Seward daily gateway., 1925-06-10
SEAL HUNTERS NARROWED; HAVE
 BAD EXPERIENCE

Clinging to a rock which protrud- ed from the water about 30 yards in front of a glacier at the head of Gla- cier Bay and a half mile off shore, for five days without fire, food or water, swept by the waves and icy winds while giant bergs lowered about them, Jim Mckinley and Wal ter Obert Indians, made a winning fight and were rescued by relatives and are now at Excursion Inlet, says the Juneau Empire in recent is sue, where they are being cared for.
 The rock to which they clung for their lives, extends, in jagged points about nine feet above the water and is about 12O feet long and ninety feet wide
 The story was brought to Juneau by George B. Williams. He is rel ative of the men and was chiefly in- strumental in their rescue.
 According to Williams, he and his wife with Obert and Mckinley were camping about seven miles from the face of the glacier in Glacier Bay. Monday morning last, the three men set out to hunt seals, McKin- l ley and Obert in fl foot sailing boat and Williams in a canoe.
 Mckinley and Obert went up to 1 the head of the bay near the glacier and Williams was about five miles behind them. As he was searching the bay with. his glasses about II o'clock in the morning, he was sud- denly attracted to the glacier by a loud rumble and saw tons of ice fall from it's face
 Mckinley and Obert at the time were within. about 30 yards from the face of the glacier. When the ice began to fall they realized their danger and made for the rock which was only a few feet from their boat, reaching it before the tidal wave which followed the disturbance caused by the plunging ice, caught them. To the rock they clung while wave after wave of the water filled with pieces of ice, swept over them. When the water subsided they looked about them and a small piece of wood floating nearby was all that remained of their boat as far as they could see.
 Williams saw his companions on the rock and set out to rescue them The ice was congested in the bay, he said; the tons which had just fallen from the glacier had added to the floating bergs and the dis turbance of the water had tended to form them more closely together and in fact, in some places, he was able to walk on the ice, dragging his canoe. By nightfall he had made little headway and was forced to turn back.
 Eearly the next morning he set out from his camp, accompanied by his wife. They carried wood for fuel, food and water. But again and with two working little head way was made. The ice was even more congested than on the previous day. It was impossible to run the gasboat and there was constant dan ger to the canoe to be watched, as well as the holding up under the heavy task
 "Wednesday and Thursday were repititions of Monday and Tuesday Williams and his wife were frantic Early Friday morning Williams watched through his glasses and saw that the men were still alive At nine o'clock in the morning he set out for Excursion Inlet for aid. He was joined there by Dan White, R. Mckinley, Frank Mckinley and John Anderson, also relatives of the ma- rooned men and the party left the same evening at 9:30 o'clock, arriv- ing at Glacier Bay at 5:30 o'clock Saturday morning, Williams and R. Mckinley put off in the canoe and with their combined efforts succeed ed in getting the craft thru the ice, reaching the men at 9:30 in the morn ing.
 Both men were in a dazed condi- tion and delirieus from starvation and exposure. They did not seem to understand who their rescuers were at first and attempted to at- tack Williams and R. Mckinley. The two latter finally succeeded in quiet ing them and they finally again real ized the situation. The rescuers i'm mediately built a fire on the rock