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THU UUUIO. THOMSON W. H. RHIVER, PROPRIETORS.2 Sinrsil farVOL. Ill—NO. 37.GREENSBURG, INDIANA,THE DECATUlt PRESS,rmiiHioimr ibidavbt TM0M8ON II RHIVER.r» i tiibiJOURNEY TO OREQ3N.■••link. r.vatu Trial* aa ihe Boat..LITTU FBO* *1 r I01IHI• • W« ailed Loos RinJoiph ccunlr, j M.ssua.l, tire l»th day Of April U*l. (165J I ■Brother N’aml w»* tick, *nj we had 10 lay I by with liiia, o»f place or toother, near two weeks. before we roacbrd th« Muwwi rirrr.,W. led the Miatouri liter tbe ISih of May.J • nl crossed tbe bottom til milro.pavsing two'•r llitre sixnlie •'o'*. and ancoir.pol « Ul* * fool of the bluff. Sell morning AbaaloanBoii c. uf«» lira *'goo, wiih hi* traily fo )»■»»« «■»»*filling your brakei* with w*ter over night il teHlr* end V comet cold. to ibvl by draining il Loro the drwga, and polling il in jo-ar water h'g* you hat* pretty good drinking walei al! dry. Here we bare to bura small willow iprout* lhal hate beri killed by lira buraiag of lira jrui. we dig a narrow trench wiih a •padc, an I lay ihiu strip* of iron scrota H. ihtnone Led* ihe fire io the trench. wb the conk proceeds lo boil lb- coffee pol ai10 kill ooe mia and mow. Ibey pr«*»,lcd to bury waa murdered, by I he lima ibei* bad come upeighlynodedihe mtwo I lhal i. buiied ihey put-•ueJ lhe Iradei aad caught turn and bun* him oa a rollon wood limb. We Irerelei on ■till rroaamg baamifutliltle aireama of wa-lei. until we reach'd litlla Derr Creek, we e ;drove up tire cm-k otw mile and encamped.— iljNeal day we coociadwl lolay by and irHOiihoe cake- Tlra • Kama an J hate a hunt, Tlieie waa'come William French emigrant* enromped clow by oa. had betn oul Ira tried op ihia aird brought in an antelope, we ail *01 our juai; break!*. and alarled. aome onedirection andbake ibe pancake*, or ihin day we !-fi Foil K'arary waa Uk-n tery *ck. \V« bo Him 135 milea. lo the lon-r cioxingabove ilie fork*, here we bad inlcadrd lo ctort’aom* another. I went by my self. my feel but wc nil a Dutchman on hi* way from Or- j wa* tery acre. to I gat. oul and returned lo lt;gon io the Scales, who bad yust citwatj there j camp about lea o'clock, and fount ihe nth Ic.andhe loalall hia proiiaions and era picking buffalo meal; they killed Iwo.and Norton and Frank had packed in all weIt. no pariimlar damige done, only hia lard, milk an I molasses were apillet. Thu night ached Muakatoa creek her* we began lo End freab grave* pre’ty ptenly. We Intel-Ul on. crawmg Woll liter.Lillie Nimahtw, Oiral Kimlhaw. Vermilion crftk. Big Blue ritee. Lillie Simly. Bn Sandy, Coding plen ly of Leah grates all iba way. We crossed Big Sandy late in tb* evening. orai iu junction with the Republican fork ofCiw or Kin aaa liter. Nell morning, *o»a after our train aiaftad. ais'.er Emi'inf Ha me* waa U-k«n with puk.ngand purgiiA.enJ we coul I not slop wiihhei foi want oi -.rater. Our guide spoke of a email creek. whub we eovld leaeh by aooo. bul when we readied il we found no water bul aorot aiinkine p»o!i trail nothing could use. so, '.he weilVr being tery hoi. we could nol slop hue without all prt-isbiag. a-.a o.ii dinner,and move) on al dark. reach.-J Akoraaerenk. wiii.hdid not ran.but by digging holaa in Ihe atnH we obtained wa l»r lhal wat lulfrable cool Tlrero were also poo!