Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1921-01-20

/ wandered -FOUR Gays III the WoOuS' am Nti
day. We went on until dark and
made a fire. l smoked two cigarettes
while we rested; so did Klo0r. 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 u lot of pine brush to lie
on and | picked a lot of rotten wood
with my penknife. We had no fire.
arms-only the knife and the box OF
matches.
Hinton went on a little to find
| stream. While he was gone he lalu
off his flying suit to make better head
way and he could not find 1t on his
way back.
THAT night 1 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.
1--WE ate pigeon that morning, De-
cember Is. We cleaned pigeon ana
cooked it. We divided it 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 Nes
haga). Hinton was leading and ke
moving too far to the west. d
81 proposed to him to go sou neg
In 80 minutes we got to the vreA
which was not frozen over, so we iWu
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.
eve 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 l was still in my
hying suit Hinton in uniform ana
Kloor in uniform and flying suit We
all wore flying boots. My grip kept
getting foul of trees, so l threw II
away at ten o'clock but took care TO
nut II I'm a tree. Before that l got
NV good English shoes out of the grip
and nut them on and threw away my
Aving boots, which were pretty near
gone. 49,
81 did not make more than four
miles the first day nor more than sew
on or eight the second day. Our night
camp was on the creek. We did not
oot During the day we all nibbled
q hit of a kind of moss we found grow
ing around,
ave we're not cheerful. We began
70 dread that this dog barking prop
osition was a kind of phoney. There
we're so many noises. figure now 1t
was a wolf barking. We saw 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; l didn
nrav No more than l made a propo-
sition thew should dine off me.
"Hinton and 1 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 thiru
day was going to be lucky.
eve ate the second pigeon and killed
tho other one the morning of the third
day-December 10. Kloor put the
dead pigeon in his pocket. We did TINS
TO do away with the cage.
During the night Hinton and kloor
GOT their feet in the fire. Now their
living shoes were burned and they had
to throw them away and walk in uni
form boots. My shoes were in the
best shape.
Hkers Growing Weak.
eve were all growing weak and fell
lot in holes and over trees. Hinton
was very weak. l felt like vomiting
Hinton was nauseated, his stomach
was very bad, but our heads were as
clear as they are right now.
"If we had had definite object we
could have gone fifty or hundred
miles without so much distress. we
saw so much of the same sort OF
woods that 1t appeared we were not
going anywhere. But we were moi
going in circles because we were
steered by the compass zlgzaggint
through the wood. ThPk counted
against US.