208 WAITING IN .THE WILDERNESS 



little, he requested Williams to move him at 

 once to the Graybird, as he feared two of his 

 ribs were broken. 



Hurriedly rigging a hand-sled of two pairs of 

 skees, Williams wrapped McClain in blankets 

 and bound him and Joe on the sled. Down 

 through the gulch and over the ridge he guided 

 and dragged the sled. Safely, at last, he landed 

 Joe and his master at the Graybird Mine. 



