The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-09-03

little lap-dog which had belonged to Pablos moth
er, remained with the dead bodies, and was frantic
with Joy at seeing Pablo he, poor child frantic
with grief and filed the air with lamentations for
| his father and mother MI padre!-.M madret--
was his incessant cry. When we beheld this ptia.
BILE sight, and pictured to ourselves the fate Of the
two women, carried off by savages so brutal and Sc
loahsome, all compuncons for the scalped alive In
dian ceased; and we reoiced that Carson and Cooley
had been able to give so useful lesson to these
American Arabs, who lie in wait to murder and
plumber the innocent traveller"
He was now in mountainous, hilly, and desert
country; exposed to the difficulties, but enjoying the
scenery of such region, and frequently suffering
for water. Obliged to rest day, he gives the fol
lowing account Of his position The Indians refer
red to, are of the brutal race call "root-diggers;n
".uay Son account of our animals, it was neces-
sary to remain to-day at this place. Indians crowd
ed numerousy around us in the morning; and we
were obliged to keep arms in hand all day, to keep
them cut of the camp. They began to surround the
horses, which, for the convenience of grass we were
guarding little above, on the river. These were
Immediately driven in, and kept close to the camp.
| Gin the darkness of the night we had made a
| very bad encampment, our fires being commanded
by rocky bluff within fifty yards; but notwith-
standing, had the river and small thickets of will
| lows on the other SIDE Several times during the
day the camp was insulted by the Indians; but
peace being our object kept simply on the defen-
sve. Some of the Indians were on the bottoms,
and others haranguing us from the bluffs; and they
were scattered in every direction over the hills.
Their language being probably dialect of the Utah,
with the aid Of signs of our people could
prehend them very well. They were the same peo-
pie who had murdered the Mexicans; and towards
us their disposition evidently hostile, were
we well disposed towards them. They were bare
footed and nearly Naked their hair gathered up into
a knot behind; and with his bow, each man carried
f,rfxr
out. Besides these, each held in his hand two or
three for instant service. Their arrows are
barbed with very clear translucent stone, species
of opal, nearly as hard as the diamond; and, shot
from their long bow, almost effective as gun
shot. In these Indians was forcibly struck by an
expression Of countenance resembling that in beast
OF prey and all their actions are those of wild ami
mails Joined to the restless motion of the eye there
| is want of mind--an absence of thought-and an
action wholly by impulse, strongly expressed, and
which constantly recalls the similarity"
On the 9th of May he lost man by these
Indians.
81 had been engaged in arranging plants; and,
fatgued with the heat Of the day, fell asleep in
the afternoon, and did not awake until shutdown.
Presently Carson came to me, and reported that
Tabeau, who, early in the day, had left his post,
and, without my knowledge, rode back to the
camp we had left, in search ola lame mule, had not
returned. While we were speaking, smoke rose
suddenly from the cottonwood grove below which
plainly told us what had befallen him; was raised
to inform the surrounding Indians that blow had
been struck, and to tell them to be their guard.
Carson, with several men well mounted, was in
stantly sent down the river, but returned in the
night without tidings of the missing man. They
went to the camp we had left, but neither he nor
the mule was there. Searching down the river,
they found the tracks Of the mule, evidently driven
along BY Indians, whose tracks were on each
side of those made by the animal. Alter going
several miles, they came to the mule ITSELF standing
in some bushes, MORALLY wounded in the side by
an arrow, and left to die, that it might be afterwards
butchered for food. They also found, in another
place, as they were hunting about on the ground
for Tabeau's tracks, something that looked like a
little puddle of blood, but which the darkness pre-
vented them from verifying. With these details
they returned to our camp, and their report sadden
ed all our hearts.
"ldy l0h.-This morning, as soon as there was
light enough to follow tracks, set out myself with
Mr.. Fitzpatrick and several men in search of
Tabeau. We went to the spot where the appear
ance of puddled blood had been seen; and this we
saw, at once, had been the place where he fell and
died. Blood upon the leaves and beaten down
bushes, showed that he had got his wound about
twenty PAGES from where he fell, and that he had
struggled for his life. He had probably been shot
through the lungs with an arrow. From the place
where he lay and bled, il could be seen that he had
been dragged to the river bank, and thrown into it.
No vestige Of what had belonged to him could be
found, except fragment of his horse equipment
Horse, gun, clothes--all became the prey Of these
Arabs of the New World.
''Tabeau had been one of our best men, and his
unhappy death spread gloom over our party.
Men, who have gone through such dangers and
suferlDgs as we had seen, become like brothers, and
feel each others loss To defend and avenge each
other, is the deep feeling of all. We wished %
avenge his doath, but the condition Of our horses,
languishing for grass and repose, forbade expe-
dtiOn into unknown mountains. We knew the
tribe who had done the mischief--the same which
had been insulting our camp. They knew what
they deserved, and had the discretion to show
themselves to us more. The day before, they
infested our camp; now, not one appeared; nor did
we ever afterwards see but one who even belonged
to the same tribe, and he at distance"
He was now again in the region Of the Rocky
mountains; and, after having travelled about $50
miles on the ''trailn which had served for road,
he found himself "under the necessity Of exploring
atrack through the wilderness" The trail bore off
to the southeast, his course led TO the northeast.
Water and grass were abundant. On the 10th
May, met a band of "Utah" Indians, well r,ounted
and we'll armed. 'Robbers of a higher order than
those Of The desert" they were joarneying to
ute upon the great California caravan" The chief
was civil and friendly, and knew of the expedition
Of 1912. On the Odd of May he crossed "Sevier
river" He had here the misfortune of losing one
of his men, FRANCOIS Badeau, who carelessly draw
ing gun towards him by the muzze, it accidentally
went off and killed him.
On the Oath he encamped upon "Utah lake."
"In arriving at the Utah lake, had completed
an immense circuit of twelve degrees diameter north
and south, and ten degrees and west; and found
ourselves in May 1874, on the same sheet Of water
which we had left in September, lS43. The Utah
is the southern limb ofthe Great Salt hike; and thus
had seen that remarkable sheet Of water both at
its northern and southern extremity and were able
to fix it's position at these two points. The circuit
which we had made, and which had cost us eight
months of time and $500 miles Of travelling, had
given us view of Oregon and of North California
from the Rocky mountains to the Pacific ocean, and
OF the two principal streams which form bays or
harbors on the coast of that sea- Having completed
this circuit, and being about to turn the back
upon the Pacific slope of continent, and to re-
cross the Rocky mountains, it is natural to look
back upon our footsteps, and take some brief view
Of the leading features and general structure of the
country we had trayersed. These are peculiar and