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O. THOMSON k W. H. RHIVER, PROPRIETORS.2 3onrnil farVOL. Ill—NO. 37.GREENSBURG. INDIANATHE DECATl'K PRESSFUI1ISHID EVERY FRIPAYBY THOMSON It RHIVER.“I Ad.»rUria*,Arm sth I'k'., la ‘PiJOURNEY TO OREGON.Isold eata, r.nu aad Trials on Ue NU.urns non'w« r. losim• • We alerted fioin Rinlo.pti county, MiinoUti. ill* X»lt;h (U; ol April lost. (163* ) Brother Notval wm tick. and we bad to lay by with liin, oie plac* or another, near two •«e*k«. before w* reached lb* Munouti river. We left the Mimii river the 15th of May. aoi crooaad tie bottom eil mite*,pttwfig two •• tliree reirerebla aloe*. end atKsmptJ v.n the foot of the bluff. Sell meruit* Abaleui Banc, tpeei bit wagon, with hi* Lraily in i It. on parricidal damage dooe. only hie Uni,.« ■ilk •ti l inoUaarc were apilled. Thi* eight J fetched Muiketoe crr*k: he we tr~in to' Bod fretS grave* pretty plenty. Wa Hovel- j U t on. creating \X*o!l liter. Utile Nimehtw., Great Nimjhaw. Vernrilliortcreek, Big Bloc ti-cr, Lillie Study, Big Sandy, finding |.lon-1 ty of fresh grave* til the way. We crowed | BigSandyUle in tbe evening. neer its juni-| tun with the Republican folk ufCiw oe Kan-j aae river. Sex I morning. eaon efier oar trein alerted. sister Eni'iie Haroc* wee la* k»n with puking end puigia;. end we coul I not etop with her for war.l ol water. Orr guide epoke of t emeil creek, whi. lt are could reach by noon, but when ae readied it we found nu water bat ton; etinkinc pool* tint nothing could uee. to. the vra.tlrer being very hot. we could not etop hrrv without nil per isbiaj.ataoui dinner, end moved on it de«k, reached A'cnraa creek, ubi.Ii dud not run. out hy digging holes in the uni we obtained ui relt; thit tolerable cool Tlrer* were *!• eo pool a cf water that our cattle would ilriuk. Here weeorainped; Emeiine eery btl; we did not llittl *lj woalj i.rc an b iwr. as »I* waa ciampmg terribly. but *Ie li.-d till irxl morning. vvtieu *he died; but before die died Ammti end M*!r»U were l»ih taken, and Aminl* bring tary w-aHy, died about the •aiddle d.ha day. Ma’ul. lasted til*, or itfilling your buckets with water orer night it ret lira and becomea cold, to that by dinning it Lora Ihedruga, and putting it in jour water k’ga you haee pretty good drioking water all day. Here we lialt;e to bum small willow sprouts that hare bero killed by the burning uf the grata; we dig a narrow trench with a rpxdr, an 1 lay thin tUipaof iron across it.ended to kill one mm and wounded two more. they proceeded to bury the man that war murdered; by the time he waa buried there bad come up eighty waggons, they pur sued the trader and caught him and bung him on a cotton wool limb. We traveled on •till creasing beautiful lillle streams of water. until we reachrd little IVer Creek, wa; then c«e feed* the fire io the trench, while | drove up the creek one mile and encamped.