Show LOST IN THE MOUNTAINS on thursday the dinst brothers curtis and john galloway of this place started on horseback with one pack animal for a hunt in the mountains east of this town they proceeded up meadow creek canyon for some six miles and then camped for the night next morning they started together on foot up the left hand fork snow began to fall at thie ume time and continued all day after a while they agreed to separate and each took a different course expecting to meet at their camp before nightfall john returned to camp as agreed but curtis did riot not arrive john passed a restless night and several times went up the mountain for some distance firing his gun etc on saturday about noon he came to town and reported that his brother was lost in the mountains within half an hour eight horsemen were OR on their way to the mountains shortly afterwards nine more started WM with sleigh and wagon some bedding provisions etc when the latter party got to the camp in the canyon six of the first eight had proceeded on foot up the mountains leaving beadi bedding na overcoats etc behind as they could not travel with them snow on the level was waist abet deep but quite light two 4 of the company returned to town with ito most of the horses two of toe the six david dald and john dunn can took tok one ridge of the mountain 13 but john who was V suffering Of with rheumatism could not lot take his turn in breaking toe the track thus making it very hard pr or david and they became so ex bated that they had to camp for to the after some trouble a fire was started around which the night was passed without overcoats or bedding and there was but little to eat the thermometer in town indicated 10 degrees below zero john E nield john T rowley jr john galloway and henry smith were able to take turns in breaking the track each for about one rod and so reached the top of the mountain and camped for the night wibb a good fire plenty of snow some bread and a little bacon they passed the night as best beet they could on sunday morning all continued the search about noon the two parties met and the duncan boys got some bread from the others which formed their breakfast and they all got back to the main camp just before night tired hungry wet weary in body and depressed in spirit altogether there were fifteen out all night nine searched in the canyon and other places until after dark and then pawed passed the night in the main camp before sunrise on sunday morning nine more horsemen started out these were all the young men that were available at home they divided into four parties at the mouth of the canyon and took different directions ions finding the snow very deep and heavily drifted in some places many times the horses would sink down almost out of sight seeing they could not proceed further they were obliged to return to the mouth of the canyon and there learned that the lost one was found fouad on sunday about 3 rpm pm a horseman came in from fillmore which is eight miles north of meadow bringing the welcome news that the lost man reached john days house on the southeast comer of fillmore about an hour previously about this time two men from the main camp came in for provisions expecting they would still have to continue the search they now however returned to camp with the news and were all back in town about nine on sunday night curtis after separating rom irom his brother john on the friday wandered away in the storm much farther than he supposed and tried to got get back to camp by a shorter out cut but soon saw that he was lost it being now nearly sundown he made for a pate patch h of timber fortu fortunately bately found two large wen fallen dry trees and soon made a fire as the branches were all on the trees about midnight he went out on the log to gather more branches to replenish his fire and then tipped head foremost into six feet of snow he now concluded that he was not a good acrobat so after shaking off the snow indulged in a hearty laugh he managed to keep warm throughout the night by turning round something after the fashion of an english roasting joint of beef on a spit sunday morning when the sun rose bright and pleasant he started ache as he supposed for meadow creek canyon but soon found that he was wan near the head of pine creek canyon on coming to a sort of precipice he continued along its edge till he found a place where he thought he could safely crawl but slipped and rolled down into the snow some ten feet badly bruising his hils right knee after wal wallowing lowin 9 for some three hundred yards through snow about six feet deep he suddenly heard a noise and on looking up saw close by a snow slide but happily he was just beyond its reach he next got on the sunny side of the hill being wet through and nearly exhausted but traveling was much eader he now came across a deer and shot it being very hungry having had nothing to eat for thirty six hours but two small cakes he be with difficulty on account of frozen froien fingers cut off a piece of the flesh cooked and ate it taking a piece with him he continued down pine creek and got to the saw mill cabin about sundown here he found some flour of which he made cakes and these and the venison made him a good supper the rude seats and the sleeping bunk famished fuel for the night but no sleep came he found to his great delight on the sunday morning that a acoree horse man had been to the cabin and thereby broken the track previous to the last snowfall this facilitated his journey to fillmore a distance f some five miles and once arrived at brother john days house he be was most moet hospitably treated his boots were removed from his feet while his hands were put into a tub of cold water and kept therein for two hours this had the effect of drawing out much of the frost brother gabriel huntsman and wife having heard beard of the circumstances they with characteristic generosity and consideration were won soon on the spot having brought restoratives restora tives with them they afterwards removed the wanderer in a sleigh to their own home and continued their kindly services toward him until the dext beit day when he was brought to meadow by his friends at the present time he is doing well and is not likely to suffer suber any permanent injury as the result of h hah h trying adventure JOHN NEIL MEADOW millard county utah jan |