Tachienlu, Nov. 5.
Emmons and Moore of the /Hskiang Expedition arrived back in Tachienla last night. Our Tibetan. jzerving woman was coming up the Jsteps in the dark and saw someone crawling" painfully along on. their hands and knees. She rushed in land said that some European was hurt and crawling up the steps. We rushed out and found young mons sitting on the steps, ly unable to walk and wi [feet very badly frost-bitten. How 20 kot off his horse and reached the upper compound: we do not know. [About October 25 at a point some 22,000 feet on the Gong Ga he was hors de combat and apparently in a Very serious condition.
He was able, however, to reach the base camp at 17,000 ft: and from there he was carried on the back Jof a Tibetan porter to the Gong Ga lamasery, Burdsall is also in a{C) [very serious condition but has not' turned up yet. Terne Moore left the party and came on with Em-mons, As there is no medical man near-' ler than eight days from Tachienlu the French Sisters very kindly came Jover and gave what help they could.
Living on the frontier here they Ihave had considerable experience in treating frost-bite.
We sent a wire to Dr. Crook of the Baptist Mission Yachow asking This morning Emmons is_much better but the fect are in very: bad condition,
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