The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1813-07-05

D.
MsKenzie, Mcclellan and Reed, act out i.
different directions inclinine down the ri
yer, for the purpose of finding Indians ana
buying horses. MIR. Crooks with a few
men returned to Henry's Fork for those
they had left, while Mr.. Hunt remained
with the main body of the men in trappine.
beaver for their support. Mr.. c. finding tho
distance much greater by land than thew
had contemplated, returned at the end of
three days, where, waiting FIVE more ex.
pecting relief from bellows the near an.
proach OF winter, made them determine ON
depositing all superhuous articles and pro-
ceeding on foot. Accordingly on the 10th
ut November, Messrs. Hunt and Crooka
set out each with l8 men, one party on the
north and the other on the south side of the
river.
Mr.. Hunt was fortunate in 6ndinp Tn.
dams with abundance of salmon and some
horses, but Mr.. Crooks saw but few. and
in general too miserably poor to afford his
party much assistance thirteen dave tr..
vel brought the latter to high RANGE of
mountains through which the river forced
passage, and the bank being their onlv
guide, they still by climbing over points rs
rocky ridges projecting into the stream.
kept as near 1t as possible till in the even
ing of the Sd December impossible preci.
pieces OF immense height but2au end to ain
hopes Of following the margin of this wa.
ter-coursc, which here was not more tb,,,
40 yards wide, ran with incre dibIe velocity.
e was withali so foamingly tumultuous. thar
even had the opposite bank been fit for.
their purpose, attempt at rafting would
have been perfect madness. as thev conIT
only have the inducement of endino in. :.
watery grave series Of hardshios and nri'.
vations, to which the most hardy and de-
termined of the human race must have.
found himself inadequate. They attemnfs
Ell 10 climb the mountains, still bent ON
pushing on but after ascending for half
day, they discovered to their sorrow that
they were not half way to the summit: and
the snow already too deep for men in their
emaclated state TO proceed further.
Regaining the river bank they returned
up, and onthe third day met with Mr., Hunt
| ana party, with one horse proceedings
| aownwards; canoe was soon made of q
| horse hide and In it transported what NEAR
they could spare to Mr.. Crooks's starvino.
followers, who for the first ls DAYS after
leaving the place of deposit, had stbsisted
on halfa meal in twenty -four hours, and i,
'ne last nine days had eat only one beaver.
dog few wild cherries and old mocka.
sin soals having travelled during these az
Gays at least $50 miles. For the next four
days. both parties continued on I'D the ri.
YER without any other support than WHAT
h..ie fosebuds and cherries they could find,
out mere they luckily fell in with some
pnake Indians, from whom they got FIVE
nu n' giving them three guns and some
o'ner articies Tor the same--Starvatiop had
oele' >. ID: Previst of his senses entirely,
ano' on seeing the horse flesh on the oppo.
sue s,! shore, was SO agtiated in crossing in a
.NIn canoe, that be upset it and was unfor-
t .u'y drowned. From hence Mr.
~ oluhs went to camp of Shoshonies about
Aiiies aoovej where procuring few
n no, soa ana guide he set out for the main
oo'ul'o'a' across the mountains to the
sou'n west, leaving the river where it en-
serea the range, and on it Mr.. Crooks and
nVe men unable to travel Mr.. III. lost a.
Ca"au'ah named Carricre by starvation, be.
iore ne met the Shy-ey-to-ga Indians i'm
the columbia plains from whom getting a
supply OF provisions, he soon reached the
man river, which ne descended in canoes
ana arrived without any further loss at AS
toria, IN the month of February.
Messrs. M'Kenzie, Mcclellan. and Reotz.
mad united their parties on the Snake Ri.
yer Mountain, through which they travel.
led twenty one days to the Mulpoi River
subsistlng on an allowance by no means
adequate TO the tolls they underwent daily,
ana 10 the smallness OF their numbers
which was in all eleven, they atttributo
their success II, getting with.life to where
they found some wild horses. They soon
alter reached the fork, csahed by captains
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