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TERRACE HERALD, TERRACE B.C,

Lost trapper stumbles in

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Though the plants were not
worth a trip back their stems
were thesize of wrists ona well-
built man and they astounded
Woodcock,

Devils Club plants were also
hard to fathom and their long,
pitch-fork needles
inconvenienced him with many
a flesh wound,

One day a mose trail caught
several days of the trapper's
attention, Fearing however
that the tracks would
dangerously lead him away
from the river he relinquished
the thought of sizzling moose
meat and then retraced his
steps.

Not many days after the river
had brought his route into the
area known as Slamgeesh, an
earlier prayer for moose meat
was answered. .

With a shot from a single
shell, the big bull involuntarily
-buckled his knees and fell dead
to the ground.

Filling up both stomach and
pack-sack with dried meat
ralions Woodcock again surged
forward over the rugged lands.

The rain was soon to Jet-up
and traces of sunshine were
evident.

When Woodcock found
remnants of the old Telegraph
Trail he for the first time could
make an accurate guess at his
own whereabouts, Along with
his feet his hopes also surged.

It now only appeared to be a
matter of time, Again
confronted with the option of
heading north back ~~ to
Damdochax Lake or south
along the trail, Woodcock chose

: the latter.

The trai] had grown over with
thick bush since that time 20
years back when he had last
travelled the trail.

Before the advent of aircraft
travel in the trapping area
Woodcock had led pack horses
down the trails to his lines in
Ground Hog Pass.

Twenty years is a long period
by anyone’s standards and it is
no wonder that Woodcock had to
several limes return to the
River and put his bearings in
proper order,

Apparently there was no way
to prevent misplacing the
barely distinguisable trail.

/ Over the treetops Woodeack
saw what he believed was the
peak of Babiche Mountain. This
indeed was a welcomed sight
for it supported his ideas of
direction and secured -his high
ropes. .

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Feeling somewhat faint but
still rather sound in body and
mind, he carried his rifle, eight
remaining rounds of
ammunition and bits of meat he
had collected from both moose
and grouse shootings.

Mr. Woodeock recalls that a .

big grin of satisfaction came
over his face when at the foot of
Babiche Mountain (often
referred to by local woodsmen
as ‘“Son-of-a-bitch Mountain’)
he noticed tree-impressed
plates designating the trap-line
of fellow fur man Charlie
Stevens.

Though still quite alone,
Woodcock spent the ensuing
night in one of old Charlie's log
shellers.

He still stood aboul 90 miles
from the future rendezvous with

for rest,

Snow mearsuring over two
feet in places was now added to
the battle,

Woodcock not willing to
acknowledge any form of
defeat, kept on going -
constantly loosing and
regaining his way.

Somewhere along the trail he
took time out to throw a four
pound test fishing tine with bait
into the river. Minutes later he
pulled a 20 pound salman from
one end to the other right out of
the lake and safely onto shore.

The starving man gobbled
down the fish and therefore had
little to pack, Raw leaves
constituted his meal that day
and without thought were
stuffed into his mouth,

the fishermen but the sky was -

definately showing a little more
blue by this time.

The remaining way ‘mainly
was composed of mountainous
area, Woodcock estimates that
around the middle of July he
had conquered Babiche and had
climbed a fair ways up Poison
Mountain,

This area was infested with
grizzly bears, Woodcock
remembers, and one particular
morning leaves thenerves in his
body still ‘“‘a-shaking.”

He was spending the night by
a mountain spring: when in the
dark came a_ crashing,
thunderous sound. The best
plan of action, he thought, was
to keep still and quietly await
the morning.

When daybreak finally broke
over the surrounding peaks,
Woodcock had only to stick his
head out from within his
sleeping roll and notice the
startling damage a grizzly had
inflicted to a very nearby
stump,

The bark was completely
ripped to shreads in an obvious
sign which could convince
anyone that the beast was
pretty hungry.

“My luck was again with me
that night.”

The next few days seemed
long and‘ tiresome for
Woodcock's legs. Bush and
undergrowth in the area ranged
to such thicknesses that
Woodcock had to use a poking
stick. He followed the hard
ground in hopes to slick with the
Telegraph trail.

Feeding on  under-ripe
vegetation he managed to
summon enough energy to
plunge forward; stopping only

At one point in the trip
Woodcock had constructed a
wooden raft and attempted to
hunt down another grizzly.
Leaving the raft on a log-jam,
he managed to shoot and kill the
bear.

The raft was later found by
searchers and believed to be
the last result of that man’s life,

Around the end of July the
trail began to thin-ont and
become less mountainous,
Staying one night each at cabins
separated by 20 miles along the
Telegraph Trail, Woodcock
finally dropped his pack and
rifle on the road leading away
from the first cabin.

There he was spolted by two
passing fishermen and
transported by them to the
Woodcock farm some fifty
miles down the highway. They
apparently had no prior
knowledge of the wide-eyed, :
half-starving travellor but
successfully translated and
followed Woodcock’s directions
to the farm.

' The first words Mr, Woodcock
was said to have uttered were
simply in regard to having an
immediate bath and cup of tea.

Even mother failed to
recognize her son Ronald at
first glance but within short
time, everything was
straightened out in the line of
hello’s and how-are-you’s,

.Mother Woodcock then drove

her son to hospital in Hazelton.

Today Ronald's eyes are still
glazed with disbelief; his ribs
still distinctly push out the skin
lining his sunken chest; and his
legs are raised to a high

position.
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Doctors say the watient is
recovering very quickly. He is
allowed to walk hiniself to the
hallway bathrooms: These
walks continued combined with
good meals will mean a trip
home in a few days,

The misadventure has in no
way dampened his view
towards trapping.

“My legs have surel
but there is stil
snowmobile.”

Mr. Woodcock when last seen
was already working out plans
to return to his trap lines this
October. And why not. During
his past ordeal he was forced to
abandon $1000 in beaver pelts in
an presently undisclosed
location.

gone
the

Mayor
pinched

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have mishaped this year’s
drive,

Mayor Jolliffe at press time
was not available for comment
and clinic registrars .stated
Saturday morning that the
mayoral arm had not been seen
during the clinic’s first phase.

Club member Sharon
Brewerton broke the ice by
donating the first Terrace pint
and setting an example for all
possible donors who remained
absent at the two day affair.

Officials say that major blood
donor groups border on the 18
year age limit and that many
interested donors were turned
away because of health and age
requirements,

Red Cross head nurses stated
half-way. in the clinic that
Terrace's community response
was the highest in all B.C.

Terrace already set the
province’s highest per capita
rate of donations in past years.

ENGAGEMENT

Mr. and Mrs, Chris Troelstra
are pleased to announce the
forthcoming marriage of their
eldest daughter, Berta to Mr.
Martin den Haan son of Mr, and
Mrs. A.M. den Haan of Alliston,
Ont. The wedding will take
place Thursday, August 19, 1971
at 3:30 p.m. in the Terrace
Christian Reformed Church,

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