balloon. From the bearings
I took In the balloon We figured tire
dog to be south Ly east from Us.
start on Long Trk.
1--WE starred through the forest on
that linz. / carried my grip for n
day. We went on until. dark and
made a fire. l smoked tvo cigarettes
while VIZ rested: SO did kioor. Hin
O did not smoke.
I'VE did not eat that day We car
There vas some sno or the ground,
so we got a lot OF pine brush to lie
on and ! picked q lot of rotten wood
with my ~penkEife. We had no fire.
arms-only the knife and the box OF
matches.
Hinton went on q little to find a
stream. While he was zone he laid
off his flying suit to make better head
way and he could not find it on his
way back.
THAT night I slept next to Hinton.
He was next to the fire. ! was On the
outside. Kloor lay of to d side and
slept. We got on fine together in the
forest. Hinton and / didn't sleep.
We got up at daylight.
They Eat First Pigeon.
I'VE ate a pigeon that morning, De-
cember Is. We cleaned a pigeon and
cooked it. We divided 1t in three
parts, a couple Of mouthfuls apiece.
We drank water out Of o tracks
and holes in the ground. That is
what probably made me sick the next
day. We started OF. l carrying my
grip.
I'VE 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 no frozen over. so we had
to follow tire bank. We camped again
in good shape. l. for one, was not
very hungry, but we were cold when
we stopped walking.
1--WE had made q fire and rested at
noon, but we did moi 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 l was still in my
dying suit, Hinton in uniform and
Kloor In uniform and flying suit. We
all wore flying boots. Ny grip kept
getting foul Of trees. 50 I threw it
away at ten o'clock, but took car to
put 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 all nibbled
q bit of a kind Of moss we found grow
ing around.
1--WE were not cheerful. We began
to dread that this dog barking prop
osition was a kind of phoney. There
were so many noises. l figure now it
was a wolf barking. We saw u lot Of
wolf tracks.
Youngest Flyer Prays.
"Kloof 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 of me.
clinton 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.
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