— the oxik proceeds to boil the coffee pot eu.l ' Nut day we condoled to lay by and ret our | bake the pancukc*. or thin hue cake*. The teams and haee a hunt. There was acme iday we Hi Fort Kearney William French 1 emigrants encamped close by ua. had been out I ' waa lal»n very tick. Wa traveled up thie ! and brought in an antelope, we all got our Sollcm 135 miles, to the low-r cio-.mg just j breakfa.I? and atarted. acme one direction and | above tot fork*, here we had intruded to croa* some another. I went by myvelf. my feel I but we votla Dutchman on hi* way from Or- waa *lt;•/ sore, to I gave out and returned to \ * goo to the Slater, who bad Ju*t creased lliere camp about leu o'clock, and found the altmarring, when *kcdied. Wiali three ii ear gra'e.XV- -burir 1 tbrm re iff.ily allunwell. and all nearly frighvmd bxlealU; wa yokal up aiul Lft :he place a tout II clo-k XVe i raided ' r 6 luilca wln-ra • Struck Little Biua li*cr, • lit la larg’.r :h Brnlcreek. Hire lather -at iak*o m U wiili a p ii.i iu his bread, weliad tuatopw iih him. b i auo.i get mi; and WI etVp. Ai.*o-lom Bain'S lt;*ar very uvuvh eomj laiuint — We ate cor Jinnerr.anl encanij-il fir il« bight. Next mon-ing Aba.lom an ■ lt;d b-could not travel. II- giew veo.re all Jay, wlt;* ••I up an I .Luie all wer».ul.l t- nave him. bui all waa 61 iki ue: Iu- died nett Jay. atroul the mi Idle lt;•( ihe afurn-on.Tc-dae our old*.»t daughter. Margare! I me line, and Ueorga • ka-Ml were l“,th taken eery bad. and by J-ik vee h»d given them bo h oeer to die. bat via atiil k*pi doing ill we oould foi than till abut midnig'cl, n lxn there is roe up a terrible aiorm of wiml. mm. tail thunderand lighming: it lirw down out lout. a we had to gailn- tht Utd with Mirgaict on It. and go inro th; atjg». The v.oim war $on over, whan Margaret and Ja.ksoi. begin to gel belter, and by morning they »'i- ao ■ uch belter that we cocci udid to ravel with them. We traveled 8»e miln wheat coesplain-d « that we had to r her till neit m .irning. when v«c prc, nar Jouraey up little Blue till nig! father and moiherand Jamea Conner vrer taken eery tod wilh diarrhoea, rvrrt icoimule, and he lost all hit prov Uions and blankets and hie gut; he eaid wc had better : let nut ford alone, ao wa travelled up the South fork 43 miles, lo t»w •ffur cre*sing vvli.h we Itsrn contiJ.-red eery much out ol the way. but vee fooa l thit to be a mktaka. XVe reached lllt; ford abiBl9o’clock, and were till night getting aciwu, encamp’d TO the bank of ilie rieee. In croaaing here I waa woiaesi jred than I war in the atani|icJe, toil •C n«r not without a ctuB.: lb* way 'he ford, tonsil is tbrat quartern of • «iln acreat; I had roy waguntodtoeerjrlled eil Inchc* on each side, and then floored with light lyon j |dauk; vve putaurli thing* as were liable to j damage from wet on top of these.floor*; I put ! ail veke of my oien to my peoelaioo waggon, i then Frank llcpkins and I prepared to lt;rota;; pulkd of our coats, sVx-s and aotki. with all I my proeisioirt, and two or three uf the cl.il-• dreu. and voin- oilier ailidea, wa droea in; I i :uoh h.rgc of tU lead cattle; wehad to drive cattriine. across tire carrtnl. up atream more i tliau half way. Jacob Rubbiu* had drova nire of his ve-g jTOt «lt;«hs, and returned for 'mother; I started in afier him. os he had j l-irncd llie way. hut bi* otro being larger j and talk*than mine, he dtort right off and ! hfl me I missel the thocl. and got into j twinning n a Mr, w!*re the current was «e-; 'J atron^; ic twaikg me and the leam aroi.nd. j until it bro',tit lire waggon wi a lock; aial lt;v»tne rc:y n»at upwitling it. when tire oicn i cans; to where they cOv-id get to the Uittoan.I *1 tla-m Hopi-d; had to hold totlie tup of I the l adei'r bow to k'v’,' mja If from being ! wash* I under the ru-n lime I sloud omil j How and A l»l 1I evl came I me auimtance. ; when w-t g»t the team am-cd out; anJ gut i tVm into aliallow water when I preceded.r .a.r-wa the rirre witlnml fu.tl*r troubic.