The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1921-11-04

to paw the guide; take 1t outside and
give it to him and tell him, by damn,
that If he ever comes inside this camp
!, / will shoot him."
took the money and met the par
ty, Page, the guide and man from
Marquette, at. the lake shore, paid the
guide and warned him of Captain
Mack's threat. The guide and the
Marquette man turned back and when
Iage and reached the camp Capt.
Mack was watching for his man with
pistol in hand Page remained with
us bat Capt. Mack did not recognize
him by speech or look-absclutely ig-
nored him. 1t was now about ten
O'Clock and we rolled up in our blan-
kets and turned in for the night.
The next day we slowly made our
way over the ice to Marquette, bad
| ly, used up bunch.
Capt. Mack. Richards and ! re-
NAMED three DAYS to rest and re-
cuperate, and Page, in the meantime
having joined another party, had
gone on. There was at that time
what was known as "horse trail
to Escanaba. It's course was serpent
inc, winding in and cut to dodge the
larger trees, some of the smaller
trees and brush having been cut
away. We were fortunate in finding
some French traders from Green Bay
who had come to Marquette over this
horse trail with two pony teams
hitched to narrow jumpers a half sled
and half toboggan, loaded with
dressed poultry. They had disposed
Of their poultry and were ready to
return home. We therefore arranged
with them to carry our luggage and
We took the mail trail on foot. The
two trails paralleled each other and
often crossed in their serpentine
courses, SO we made the same camp
ing stations each night. Our route
from Marquette lay through the
woods to Sand Point, now Escanaba,
and then on the ice to Green Bay
City, and we found comfortable stop
ping places each night.
From Sand Point the ice was
smooth and sleighing good and we
were invited to ride on the Jumper,
which we did more or less of the
time. We stopped one night at a
one night at Cedar river, but saw nc
OIHcE SlSuS VI SctIitiueIlt ulIll we
reached Menominee river, where we
found a water power saw mill, q
boarding house and few small log
shanties. We stopped at the board
ing house over night.
From here we saw an occasional
fisherman's hut, and reached Greer
Bay in just two weeks from the day
If our departure from Minnesota
Mine. We arrived about noon anC
remained there over night, in the
meantime disposing of our mecca
sins, blankets and snowshaes.
| After bath, entire change Of
clothing and a good nights sleep be.
tween sheets, we embarked the next
morning on an old-fashioned Cen
cord coach drawn by four horses, fol
Fond du Lac. the then northern ter
minus of the railroad. The stage
was well filled, and among other pas
sengers was a well fed, vel
groomed member Of congress from
the northern district of Wisconsin
The morning was cold and the road:
sufficiently frozen to bear the horse!
and stage and we bowled along ovel
the rough road at good pace, the
old coach pitching fore and aft on it.
long leather thorough-braces like {
tug beat in a head-on sea, but before
noon the crust had softened under tn,
warm rays of the sun and we wer,
wallowing alcng in the mud at SLOW
pace. During the afternoon W,
picked UP several stragglers along
the road, to be hauled by our alread!
overburdened horses. When about
three miles frOm ollr destination w,
were hailed BY Jew peddler, carry
ing a heavy pack, who wanted a rid,
into town and the driver hauled VI
to take him aboard, when our Con
grcssinan asserted his inherent au
thority by opening the stage door ant
taking from the inside pocket Of hi.
coat a revolver. He threatened dir,
vengeance to both driver and peddlel
| if the peddler attempted to ge
aboard, saying he must catch the out
going train that night in order tt
reach Washington at an appointed
date, at the same time ordering the
driver to go on, which the latter did
leaving the Jew and his pack stuc!
in the mud.
We arrived in Fond du Lac just II
time to miss the train, and after lis.
tening to a short, but emphatic
speech from our Congressman, ir
which he invoked the aid Of the Deity
and the devil in consigning the stage
company and especially our driver te
the everlasting regions pf the
damned, l concluded we must be ir
Goods Country"