Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-07-02

| grave series OF hardships aud priva.
/ ions, to which the most hardy and de.
ermined of the human race must have
laund himself inadequate. They at
cmpted to climb the mountains, still
sen; on pushing on; but after ascending
for half day, they discovered to their
sorrow that they we're not half way to
he summit; and the snow already TOO
deep for men in their emaciated state To
proceed further.
Regaining the river bank they return
cd up, and on the third day met with MIR.
Hunt and party, with one horse proceed
ing dowpwards; a canoe was soon made
of horse hide and in it transported what
meat they could spare to Mr.. Crooks's
starving followers, who FOR the first Ia
DAYS after leaving the place OF deposit,
had subsisted on half meal in twecty-
four hours, and in Tie last nine days had
eat only one beaver, dog, few
wild cherries and old mockasin soals;
having travelled during these q days al
least $50 miles. Fer the next tour Gays,
both parties continued OH up the river
without any other support than What liz
&c rossbuds and cherries they could
find, bat here they luckily fell in with
some Snake Indians, from whom they
got five horses, giving th;m three guns
and some other articles fpr the same
Starvation had berett J B P'ovist OF his
senses entirely, and, OF esng the horse
flesh on the opposite shor. Was 30 agl-
tatcd In crossing IN ss,D c*t.@S- that he
upset it and was VI" r;u1atciy drowned.
From hence Mr. Hun, went on TO camp
of ShoshonIes about 90 miles above,
where procuring tey ru!ses and
guide he set out for the ram Columbia,
across the lnoun:-ins tu tee >1u,h vest,
leaving the rrec where II entered the
range, and on it Mr. Crooks AL five men
unable to tlayeI Mr. II lost Cana
dian ran,en Ca,l ere by starvation, be.
fore re net tie Shy ey-t"-sa lpdlons in
the Columbia plans t'sn. whom get
t,og a supply If provisions. be soon
reached the m.ih river, which he de
scend,d IN canoes and arrived without
any further loss at Astoria, in the month
ot February.
.tessrs. M'Kenzie, Mcclellan, and
Read, had united their pa ties on the
Sn,ke River Mountains, through which
they travelled twent.-one days, to the
AEu!pot River, subsisring on an allow
aace by no means adequate to the tolls
they underwent daily, and 10 the small.
ness of their number, which vas IN all
eleven, they attribute their success IN
getting with life 10 where they tount
some wild horses. They soon after
reached the fork, called BY Captains
Lewis and Clark, koolkooske /; went
down Le~is's partly, aud the Columbia
wholy, by wafer, without any mistor-
tome. except the upset,iug in rapid OF
Mr.. M'Cisllan's Canoe, ard although ii
happened on the FIRST day of the year,
yet by great exe-tion they chung to the
canoe, till the others came to their as.
distance, making their escape with the
loss of some rifles. They reached AS
torio early in January.
Three Of the five men who remained
with Mr.. Clocks. afraid of perishItH o.
want, iet, him IN February sr a 8 :.ail H.
YER on the road by which Mr. Hun, he'd
passed in quest of Indians. end have nc.
since been heard Of. MIR. c had follow
ed Mr. HIS track in the snow for sever
days but coming TO low p allie, ne
lost every appearance of the r.. &c, and
was compelled to pass the rcmsining pa.
# winter in the mdunt;ins, sut.isttne
sometimes on beaver ard ho%e M at
and their skins. and al offers on their
success III finding ropts. Fjrslsy, on the
last OF March, the Other oriy Canadlan
being unable TO proceed. ~as LET with
ledge of Shosbcnies, and NJ {. viii
John Day, 6pdi g the snow sut'.c!shtl,
dimirished, unatr:Unk, troU dian IN
formation. To Cross the last rid c, w,iica
they happily effected, AID Reached me
banks OF tie Columbia b. the m,dde o
April. where. in the beginning OF MAY.
tney fell in with M'ssgs. Steuatts, hsv-
ing been few days before stripped 0.
every thing taey possessed, by band ri
villains near the falls. On the 10th OF
Nav they arrived safe at Astoria. the
principal establishment Of tie Pacific
Fur c mpany, within fourteen miles OF
Cape Disappointn4 ent.
Loss cfthe shh Tonquin, near tie mouth
o. the Columbia.
A large ship had arrived from New
York, after a passage of near Z months,
with merchandise and provisions f r the
company. 1t vas mere we learnt with
sorrow that tie story of the TonquIn's
having been cut off was but too true
The circumstances have been relatcdin
different ways by ,he natives. In The en-
virons of the establishments, but that
which from thei own knowledge Carries
with it the greatest appearance sitruth
is as follows: That vessel, after landing