* ef water that out catlle would drink. Here wreueainptd; Emenne tery bat; wt did nol ll.i.iV she would i.vc an limr. as the wat cramp.n* larribly. bo! atw li.-d lilt i.etl morning. »Vo I- died; bul before ale died An-.tnl and Malala waie both taken, and Amin la b.-lng tery w-atlt. dial about lira mid.il* rrf iba .lay. Mahila lat-wj lii: prat morring. when tie died. We buri'l il»mi blmVtnaol hia gut, he laid ne had beilcr !«l lhal fvrd alone, ao wa UatelleJ op iba I'm *fpar etomirg wbith we Itwn coniJ.'rcd tery much oul ol Ihr way, bul we found Dial lo be a mistake. We reached ihe ford abcul9 o'clock, and were till nighl gelling irrtw; encamp'd on ihe bunk of Hw titer. In .rolling here I -at worse id red than ! ita» in lie aianii*W. andil n.s ro«s it Ud in. each ri pUnk. dan.c.-* ifBilyali Ihree in one grate. Wnnweli. and ali war It frighb«nl bi dnaC.; an! w* toVa-l up and left lie place a!«ul 11 o'- j clo'k We irallied ' nr C luiim wbire we j ■tiuek Llt;i:le Biua titer, a lit la larger ihr.nj binlereek. Her* Ulb»r wa* uV-n »o ba-i.! wii'n a p.i.-. iu hit breast, we lied lollop wiih j him. b tco.i gel ea«y and frll eiltep. Alta • lom Biro-i »at err muih fOmplaimut.— 1nil niilionl * caun? ihe way rhe font, it three goarlrri of a mil* acrwa; I . wagmb.'ds o*er)rlled ait inches on ?*. and ihtn ffoortd nilb l.ghl lyon ue pul web Ibingt at were IrabU lo ige from wel on lop of Ibrae floors; I pul ! sia ycVe of my oien lo my proeWioo waggon, i i!wn Frank Hcpkitis and I prepared lo noaa; | pulled of cur coale, a Vs a aud aorki, with all I my peot'.sions, and Iwo or three of lira cbil-’ dreu. anJ voine olbee article*, we drote in; 1 i ;uoi rhu-ge of lira lead cat lie; we had lodriie cal'.erinc acrott lira C«Mnl. up aireani more : li.au half way. Jacob Robbiui had drove ^ oii« of bn w-g!ns a- iO.s, and reluri.-eJ tuoll.er; I alerted in aft r him. oa be j l-nrne-i lira *y, bul hi* oirn Iraing la.ger j ind Inller Ihan mine, he diote righl off and ! h-fl sne: I miamd ihe tirool, and got inlo ! inimmiig water, uiwre the current w»* te-. r. sli'Wig, it swung me and ibe train aiocnd. umll It Inow-.hl lira waggon on a Jock; an) ! cpine tery n*at upmilling II, when lira oien I rim.- io where iSwy could get to lira botlom.I ^..l li-en *lopi-J; h-d lo hold loilra lop of f ihe V\v io krey m;» if from U-ing: wash-1 under lira oiforhadib-rel aloudwanlrd, and Notion (old ua lhal Ihcre wit co lime lo be loti, if wa intended lo bartncue Ihe meal that day, w we went lo work.— And drote foue forkt in Ibe ground an! made a scaffold; we aliordour mrai ibin. made a loietable alrcmgbrine threw in Iba meat anl aiirred around a lilllr. iheu look ■ oul and put il oa lira scaffold otee lira (Ire and barba-cued il until cod, il waa ptefecily brittle, ml il «u lira be»l meal I e«eeral; lire o h-era nearly epoll'd lhe.it* by ovre tailing iland mine would have been in ihe *.m« fit if il had nol been fo* KortOO, he undretiood il.— Buffalo meat it bellei llian lira beef of lame c»tli»; lira hump on lop of ihe ibouldee* ia lira best meal I «e«e cat. Nell morniug wa travelled io bg Itetr Creek, w Irani wccai dm tier; bere wai lira lower ferry acrota lira Norih fork; we movij up ibe river and rnc.mped on its btiik. belwrecn Iba lower and upper fine. Soma of Ora btvj* Itiowgl.l wa could ford II, to Jim anJ Jik- Robbiot look lU.r bora-t and nnlc ihrough, and thry lloughl il no wort* iban lira ford acrort South fork; anrne w aa in favor of trying, oilwrt wrrr nol. to Jim anil Jake drove ecrua* »afe. when ibe bill*nee fdlowcd. we all go! arm* mkr.