Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-04-25
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friends Of this distinguished writer viii ho well
pleased 10 hear from him agan, aud sul more to
rcnd the following sketch of his recent lourncyings
among the wild tribes beyond the verge of CIVIL
zatioa and We earnestly hope that II will not be
long before we have something more than sketch
of tins interesting tour although we believe he has
MS yet written nothing upon the subject Tor The
press The letter before as, II will b. pefce'Neh,
wns written to a trend ~ Europe, dining Mr. II
wing s recent sojeurn ~ w ashngton 1t reaches
us through the medium Of the London Aihconum.
WasutNeros, CRY, De Ia 1879.
arrived here few days aincc, from tour of
several months, winch carried mo FAR To the W esi,
beyond the bounds Of civilization.
After ! wrote 10 you IN August, from, hlnlt
| Niagara, | proceeded with my agreeable fellow
travellers, M l. and Mr. p 10 Buffalo. and sc
embarked at Black Rock on Lake itIe Ga board
oi' The steamboat was MI J.. one ot the Eommls
s,oncrs appointed hy government 10 safet''end
| thc settlement of the emleftnt indidh hloeH 10 l'c
west Of the Mississippi, lie was on his way l"
the place of rendezvous. ind on lis invitation, We
agreed To accompany hun IA his expedition Ihr
onrr was loo temptn. TO be resisted ! should
i have an opportunity ot seem. the remnants al
those ,tcal ln,laan tribes, which are nov hGodt 10
disappear as independent nntiona, VI 10 DC nina
cnmntri under some new form at government e.
| | y
shi. still IN astatc Of PRISTINE wlidhe>s, and be
! hold hc,d3 of buiia'oes woauns their native pra-
rlcs, before they are driven beyond tic reach OF Il
! civilized tourist
| W. accordingly, trayerrcd the centre of OHIO,
and embarked ~ ii steam b,ct at Cincinnati, ioi
Iouisvlllc ~ krntu,ky Thence sc drscndfu
the Ohio rycr IN analhcl strnm boat, md ascend'
the Mississippi, to ST I.dIis. on voyage VA
prolonged by repcne y nun i1s astonnd,tn conse
aicnee Of the lowncAs OF hc waters, and GA tho
| first occasion w were nearly wrecked aud sent 'u
| the bottom h; cuc1nnterlng auo hc 81 n nboit com
| ing with nil the impetus ot n high pressure engine
aud "A RAPID current Fortunately, wc had unie to
shear litle, 80 as to rec 40 tao tloN obiiqnrlY
which carried away part OF "A wheel, and all the
| upper works on one side ol The boat
From ST LOUIS ! Went to Fort Jnficrson, nhon
ninc miles distant 'osco Black Hawk, the Inoian
. warrior and IN fellow pfjsoHars-a inrorn crew
em iei,l.l aud Isecl,l tho rcaolIhtahc ehcfnin
himself ,noagte OH mnn upwards I'll seventy.
I, lie has, however, u i'm head II Roman HIyie OF
face, and n preposuess,us roantenanro. '
Al 81 Louis NC tnp.h' horscs Ger ourso'yea,
and a covered wngun iiuah. nnarnge tent pow
sons &C. md ttavcsd hY lnI1 f. adfpen'cn.e, !
small frontier ham'et Of ipS l.a"aes, h,tnatcl be
tween two aud thr.s hnpdled mtlcs up the Ali1sou
! n, on the utmost vctse ui cN'll4al'on
From IudVendcnff We sirfe' ntfoss The lad'.
an country aons The line oil thr lndian MISSIONS
and arrived on the Eth of octohei nitcr tn ot Gle
ven dnys tramp a, 20 e,ibsnn frontier fort ~
Arknnsas Our Ioaucy lay almost entirely
through vast plniTl,s open sfRssy plains diver
slfea ,rpastouhy tV beautiful groves aud deep
feftile bottoms alnu, liz strrnns Of water. We
lived ~ ,rontirs mud nmoa, Indur Style, camping
ont Mt NIGHTS excerpt when csloppod nj the Mis-
sinnarcs scattered here and thete IN THIS ynst \
dernuss The weather vas serene and We IN
countelcd but one rainy hrm aud one thund''
storm apd found Sleeping Inhicnt n very swce
! and f~njhy tcpay' II wns NOW upwards OF tire
y ccl.s slnce had len 81 LOUIS and taken 10 tfsv
cling GA horseback, and eSrcod with NE adInra
by,
Ga arriving NJ I'oi Gibson, We fund that
mounted body Of Nangc's, nearly n hundred, ha
set off two days before 10 make II w!dc tont 10 IN
West md South through The Wild hunting coun
tries By way Of projecting the friendly Indians
who had eol" 10 the buinot hunting, nnd to over
; awe the Paw Hees, WHO arc the wandering Arab
Of the wcs', aud arc eontiH1al on tie maraod. W.
determined TO pro ccl the truck Of this party, e.
corted by dozen ar fourteen horsemcn that W.
might have notdngto opprehend fem ATTY s'ras
Cling party OF Pn~noes, mud with three OF tou
Indians as guide and in'etpr, tefs, Including tnp
tive pawnee woman. a couple OF Creek Indian!
" ere dcspachod by the commander Of the Fou L
oyertaic the party Of Rangers and order them 10 n
wat our coming up with them. We were now t,
,rave! in stall simpler and roughei STYLE taking rs
Iiue baggage as possible, and depending on hunt
in, for n plies VI VIC wers 10 go through &C u
Try Astounding with game The finest spor, we had
hitherto had, was nm incidental wolf hunt, as w
were tray srsiug prairie which was very nnlmn
ted and picturesque. | fen now completely launch
cd in n SAVAGE llfr, mud extremely excited and IL
icrcscd by THIS Wild country, and the Wild scenes
and people by v he'll Wa surrounded. Duran
gers were expert hunters, beng mostly from Hi
noIs, Tennessee g..
We oycrtooi the exploring party Of n1ountcc
Rangers ia the coursc of three days, Oh the bank
ofthc Arkansas and the Whole troop crossed tia
river on the 10Th of Octobcr some on iaTts, som'
fordins, Our own immediate party bad couple
Of half breed Indians as servants, who understood
the Indian customs They consfucteda kind o
boat or taft gu, OF buffalo skin, on which MIR. l.
and myself crossed the river md its branches, a
several times, oil the top Of about bundled weigh
Of baggagc--rn odd mode OF crossing a river
quarter Of n mile wide 80,
We nos led n true hunting life, sleeping in tn
open AIR. aud living upon the produce OF the chace
70. VIC were three hundred miles beyond any huma
haba,on, and par, oI,he time, in country hither
to uuoxplored.
We 90. to the region Of bufy.oes and wild hor
ses killed some Of the former, and cdught some O
the aucr,Wc we've noToSer, on The hunting
etuuiiis oftnc rawnccs the 'crros OF that from