Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1846-07-30

fa BE-. '.'y volunteers, will be pe cru
y los owes, BY our readers generally =
dh in'e's -, worthy correspondent will
Ghops ~ :. IS he has promised to do
10 'a'D' vay. The people in this
90 ' - desirous to be kept appr'sed oil
60 co., $ !, going on at and about the e Fort,
dh'' ~, 1. i certainly highly favored
s''r''y :. .aeh delightful summer quar-
ns p
.,,ondenee of The Hack Eye
c'r,'' .rx,ssos, l. T. July l6th' 1876
u.wx:-Thinking that few
fssSD .ame one at this post, given
p.. i .'ma" Ia fas certain dignilary of
's6a'n! once remarked) might per
,ar P'se : interesting to few Of your
a'''s ' ~ | have concluded to give
-! brief 'rsfl sketch of our trip &c. lhe
va 0.,'' and downs of our voyage on
ay W. steamer Belmont. ! fancy you
W. , 'na ere this from more ;, than one
VI as', Tho accompanied the Volunteers
n a.'' landing point. On our arrival at
,s. '.s';7 nearly opposite Prairie Du
s lis We found solerable quarters in the
l DhFn, w .arebouse for the boys, who
F's'a .s,r much delighted with the prlvl-
90 !, ~, ooce more being upon terra .frma.
1 =" WI us s,eu was that of drawing rations
N asn rs for two days march by
'a \ y he Fort, which we readily pro-
y "a \ from The gen'lemanly teeymmayAssy.
y; ~ C" Crawford, Capt. &GsAc7Hfter
. ~ q. The landing the balance of
'' i,y and night, during which time our
n '..9e wagons were loaded, we COM
ia our march about daylight in the
, , up one of the s'eepes! hills in
! =, ,Sou. II miles long. After which
No mos. beautiful road. without ex-
.,'on. in the world, running upon the
s spd high ridge, from point to point,
s,uyb The garden spot Of the Territory,
4, distance being precisely 40 miles,
n, men were in fine spirits the frs, day.
ID marched on foo, to the half way house
IN, in true yankee style by Mrs Post.
= Two o'clock in the afternoon. In
limit an hour after our arrival, came the
wd war; dinner was TO get-orders to
MI efec, were given-an effort was
n,Se-snd 10 and behold, it was with
l dscalty that men enough could be got
non foot 10 make the fre-wash the
4 Bean, and otherwise TO prepare dinner.
j Iaosl every man was crippIe-for if
700 call a mans foot sore looking similar
p,,pecies Of pota,oe after being boiled
ass its skin-lhe mems feet were sore
sm. Here was fix, 25 miles to march
md about 100 feet in the hospital. A
council was held ,whereupon it was agreed
bat an express should be sent to Fl. A.,
kr teams to haul in the wounded. Cap
! Morgan being DESTROYS Of arriving at the
! Post in advance of the company, accord
! ngly started and came through same day
and by 2 o'clock next morning there
rnre1 at our encampmeni two large wa
pa drawn by 4 mules each, from thu
Frilo the great joy Of the many who's
BET we're entirely used up. With thes
ronmoda,ions we arrived safely at ,hi
l'n about 2 o'clock the I'd day.
L there had happened to be any timi
wsons in the neighborhood when w
new in sight Of the Fort about two mile
f-bey certainly would have been tax
with leaving thinking that all tn
dams Of the Rocky Mountains wer
Fning down upon them The men think
" probably that little exercise of tn
iags would be soothing to blistered feet
Well, we are here, and in every sens
fhs word, regularly mustered into tn
arny-lhe ceremony having been gon
rough with by the officer here for III;
Npose, It, Thompson, of the Dragon
c'n B., in the following manner: TIL
M were called in alphabetical order
anuredby our O. S. marched up
ahs mastering officer-he taking OF
nss, description, occupation, nativity
81 This done, justice Of the peac
W win great solemnity and administe
I u solemn oath to each man. to tn
I fpon that "We wonld faithfully serv
4 tU.S. against all her enemies an
Pesers, whomsoever. and respect an
4 Ny the orders of the President Of the [
md respect and obey the officers VIII
lloe appointed over US, according I
l Y Rules and Regulations of War;" IS
1pus, &c." This being done, our sig
y. sa'e' we're affixed to duplicate Music
M'-lhe Company was formed in III
I ware opposite the officers quarter.
I 'm roceeded to call the roll officiall,
'~a every man was commanded
! esGo his name. and seventy me,
!! commissioned officers and private
ass'ed 10 their names, making in a
",aty'shree, commissioned officers il
saaed Thus ended the mastering
a!hs Volunteers.
We nave go. most excellent drum
% A. 'nd bier, and the way they max
\ NJ ar rattle about here can't be beat
/ Ias 'les said 10 be the finest quarters an
=. healthy location in the noriI
as ,ld certainly, i, is one of the mo.
" NUM- places that man ever beheld.-
81 a,se everything here that heart cou1
/. :" une gardens, ice. houscs well fillet
D ,';.s The men appear to be perfec
!. 4. sasned' and take hold Of duty lik
i. .some repairing garrison-others
~ saoen-o'hers cooking-killing