— We wroir a amall adveilia-ownl adriiiraj oilier albigeanU to crass at Robbins’ f ra) and save their money. F.ai.V llopVias r.»ie In. * and sluck ii op by lira side of lira toad. W-il«n IraveVi.l npllw river Ion mile, above Ihe np|H r fere;, wb.ro we left ihr- Pi.lie f.raevcr, -n I Hiwcl acrnw lur Xwrvl Water • I l.oV-•DRCP.•Null Cab. iand Alvl H-wc git the let •nlo shallow iM l.Vlow* I-IWeal' c-irdi bighl. Net I i rout J nol Hiv eel up an I del all waa ol tu i mi Idle .4 ihe iTc-day oureldcat daugbl. Iin«. ted Ororge It- kt--n wreiiflcVtlloir•;*.ani enrini|ra.| f-» ll-s ruing Aha,lam bo .d V H- g.ew wo.se all Jay,II wen-ol J lo save him. bo;*.: dir) aeil Jiy. abort il' riwcn.•r. M.rgare: I me ’'re l,in taken rely Ud, and by Jsik wc bid giv.n ih n e»er lo die. bul »i ailll V'pl Juingall we : ooold for ibam till abayl midnlglit. when ibeit j enroe up a I'liible atom of wind. rnin. Idi!Ihunder till ligl.ning; il blew d-.nn cair lent.I * we had togaihc- lira Ll wiib Mrrgtrel tnl I*, and go in'o lbs w-ggtli!. The a’ji.n waa •*on over, wlrao Mirgaael tnl Jai kaor. Iragin ; lo gel bellar. and by morning Hey w-r- to much Viter lhal wecocelu-lrd lo ravel wiih: them. We iraveled five mile* w!.-0 Mirgt-! eel eompU.p.'d wibal we had to nil!.' her till aril m wning. when we per-.w-J-d to one foueiray op hub Blue till nigM, nirau father and mother and Jacnt* Conner were all •akan eery ind will, dlarrbora. nral morttidg wt moved on with llrara. ll.ough ilray wen •erytick. Thia evening aome of Ihe bo«» were driving out ’M-m aiork teh.nd ibe wag ona, when one ol ih. boy* pul uo a p*11 o'Trig ii f .1 looking falae wbitk-re, m.'e of a piece of buffalo ekin.wilb vevy long Uir on it, and il acared one of Ihe luuae borsea, and Oral xared iV oth-re, and iVy ran forward amoag Ibe loose ca'.lU, aol thry ran ia am-wig• ir laauia, nhrn there commenced a general• •.impede. I hava Veo scared often before, bul now I war scared io f- I 'iraeat. Finally we gol ibe teams all and Vgan10 namiuo lo.It* nlitl danug. waa doit*; found rhet* waa ooVdy killed or crippVd. three of one wagoera broken; art lo work and oul of three rm-Ie iwo waggons and cne cerl Wa now pc'raeededon our yourney up liliie Blat near lo Ora brad, where we encamped Neil morning dia-.overed two buffalo-'! .m king for our drove of caltle; aome of :h* b-yv mounlod and gave ibn chue. but was fairly Iraa’en. aod relumed very much craet! fallen Hitched up anddroeaoff to Big Plalle river.John Iraw.a very bsd will, diarrhoea; netl morning urO'e ais miles to N» Fo«t Kmi-ay, oppotile tbe bead of Grand J l.nd We paawd the For! one mile. wMrt we bad to alop wiih John Irawia. Father relurned, by h*i i ngueal, to ibe Foet for Doewrr Hammond. be Kill geew worse, aod by night weired loalall liofna of hit living, we, Irowtvtr. landed will oa bim through Ilia niglrl. aod by morning he wav no wor*. Cmdudad lo travel, at ibe toad from wVrt we airlk* 0nt,. |„jthe Flail* Bolloin. IS mile* Vow Foe: beloec we rea. lied Kearney, to lira enre.ing of South Fork, it tbe noil beautiful road I ever drove a waggon o »*r. plank road* and InrnpiUs by no means atcepied. Weronid drii* fmm twenty lo iwan-.y »v* mi'raa a day. at our leisure, all a-long I lot bottom. t*d etrelUoi gram; and plea -f muddy water. Tli- night* am v«i, tool, and rlre Lylt; w re i«iy .II. V.1 ihv'p. nlt;lrracr RnA; drnveait n.ih-a anJ lt;i.ciinp-cl c.'ir' Ur «i.» ateivslaiwe. i,a u )V. ui.ra^in- .Hovee.iraaunc.l oul; and f-'« l,|t Mit-i „J enotluded 10 stop *„d rc.l the l„ w!