New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-01-16

provide the dinner of the following
night. The moose meat was inspected
with much curiosity and when nc
horns could be discovered concealed
about it much disappointment was
voiced. The moose meat proved boon
to American dentists, as will be attest
ed later. Much speculation as to ne
probable manner of death of the moose
was advanced and it was finally agreed
that coroners verdict of "old age''
would not be far out of line.
Cameramen Get Busy
AT daylight the next morning moving
picture men planted their cameras in
the most advantageous places, when a
sielgh carrying lour news up men
set out for Clute, the last OUTPOST to-
ward Moose Factory, fourteen miles
from Cochrane. The writer was one of
the four men in the sleigh and was
accused more than once of trying to
hog" all of the twelve blankets ZAP
propriated" from the Pullman. The
weather, while it might not have been
oO uelow, was extremely cold and
after three hours the Revillion Post at
Clute was as welcome as the sight OF
a sail to shipwrecked sailor.
AT Clute the party imbed out, to be
greeted by A. W. Golding, keeper of
the post, who later proved very valu-
able asset to the newspapermen IN
the way of supplies and souvenirs.
Golding was of the general opinion that
the c ute trail would be the one taken
by the three balloonists from Moose
Factory and swore by all the burned
stumps in his backyard that they would
be foolish to take any other trail.
Whether Golding was thinking of the
possibility of selling about half of the
post to the spondents or whether
he had the interests of the American
press at heart is still an unsolved puz-
zlc After a conference with Golding,
the writer announced his plan of organ
izing dog-sled party to start down the
Abitibi River, in hopes Of meeting the
missing balloonists.
One OF the newspaper men an
nourced his intention of accompany
ing the writer, but later changed his
mind. Wnen news that the lrlDune
party was about to hit the trail moving
Gardeners sleigh, asking for two horses,
to get to Clute before the start. The
movie men were disappointed when
they found that two horses could not
} travel faster than one, but neverthe-
less arrived in time to film the dcpar-
ture.
kilograms of Sympathy Useless
The writer, desiring to start things
right, hoped out in front of the party
in the role Of trailbreaker. Just as the
party started over the top of a Hill
en- route to the river trail his snowshoe
thong became loose and he stopped to
fix it. The lead dog Of the dog train
bumped into him and snapped at his
bo IN, y, mo
the start to the reporters back in the
car later surmised that the trail breaker
had been bitten, and some rather har-
rowing tales sped over the wire that
!. night When the writer got back to
civilization, five DAYS later, no less
than eight kilograms of sympathy
awaited him.
Within a few moments after the
start had been made the writer de-
cided to be liberal and let one of the
Indians break trail. The party con-
Canadian. For four miles the party
mushed, with the correspondent at
} tempting to keep up without calling d
halt. The first halt was made at noon.
The dogs were unhitched, fire kinded
in the snow and big twogallon pail
was filed with water from hole
chopped in the ice Of the river. 1t
took the water thirty minutes to boil.
When it finally did, one of the Indians
dumped half q. pound of tea into it.
When the half pound went into the
bucket the writer Was enlightened as
to why the post keeper had "unloaded'
twelve pounds onto him at the start.
A tin of "army ration" ration con-
sisting of meat, potatoes, beans, corn
md two or three other brands of food
was opened with the assistance of a
friendly ak, and loaf of bread was
broken out. The Indians used their
fingers in eating, while the French
Canadian displayed amazing table man
ners. 1t may be said that the French
Canuck, i'll the event of ever desiring
20 give up guiding. may easily procure
employment as q sword swal over in a
side show. He welded one of the neat
est knives that it has ever been the
writer's fortune to witness, and the
blowing effect that he used on his
saucer of coffee before drinking it was
a picture for an artist
Postpone Washing the Dishes
A slab of bacon, about three feet
long, also was broken out, and the
writer was treated to two or three
slices of it, which he managed to eat
before 1t became frozen after being
taken from the pan. At the conclu-
SioA VI tue meal tNe Frencn CanuCk,
who had been elected cook and dish
washer of the expedition, surmised
that it would be just as we'll to wash
! the dishes at the night camp. The In
dams grunted their approval and the
| party proceeded.
| During the afternoon the trail be-
came soft and snowshoes that weighed
three pounds at the start rapidly grew
heavier A few wet SPOTS in the river
passed unnoticed by the Indians but
the writer was painfully aware of their
presence. In one instance a halt had
to be called while the writer's left
foot was thawed out and separated
| from the ice formed on it after an
INN ersion. Another halt was made
when the Indians decided that little
tea was needed 1t was at that junc-
ture that the correspondent discovered
the presence of three bottles of pain
killer" which were included in the
pack. "Pain killer" for those who do
not know, is a liquid very popular in
the North. It's ingredients are unknown,
but it is to be used for anything
from stomach ache to a frost bite.
The Indians drank it at intervals and
attempted TO persuade the writer to
indulge with them. Indulpinp noi0ht