| Nvi; M-rnillg we drove over tit Ash Hollow ‘down Avh hollow vo I he Notlli fork of Ihe 1 Platte, up Notlli I uk 1 mile* «iJ encam|vd , hrr* XX'* lav by i.rvt day tor wa-.Mng ar.J - our w-ain*. We went u tic Huffs fi.t wkJ for Joel, and »lt;• l.vld hi u'.uji rrrd here ;o da v.s. with whit f.-w bufla-Ll ret to laat ••* lo i-'oit l.naart parking buffalo meat; they killed two. and Norton and Frank had packed in all we wanted, and Norton told ua that there waa to time to be loil, if we iulended to barbacue the meat that day, lo wc went to work.— And drove four fueks in the ground and made a scaffold; we sliced our meat thin; made a tolerable strong brine threw in the meat endstirredtrouud a little, tbeu look it out andput it on the scaffold orar tie fire and Urba-coed it until cool, it waa perfectly brittle, an I it was the beat meal I ever rat; lire Others nearly apoilad theirs by oeee salting it and mine would hate been in the mme fir if ill bid not bren for Notion, he understood it.— I Buffalo meat in bctler than the beef of tam* I cattle; the Inimp on top of the abouldcra i» ' the best meat I erai eat. Kelt morning wal travelbd to big Doer Creek, where we eat dm i tier; here was tbs lower ferry across tlie North fork; we moved up the river and nKumpevl' On i'.s bank, between the lower and upper, firry. 8oaa* of the bora thought we could ford it. ao Jim and J.lre Robbias took their botirt and rude through, and they thought it no worve than t'-e ford a crura South fork, some was in f«eorof trying.others were not, so Jim and Jalu drove ncruw tefe, wlien the bsllance f.lluwej. we all got SCIOSS rafe.— XX’e wrote* email advMlifOWUl advbing o‘.her*hrgrants to cross at Robbins' find and save t'wir money. Frank ll-,«kin» ro lv bi. k and stuck it up by the si.le of tf* road. We ilicu tnveWd uplli river t-n niilea abivc the■Cl1NiUI“PI* r f«rty. •n I struck a pro lcnce K ed at the IVr lure we kft tin- PUtte f.rev.r.1 n-urui lucSwrvl Water «l Ink’ll; drevvc sis milts and . twainp-il’s pate. Nv»i m.ia.iiig drove-iv inib s aird mite Inled to atoj. and re.t tintram«N.sttwo.* Btl recruit nur teams fun day n«oiiig ilie !•» auitr-d t« Oie muiiiit-hunting. M try to kid a mTOllt.'.n G. urge Jatksou XV. bharp brlt; Vgi.tKill*SfduniLinK-elo ibijis wemie. rW.IIIClo;..on Aih hoi! N’siirlk-t road- 1 kalie pools of wate lo our cattle. XV.c hi.to fin-1 v.-r .aw .,1 wl.i.li rus very travel*'I up theN'tih fork. p.’-.ii:j the Solil.rj CoutOioute rock, t bimiuy ruvk reacliH LvrsHte fi.ik. ju.l with Dr.- Ninth fork aixl iofigh sipi*. nvlisil o f-glil Ulw.-n F who hud drove a team in.- me fr-end Edwur I Brown, a l.ttle nd liu-hm-u. who had ilrove a leTower oruntil we ;s jaiKiii nt jyu:.-. .id. loin b* Ioil the arm..I U s. u«oi K..rt 1-ar *nk Hopkins iu ibc start. Umlrd lying in Irani '!*■Mi'SOushev’Iin B.t ant-lopc. ami Dow brought ii deep horn* that wuwM male j.-u Next m-HoingrlcTen of our lif-cs «. tl»y w.itt square across tint rood end i wards ’.he mnuniaias. « hicb looked three Ol four mile'off. wc crmcluibnl i III liaos had stolen thi in; •t-rne of o with our guns, knives and pistols, wi provUiouv, start-d after rbein; we followed lh*it traiksa link nays, when vrditecvered 4 mwasin track In it Irorse tratk. Th- trail sremcil to make toward* a gap ii ■silts, we foli.ncJ on ami fuv.n I inthUgvp. I soppo e tl» Indians*rw us a coming ini ran off and left t;»:m We cau’t tliem anl reSnrorJ to camp. XXV all agne«l that it wa* fully 12 mile*actor* ihe bottom to the mountains. It is astonishing hr,wthemiu.n ku eril.