--n I proceed.).m . m.(U1, nwrlcnnl l-w. -Ly or iwo.ilr.ul fuillrai “hlc-; x^nuirraoinglira l-vy* marl'd I..m.-oni-: m-riniigwvj drove over lo All. Hollon ! «i0i * bunling. 1w Iry lo kill a mnul.'.n n Ash hollow io Ihe Norih fork of H-cj^,,.^ Q.orge Jarlvm W. M.arpbrv ogl.l if, up Noeilv fnk I nailct .i) enc*ra.|-:l j 1( snfclo,*. U1,l Uo- beovgl.l in \V, Ivy hyii'tl day (or wuvhing aeJ; o„,.i,«n' lhal wimM tnake j-u . agon i.urn-. We «,•;,! t„ lira blu'd* f„r ■ Nfi| tBCIIIjl,sr)c,al of our h.r-.-s woe e wc-.J foe loci, and w- l.id nr •■.-J. j (h., squarencro» lira nod vii-l m..-«J hew io •!» i.a. wiih wl.ti few hnfli-, w.„|, lh( m,IUBUiBv. which W ed “*‘■'I'M!?• lo « » !'u:: thice ..i four miles off. we o.ncluih) H••ion Athholluw « b-;.in lo find |n;;tn, |,»,l stolen ihr in. some of u- antw.lct.| lit! am lierl roa)- I rv-r aaw sr*l .-,tb our guna, knieen and pisiolt. wiib*r.meof alkali- poois of w.irr uU. h w«s vcrj pfo,iUois. nail'd afree Ihem; we fi.lli.wcd inineioo* lo one wllk. W.im.-Wnp ibe ,h,i, ,ra«kra liul. way., wlran wedwrrvcr.d N-.eili fork, prssir: Ihu SoliUej Tower or a mOcstin track Inn lo-rw trvrk. The iraU ComrliouM rock, (birmi* nek. until wc , ftufJl w '.rmtxi,a gap hr die mown-lea-lrad Li ramie frak. jml nkmn in jiuniino | „ fdicwed on and found due him e*wiih lire N.raih fork aisd in nghi of F...I Irae- |0 -,p. I ,upr,.., i|,r Indiantnw ua aomi-. wc Iml v fight Iralw.-n Frank ll«|.kint ^n.iuj lnJ ,in wflin-i lcf; Hicm. We ctu'l who ImJ.iro'c a lean* lor are lr«m ibe alael. tlrem sol returmd lo camp. We all rgrard Ed war I Brown, a Bill* red lamlnl lying ,|llV w„ f„Uy 12 milreacr..i* |V bottom Iriihmon, who bad ilrae* a U-.in fr.m lbr!Ioil,0 niOUnUiwa. Il it astonishing bow Mi.soiii elver lo Walker*'* F--.J, 15 •j**1 j j*op1n ini] Ira dec.-ive.l in ditlancr; I have aU.ve F-ral K-arncy. wh-.-e I .lixbarge.1 him. usj,,ii which looked to V ult; mor» llrarn ■hen Ira sunod back aiul auid he was ( on-mi!* and upon going to liram I would bs. k :« Foil Kearn-.y to c-.’.iii. bin wIran “c f|(|,, f(v,m to l0 „ljkt (lll pom U, ,e-.-tclwd ihn bri Ige a. ro*» I.tramic lurk, llrare jnm,,mlt;lr,rfW opSw,., waUr ihrre o. was a giral many wailing for .licit men I! foumiilci. brouhl ut lo iwo grsves. i|*re cro»-.an.l here vv.i El. Brown, lie cam- Pj W04i«j,| bjnrf iponc nilb an inanipiion.wav lira iaud lWtVE lev. *1 IT'I. nwkiv low I greatCH-. lie-.r.Slid h v -i.u*• I' Pfromb.r*. a lill w bohIcK.kv-’• f-linw II .re I.wiihih me il ini r-f a Ira!lo me v'ty fnrr.dly aod shook liais.U and M i!v.ua and lira children, and Frank and r.a.‘rad hia hand which fii—d. wh-n Frank b-gsr. loleil h El laoil udJ on him when Ira waa w.tli ua Iraiore. bat Frank Ud mi heard il until F-d hrel h-fl. Tli-y gnararBcd a En n.iiiuut “l.eu ibes clinclrol, and Frank down-d him and gouged lum prclly lu.lly.^un El. hoi lowed oul take him off, wh»W polled Freni v.ff«aJ Ed lafi; Ihia wa-1st* is we gol a cron lira bridee. which ana cnram;ie.