IN THE GOAT AND GLACIER FIELDS 



would not leave his dead companions. They 

 were compelled to abandon everything; could not 

 even take their snowshoes. The wind was blow- 

 ing so hard that it was impossible to stand up on 

 the ice where the snow had blown away. All 

 they did take was their camp axe. That day 

 they reached the homestead cabin in the timber 

 a short way below the glacier, and here they lay 

 for sixteen days without food or blankets, 

 Brownie being utterly helpless and Campbell 

 creeping around on hands and knees getting fuel 

 to keep from freezing. Yesterday McClelland 

 and Maher found them in this condition and 

 brought them to town today. Brownie will lose 

 part of one foot and some fingers. The flesh is 

 dropping from his hands now. His face and 

 neck are black and an awful sight. Campbell 

 will lose part of both feet. They will be crippled 

 for life, and the awful suffering they will go thru 

 for some time to come will be heart-rending." 



Two months later, when "Brownie" had re- 

 covered sufficiently to dictate a letter, he wrote 

 me as follows: 



"Dan Campbell and I left Shushana (a mining 

 camp about loo miles from McCarthy) Jan- 

 uary 2nd with a seven-dog team, and made 

 fairly good progress until we reached White 

 River. Here we were storm-bound for three 

 days, when we made a trip onto the Russell 

 Glacier, but were compelled to return to timber 



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