Marble Hill press., 1921-01-20

day. We went on until dark and
made n Ore. smoked two cigarettes
while We rested. 80 did klenr. Hin.
ton lid not smoke
I'VE did not eat that day: We car.
ricd th. pigeons until the next day
Ther was some snow on the ground.
~ We got n lot ~ pine brush 10 lie
on and ! picked loi ~ rotten wood
with my pcuknife We had no IRE
arms-only the knife aud the box OF
matches
Hinton vent on little TO rnd n
stream. While be was gone he laid
on his flying suit TO make better head.
way and he could not hnd II on his
way back
THAT night ! slept ncIt 20 Hinton.
lie was next TO the Ore was on the
outside. kloor lay OF 10 one side ard
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 q pigeon and
cooked II. We divided Il In three
parts. q couple Of mouihfuls apiece.
We drank water out of moose tracks
and holes In the ground. That is
what probably made me sick the neIt
day. We started OF. carrying my
grip.
We came 10 . creek that day tthe
Indians call this stream the Nesco-
hHgal. Hinton was leading and kept
moving too far 10 the west.
Il proposed to him TO 60 southeast
In 30 minutes We got 10 the creek.
which was not frozen over 40 we had
TO follow the bank. We camped again
In good shape !. for one. vas not
very hungry. but We we're cold when
we stopped walking.
I'VE had made a fre and rested at
noon but we did not eat In order 10
conserve food. We argued about
where we were figured IL some
where In the woods In Canada. but
wasn't sure.
How They Were osroed.
AT that time was still 10 my
flying suit, Hinton In uniform and
Kloor in uniform and flying suit We
all wore flying boots Ny grip kept !
getting foul OF trees, 30 I threw II |
away at ten o'clock. but took care TO
put II In tree. Before that got |
my good English shoes out OF the grip !
and put them on and threw away my
Tying boots, which were pretty near |
gone.
81 did not make more than four
miles the rrst 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
A bit Of kind of moss we found grow.
ng around.
I'VE were not cheerful. We began
% dread that this dog barking prop
,sition was a kind OF phoney, There
we're so many noises. figure now Il
vas a wolf barking. We saw a lot OF
rolf trucks.
Youngest Flyer prays.
"Kloor told Us he had been praying
not out loud. but just TO himself.
I'll not much on religion: didn't
ray. No more than made a propo-
ition they should dine of me.
Hinton and discussed our course
While Kloor was praying. We had TO
dmit we were In q pretty serious jam
nd felt pretty blue But when we
uit we had a hunch that the third
ay was going to be lucky.
"We ate the second pigeon and killed
he other one the morning Of the third
ay-December 10 Kloor put she
cad pigeon In his pocket. We did this
0 do away with the cage
During the night Hinton and Klo0r
OF II elr feet In the Are. Now their
y!ng shoes were burned and they had
, throw them away and walk In uni
,vm boots. My shoes were In the
est shape.
r1ikers Growing Weak.
1--WE we're all growing weak and fell
lot In holes and over trees. Hinton
as very weak. felt like vomiting.
linton was nauseated, his stomach
as very bad. but our heads were as
ear as they are right now.
"If we had had definite object We
,uld have gone nfty or a hundred
lies without so much distress. We {
wv so much Of the same sort Of {
oods that 1t appeared we were not
'ing anywhere. But we we're not I
ling In circles because we were
eered by the compass zigzagging {
rough the wood. That .ount.d
,ainst ~.