Show c FROZE OX THE DESERT < The Hardships Encountered ThreeUKsn 5 from Deep Creole B S Philpot postmaster of Ibapah arrived in the city yesterday morning and while badly frozen in both feet and hands was able to get around He desired de-sired to correct certain statements in TO gard to the way that W W Pitts E I Kippletore andthe Chinaman Yung were caught out on the desert Mr Philnot says that they did not start from Ibanan with him as has been charged but started to make the perilous trip across the desert in a wagon of their own After struggling along they made slow progress and to keep from freezing desertedtheir wagon and forged ahead on foot They got so far ahead of the team that when night came they had no means to kindle a fire They lied no other course left them but to keep on until they came to a stopping place Here they remained until Mr Philpot overtook them and he brought them to Stockton The men are all badly frozen and the Chinamans case is so critical that it maybe may-be necessary to amputate his feet to save his life |