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the men no protection, except that afforded by 

 the sled which they turned up at night for a wind- 

 break. 



The wind in the mountains of Cape Lisburne 

 was so fierce that it lifted the party from the trail. 

 A few frozen fish were found, but on the fifteenth 

 day the provisions gave out, then the dogs were 

 killed, one by one, as food for the others. Days 

 of starvation followed, but a village of Eskimos 

 was found at Cape Hope, six hundred miles from 

 the starting point of the journey. 



Here a little food was secured, but the Indian 

 guides deserted. Undaunted, Tilton prevailed 

 upon an Eskimo man and woman to take their 

 place and then went on for twenty-nine days, 

 during which a single fish of small size per day 

 was all the food the party had. At St. Michael' s, 

 as the station for which he was bound was called, 

 the Jarvis relief expedition was found, and to 

 it was given needed information as to the best 

 way to reach the whale ships. Then Tilton went 

 on once more, constantly on the verge of starva- 

 tion, until, on March 22, he arrived at the Kadiak 

 Islands. Thus he was adrift in the Arctic through 



