The Dolores star., 1921-01-21

'',i Ne"' we decided to land. We
were IN low clouds about oO0 foot
H'eh. The wind was north by west
'he sun had been heating up our bag
nhd we began to go up. We reached
n''oo teet 1t takes long time to 20
from that height.
Make Bad landlnu.
lhe clouds we're below us and
"oo'e us. We got down about two
O'Clock. 1t was bad landing and we
were pretty badly shaken I'M. We
were not hurt or thrown ont, but the
paSket was smashed against the
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lie balloon caught between the
trees. We had taken the pigeons into
tn" basket to protect them from the
landing. Usually they ride in cage
tled outside Of the basket. The wealth
er was clear and nearly freezing.
All three of US stepped out of the
basket In our flying clothes. I took
the grip. We were soaking wet. Kloor
TOOK the pigeon cage. We started off
nj n terrific pace to get where the
dog barked. We did not stop to in
spect the balloon. From the bearings
took In the balloon we figured the
dog TO be south by east from us.
Start on Long Trek.
I'VE started through the forest on
that line. l carried my grip for one
day. We went on until dark and
made fire. l smoked two cigarettes
while we rested; SO did Kloor. Hin
ton did not smoke.
I'VE did not eat that day; we car
ried the pigeons until the next day.
There was some snow on the ground,
80 we got lot of pine brush to lie
on and | picked 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 laid
off his flying suit to make better head
way and he could not find 1t on his
way back.
THAT night l slept next to Hinton.
He was next to the fire. l 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 and
cooked it. We divided 1t in three
parts, n 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, carrying my
grip.
I'VE came to creek that day (the
Indians call this stream the Nesco-
haga). Hinton was leading and kept
moving too far to the west.
"I proposed to him to go southeast.
In 80 minutes we got to the creek,
which was not frozen over, so we had
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.
ave had made 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
flying suit, Hinton in uniform and
Kloor In uniform and flying suit. we
all wore flying boots. My grip kept
getting foul of trees, so l threw 1t
away ut ten o'clock, but took care to
put 1t In tree. Before that l got
my good English shoes out of the grip
and put them on and threw away my
flying boots, which were pretty near
gone.
"I did not make more than four
miles the first day nor more than sew
en- or eight the second day. Our night
comD was on the creek. We did not
eat. During the day we all nibbled
a hit of kind of moss we found grow
ing around.
ave were not cheerful. We began
TO dread that this dog barking prop
osition was a kind of phoney. There
we're so many noises. l figure now 1t
was wolf barking. We saw lot OF
wolf tracks.
Youngest Flyer Prays.
"Illoor told us he had been praying
not out loud. but just to himseif.
I'm not much on religion; didn't
pray. No more than made a propo-
sition they should dine off me.
clinton and l discussed our course
while Kloor was praying. We had to
admit we were in n pretty serious jam
and felt pretty blue. But when we
ouit we had hunch that the thlro
dav was going to be lucky.
1--WE ate the second pigeon and killed
the other one the morning of the third
doy-December 16. Kloor put the
dead pigeon in his pocket. We did TINS
TO do away with the cage.
During the night Hinton ana MOOT
cot their feet in the fire. Now theii
living shoes were burned and they haa
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