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to start the horses, while he went behind and pushed 

 with his lever. I told him it was useless ; the horses 

 had already tried, and were unable to draw the 

 6leigh out. He went in, however, and spoke to the 

 horsey when they made another effort and fell again. 

 I told him to come out of the water and go to the 

 camp, and I would be there soon with his horses and 

 sleigh. He was quite willing to accept my offer, 

 and started for the camp. I detached the horses 

 from the sleigh, brought them to the top of the bank 

 and connected them by a chain which I found in 

 the sleigh to the end of the tongue. As they could 

 now obtain firm footing, they brought the sleigh to 

 the top of the bank without difficulty. Just as I 

 was starting for the camp, another man arrived at 

 the opposite bank, with a horse and cutter, and 

 wished to cross. I advised him to leave his cutter 

 and ride his horse through the creek, which he did, 

 and we went to the camp together. On our arrival 

 there we found the other man in excruciating pain. 

 His clothes were so frozen before he reached the 

 camp, that he could scarcely walk, and he had 

 nearly perished. They both believed that they 

 would have frozen, had it not been for the assistance 

 I rendered. Tne following morning as they did not 

 like to leave me there alone, I accompanied them to 

 their destination, ten miles distant, where we left 

 the sleighs and harness, and rode the horses back to 

 the camp. Quite early the next morning Campbell 

 arrived with the four men, the horses and sleigh. 

 We immediately set to removing the elk, and in two 