|. Neild-y nme werecng*p*\l in li.dm; with il.e Indian', on I tom* io writing lellcrv to llicit fireBdi in lira bialea. Here I buiisht ano-.hrr joke of oven. ntreJ look in an old man by lira name of P. F. Notion, who drove my family waggem from lien; to lheI'uutillo river, Ira driver.we tried an-' drove up an I ,wcamjrad. Neal moio;. au.l also tb- Fourth of July, wt lay nuoa shoring oien. nlitu vie ttuitcd ..c J unle-. abffi wcatmck lira UltikwhichsUtrd thal the pcr*c and that the murderer lay iiI have wenwav af|u* myv.U.Ilb* r.tiler,travelh'Joiu night of lopt shining Swrei it.jn r-.uce I gol led with ihe lin 1 out about a trifleno'dcn d. «l gr.ve. Ihrough that nnatanc*. I“-and one sloteilhe doth to mrk eveuisig. | mi|CI bru-.ghi a bad owe,'il Ihr coin piny bung him We up Sweet walcr; mil day came he Win Lit* mountain*. Ilrait th mow. wc travelled On up •I llie lead we Lfi it. an) 5.at hi inlo ran a muvl farmvery good1 .arvfii At S mile Suu-laby uand d hills, Bitleito Hie Ssuth Pats; 5 milea | more bfonghl us to tb* Pj. ific Sprirga. brre ■ we hailed IwO day* aod drove our mill* « mil'* off to ihe ilghion walvr. Tlraday wc aloppf! tmc Mslviua was iskrn very: •ick. ami father look the etyaijraL* on thlt; balk of his middle flog. But lt?y waa »o rea could travel with Oram in mo d.js, and: Milviiia wuaaoon vceil tsjl Failrai Isa) a1 hard tim* wiih hia finger. From here w* travelled on crorstBg Pacific creek, lhy Sin dy. Lillie Sandy, B g Svndy an) Orre u Rivsr. ihia w* l.ad lo fury. Il.-re I look lira M un-inn tivcr,and they Kn'iLcU mt lo Ear liver, .where they Uy by one day. Faiher gave re* drovecu HU niglil «.d .„,.,„p*d on-, toln-, ^ ,oW1, tnJ , ,,M ,ll0a weU «•,travrlkd on op lfcar river lo Siwiih* F.xk. here reelorncj over a ridge and *r.u«k down a long ravine, lo wlwre the r.--d runt t apur of Ibe Mountain, which il a terrible place lo drive a learn over.(coirLiaio* ica.ru.r. )1°' In a mil h-ire ■It ink whei5lorn,N. Fork ng wasWh'Ia ha) sills brlpi.'•■in* Ironsaud h-O.lurn Wood, good csmp, pienly of pra's. wood and warer of the bvsl kind—!Through there.- Black II.lit Ih-ioad^aie t.ry ■ hilly, but geoeriH) im.tolh and solid, ivii!.! gool grotv, an-1 *» g oJ ream a *vcr run oul j of ih** eaith. %V* crosred a v*,y b-aoiiful' lilil- lt;irv k of cc«l sLai water oiled lw-»Lor I reek; Irare ref fouad cul a tire lh*i nameofj. BuMinger; re* tui.-lled on andj os4*,l another teaulif.t nek. failed Lab j itn hung a f-re day*Oo all iWt* sirronit!■ tore arc irtJio* i‘«l k-at hr rehi-. men hannW and Isknt into Gsaper. Thiv took-.c! i . P ’ . I''. mn i plac* in MitollWe TVsy. Tire . I. non. i 11,.with Indian wives, w nb a ,*r,el ct Indian r.n-lrr Ira.llra.,, ,.m, i.p-1, wired by lira snurelierdsirran living wiih ihcn.. they have Is^e ales user, and all. rresrdv reWaarel.herda of caltle. which lU-y arrr.-ady to e«.' The whonnrr* Mrv W.llvanl Filen Pr.re-cbnng- foe lame cattle. TV re rets cue tf.tor «eaenton«*iar) by ihemm ale theae traders al Labante; lliera same aran.g •/.me cmlgnnU. aivl by «cw Kl te,r etnnvg llum »Vuba Iglim.low'tilol pIke I'iaberlra.Ib.'toH. Allguil 21. By an arrival al Gloii»aO. re» Lam toil the ^VrararerS.sr Inght reat -brought In' by j sV.l from lira Blt;ilish .irain-r Uevatmrinn an.1asm.Tl Evn Mr ow I K-n thin tire liarcoillireua a Uad-i1«T-toi W(of the Say. Tlsrn-wawi ciiv.nrnt at Glomvstcr.Tlra rlcaine. Foltogl-f •lay Vr HalifaxFerns great *« v-wih cn Fi•ng.|KVI do.’
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