Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-01-22

II began to lag behind pretty much
and Hinton suggested that ] take off
my flying suit. did, and walked in
my underclothing the rest of the trip.
Hinton wrapped my suit around him
as sort Of blanket. just before noon
| had nasty fall over a tree trunk
Into a hole three feet deep. was
bruised and scratched but | got up
alone.
Hunch Fails TO Help Out.
1--WE didn't eat at noon and made
fire and warmed up and started off
again all together. We were pretty
blue when we camped the third night.
our bunch about the third being the
lucky day flivvered.
Hinton said, Let's write some let
tiers and put them in our pockets but
l said. NO. we'll have plenty of time
to do that
Hinton could hardly hold his head
up. 1t was very cold and ii sure was
our worst night. We slept again with
Hinton near the fire and me on the
outside. had the flying suit on. but
1t was too cold to lie still, and |
would get up often.
when l did Hinton did too, and
we would both sit near the fire for a
while. KIOOr slept fine, almost in the
| fire. He kept getting his feet in the
fire and we would have to pull them
out.
Next morning we kidded the kid
! that's what we called Kloor-and told
him he had been hOgging the fire.
| Hinton had the matches, because he
knows how to light a fire. We were
careful with the matches We would
90 stiff when 1t took Hinton two
matches to get the fire going.
Trio In Bad Shape.
'Kloor had lsls of pep after his
nights sleep 6H Hinton was in bad
shape. / was a bit better off than
Hinton, but not much. We started off
without food along the bank of the
creek. l had bunch that night might
have frozen up the creek and / left
them to go down and try it out"
The distance covered that afternoon
was not more than three miles. Next
day Thursday almost the same story
was repeated at nightfall, their dis
lance from the hypothetical" village
being still as undetermined as when
they made their landing.
Friday proved to be the lucky day.
In the morning Tom Marks. a Cree
Indian trapper, who was inspecting
his traps on the outskirts Of the set
Element of Moose Factory, an island
In the bottom Of James bay, noticed
tracks which he judged to have been
made by three white men. His curl
osity getting the better Of the native
Indian timidity in the presence OF the
unusual, Marks followed up the tracks
until early in the afternoon he came
upon the three balloonists.
KIoors story Of Trip.
The first days out were the worst"
said Lieutenant Kloor, describing their
experiences. I'VE had practiced walk
ing with snowshoes at Moose Factory
while we were there and thought we
were experts with them, but after go
ing a day on the trail changed our
minds. 1t was quite stormy, TOO ana
the first week we were out we en-
countered three severe billiards..
ION Sunday a week ago 1t became
so bad we were compelled to retrace
our steps for more than a mile. we
also found that the dogs we had WIN
us were inadequate for the load we
were carrying and had to SEND DacK
for more. The weather. however was
not very cold. We had lots OF moose
meat to eat and / think we are all
= feeling fine"
; What scientific values to be de-
rived from your tripf" was asked
"The main scientific fact Demon
strated," replied KlOor, sis that q
balloon of $4,000 cubic feet capacity
can remain in the air Tor more 'naii
twelve hours We were in the an
for twenty-five hours ana couiu nav
! remained there longer. Further t'ial
: that l think nothing ought to De Sai'
until we report to our Superlor''
Dogs Hail the Arrival
e Kloor, a blue-eyed, rudy young Tel,
1 low who looked to be in the PINK OF
e condition was the first to arrive he
f came whirllng around the bend OF Inc
t MlssanaibI into the town. riding on
the dog sled, with Sam oainsouis
Toronto explorer, who had gone u
: meet him. -,
Il feel fine. We're all all right Al,
ask is that I get to fire. he saio