-feu.P.ibir a I. wli m*r f.badh‘o’ with' --J towinnall!,If,wa inoved on vv ill them, though aery tick. Thi* evening same c were driviug *ur louv* atvp.k bebii on*, when one uf the toy* put on frigntful looking falic whiak't*.tk-y wen 1 the kor. id l he w ag a pair of made of at.vut to xv.lk-raa K.-I. 15 niilrti prop** may ha ilrcrived in distance; 1 hive' k.ve F it Kearney, r.h-re I diaxhargp.1 him.! vr|| 0(^lU which looked to b~ u» more llisu K',,8 on- mile, and vi|i'n going to ll-om 1 would. fii-1 them from 0 to 10 ixilcs off. F om this camp we traveled op Sweet water three ov great many wailing for .theic tarn louimiks. broctht uvto two grave,, there r! was* lead board to one with an iaiciiption. •v hrch tUted that the |x-riTO w*, niurdrnd. au-l that lb* uiinkrer lay in the o-xt grave.pin* of buffalo rk n. With very long hair on it, and it scared one of the louse boiset. aod skat scared the oth-re, and they ran forward amoag tbe low rattle, and they ran io amuog •si teams, when there commenced a general •’.impede. I her* been scared oft-o before, but cow I war scared in f ■ I earweat. Fi-nally wa got the toama all .lt; ; aied I'gan to examine to.vre wlut daio.g. war done;1 found there waa nobody killed or crippled;' tkree of our wagon* broken, set to work and out of three mtde two waggon? xnd cnc cart We now pcocerdtJon our journey up litllei Bias rirar tin« b-ad. where we encamped Next morning discovered two buffvlo:* making for our drove of cattle; some of lb* boys mounted and gaea them chaw, but we. fairlytwalen, aod returned very much evtst fallenHitched up and drive off to Big Platte river;’John I«w* very bad with diarrhoea, wit morninguiow aii e-ks’.o V Fori Keair-•y. opposite the he*J of Giaod I:land. XXV patted lb. Fort one mile, where vae had to! atop with John Lewis. Father re turned, by'Jokai request, to the Fort for Doc to* Ham mond; he atill grew wort*, and by night we had lost all liopea of his Irv Tog. we, however, landed well on him through the night, and by morning lie wa, no wora*. Cincluded to travel, as ibt road from «!lt;n we sink, ont, Iierv had been the PUIW Bottom. 13 mike below Fort before vve realt;lied itrvh*n lie surt.'d back and s.iil lie vv bak to Fort K-arn.y to eitlill. but when ue r.ulird th- bri lg- ai ro-6 l.ir.mtc lurk, there wa gnat many wailing for ^tbeit turn 1 croS’.anJ here E l. Brown, lie ciia-to roe very friendly aod .hook hand* wills me ai^ Milvina and tlw children, and went to Frank and re-xiLed his hund uhiih *lt;s, re-lured, uh-n Frank bg.o to tell I no r.f a Ire EJ in.l UilJ on him when lie waa wiili ua. bvfme, but Frank had not heard il until Erl. had left. They quarrelfed * fi.rv ruinates wl^u th-; clinched, and Frank downed bin and gouged him pretty Iwdiy.sfjun Ed. hoioff. wt#lR pIIIi man since I got throogli that I tad wiili the aircuins’ancv; he I mil a boot a trifle, and one ehot id Hie company hong Irani. XX'c i tipSiveet water; next day came tlu- XVinliive mountain*, tbeir ...... gwith snow, we travelled on uplowed not lake him off. whaiB pailfej Frank SH,rl lhe wf uf( iti ,0.i 5off aud Ed Ufi; this -a. I.c ... thecveuiag. j mi[n