The Ely miner., 1929-12-27
HONOR SCOUT TELLS OF CANOE TRIP.

they rolled and tossed over the mossy
rocks, but their shifting and changing
Of shape made this impossible.
MOuntainsi Who ever heard of
a mountain IN Minnesota? I couldn't
believe it even when I was looking
straight at one. Mt Saginaw rises
$50 feet above Lake Cabemickigamma
From our camp, which was across the
lake, it looked like an oyer-grovn hill.
II Was covered with green foliage all
the way down I had always thought
Of mountain as having a timber line
and a snowy peak.
] had always had desire to see
wild animals and watch their move
ments. ! had my eyes peeled for
bears, moose and deer throughout the
trip. I had the opportunity Of seeing
geese and ducks, cranes and herons,
beavers, porcupines, lone chewed the
varnish OF our paddles one night q
partridge and her chicks, and a deer.
can see distinctly IN my minds eye,
two looms out on the lake making
their wind call by sticking their heads
under the water
One night after camp fire, we heard
a howl out on an island Mr. Chase
said, There's a wolff" Then not ten
seconds afterwards We heard a loon
laugh IN the same direction This
particular camp was on InSula beach.
The sand bottom extended out into
the water for four or five hundred
yards Straight out from a point of
solid rock which extended out into the
water at the left Of the sand was an
island behind which the sun set We
enjoyed this camp site more than
Lake Cabemichegamma which was
situated on little cliff.
We started our trip from Moose
Lake instead Of FAN Lake, which is
near "Inton, in order to save a day
so We could make our journey far
ther into the wilderness Our camp
ing equipment consisted of three can
oeS, camp kitchen (that is, pots,
pans, and a reflector oven for baking
biscuits), rations for ten days packed
In three grub packs, a couple Of ex-
cellent leaders, and tents. John
ODonnen served as chef when Mr..
Chase didn't And believe me they
made it hot for US
We had some potato soup once that
was raised and reared On cayene pep
pers; IN fact, afterwards we cooled our
Stomachs with tea. Fried fish surely
tasted good when the KIP forgot TO
burn It Some things went down
pretty hard, such as condensed milk.
cornmeal mush without sugar, cold
rice, and red-hot soup. For our first
dinner on the march we had six
squares of chocolate and two slices OF
bread One Of my favorite stews was
one made Of prunes, apricots, raisins,
and tapioca ! also liked the onion
stew John made At any rate almost
anything would satisfy a hungry
stomach
Portages came in handy as a break
between sleeps, for some campers, and
as a rest from padding for others
The portages were between five and
two hundred and five rods IN length.
Some through brush and over slippery
stones and logs, some were through
marshes where you sank IN mud I'D to
your knees, some were wen marked
and level, and others were hard to
ind After we got used TO carrying
two packs and some paddles, or q
canoe, on our backs, we didnt notice
the weight SO much Many times we
thought we couldn't go any further.
and sometimes We even staggered and
fell under the canoe When we fin
lShed We thought We could do the
rougheSt and heaviest sort of work
But the day or two of civilization nee
essary to get home In, softened Us 50
much that we couldn't even move
furniture for mother.