IN THE GOAT AND GLACIER FIELDS 



"On reaching the cabin I was helpless, both 

 hands badly frozen, so I could not even help 

 start a fire. Campbell was more fortunate, he 

 having two good hands, but his feet were very- 

 bad, and by hobbling around he managed to 

 start a fire and then we began to take stock of 

 ourselves and also of the contents of the cabin. 



"Here I wish to say that we can thank Joe 

 McClelland and Bill Maher that we are alive to- 

 day, by having the cabin in a fairly warm con- 

 dition, and wood enough to do us over night; 

 there was also some flour, rice and dog feed here. 

 The thermometer registered 60 below zero and 

 the winds howled on the glaciers. We did not 

 know how long it would be before we might be 

 rescued by some one coming along. 



"Sixteen days of watchful waiting we spent in 

 this cabin, looking for Joe and Bill, who were 

 carrying the mail, but they likewise had en- 

 countered severe storms and were delayed. 

 They arrived about 2:30 in the afternoon and 

 were pretty tired. Of course they did everything 

 they could to make us comfortable, and the fol- 

 lowing day they went back after our outfit. 

 They found one dog alive and three frozen to 

 death. The other three had disappeared. No 

 doubt they tried to go back to Shushana. Since 

 then one of the three has showed up at Solo 

 Creek; the other two, no doubt, have died. 



"The next day we started for McCarthy and 

 here we are. I expect to be able to get around 



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