b(0, ,(t ^ SoB(h p.,,, 5 m,ks-e got acroa, the br.d«e. which i, , bid one. lt;b|oa.M u, ,0 lb. p4,iffl„ Spriegs. here. xuUencamiW.1. Nend-y some wereenga^l Kalu-i two davs and dro.e our is-ll- «!mib-s off to llie light cn Sortl w*t-r. Tlrej day wc stopped l*rc Malvina was taken veryjI lone wen 1 was ocquaiu svyv they |-i Hit other, a i travelled on iuaightof t lope .liiin tr.diu; wi’.h ilie Indians, out son.t 10 w ilting letters to tlieii friends in th* Stater.! Il-ie I bjiight anotlier joke of oxen and took \ in an old man by Hie n.me of P. F. Norton,1 who drove my family waggea froia hero to 1 the (‘sOitillo river, be was a very gired audlt; careful driver.At coon we atarkd an! drovt up N. Fork S miles an I encamped. N-xt mom ng was Sunday, au.l also lire Fuorlh of July.' w* lay by till noon shuringoxen, nheu wc ataited and drove 4 mile; wt»-re weatruek the IBaik i hilb. droveou till night and »uiaioj*U on1 Bitter Colton XX'ood. good camp, pler.ty ofyra-v. woodanl woter of tire Ust kind —!Tbruiiy.h tlrere Blaik llrlts Ihe roavi. are very ’ hilly, bo;generally smooth and toiid. rvitlij gooJ ,.r*s», and „ g oJ water a. ever ruu out; of tire earth. Wc crowed a very beautiful' lilt!* crn k of cool tUr water called •ore* ! olioc creel: lre~ we fouod cut put a trea th*|ick, and lather rook tlie erysi[*l»s on the back of hi, middle finger. Hut tt.’y was so ■♦could trarel with tlrem intnoil.y*. and Mrlvir.a u to scon well but Father liaJ a bird lim* w ith bi. finger. From here rve travelled on crowing Pacific creek. Diy Ssn-dy Linle Sandy. B gS.ndy anJ Ocp'o River, this we had to firry. Il.re I frok ilie hfi.uo Uin fiver, end they hauled roe lo B««r river, where lltej lay by one dsy. Falhc-l gave ire a vomil of lobelia and 1 was soon wall. * travelled ou up Bear rival to Smith's Fork, hero « e turned over a ridge and sr.ork don n a long nvvti*-. to wirete :1* road ron« over a spur of tbe Movriitaio. which is a Icnible [lace lo drive* team over.fcnsmaio* rtivTuxrat.)a oh.i :dri wh llrl *Cl 1.0-I initorname of J. Bid I,Inlciotlif Irsol ’5 lu v. lleilreused another Ireautiful emk. railed Lab inn h.ug a fiw days On all these streams1 the I'iahar.ea.Bo'foM. August 2YKranrey, toth* crossing of South Fork, is tbe i il^rc are trs.lio^ i-rets k*pt by while m-n most beautiful toad I ever drove a waggon ® ( with lodi.n wirw. with* |*.tel of Indian ,*r. pUnk road* and turnpikes by do means bcidsm«a living wilh Ihem; they have Urge exempted. Weemriddrire from twenty lo; bud, 0f cattle, which tUv on ready to ex.twenty five m.Ws a day. at Onr leisure long this bottom. I«d excvllrnl plenty uf muddy water. T nights art e*vf. and '!* !*;• w.-re very warm aud| (bang- for lama cattle. Tlrere wa,| tlreoc traders at Lebvo’C; tVee came lt;u.mr vmigrsii'.s,and by rcro* isiiit a | Ml rWf arncvng lh»m wh*o tbe trad-t.uequa-proB; au arrival at Glnicrat* r. we Irorn tin I the whorurer Star l-jht was ’brought to* br shot from the British steamer Ilevasratinn.ind board'd and taken into Gaaper. This tookSc In Mxgilaleia* Bay. The shoontl lly-ler l**d I 1. previirmlv wired by II* saror (tramer. and aficrwanlv rebiaol.Tire «* huooria Mary XX'. H, and Fllen Pr.re-tor vv.re elan lured by tire um- vtram'i mat of tlie Hay. Tlie H*wi «** coning great ,l cit-wnt at Glireuvstrr.Tlie rlcainer Fultookf’ PrF'-nTOlhou Fii day Vr Halifax
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