The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-11-25

maritime dohle Of FL Rtncon, Punto Gordo, nfte6n
miles In extent made by the juttpg OF preciptous
mountain into the and which only be passed
when the tide Is out and the calm and even then in
Barbara and San Luis Obspo and occasional ranches
the principal inhabited places the route Each
of the party had three horses nine ALL take their
under the saddle The six loose horses ahead
without bride halter and required attention to
keep to the track. When wanted for a change say at
distances twenty miles, they caught by the laso
thrown either by Don Jesus the servant Jacob None
of the horses shod The usual gait sweeping
Ave N lies. The next. day they made another one
hundred and twenty Eve miles passing the formidable
skeletons OF some fifty horses part Of double that
number which pershed in the crossing of that terrible
mountain BY the California battalion on Christmas day
lsi6, amidst raging tempest and deluge of rain and
cold more killing than that of the Sierra Nevsda-the
day ofseverest suffering say Fremont and his men that
ped to sup with the friendly Captain Dana, and
at nine at night, San Luis Ohispo was reached,
reception awaited Lieut. Colonel Fremont, in conss-
Of incident which occurred there that history
In ths morning receiving the visits Of the
(mothers and children included) taking breakfast OF
Brought in from the surrounding country Here the
nine horses from Los Angeles left and eight others
taken In their place and spsnish boy added to sas
ing at the usual gait till at night and having made
some seventy miles Don Jesus, who had spent the night
before with his family and friends and probably with
but little sleep, became fatgued and proposed halt for
few hours It was in the valley Of the Salinas (salt
haunt Of marauding Indians For safety during their
repose the party turned off the trace issued through
& INTO sncs wood ana a down. horses
boy in the saddle to watch. Sleep, when commenced
was too sweet to be easily given up and 1t was hallway
between midnight and day. when the sleepers
aroused by an estampedo among the horses, and the
calls of the boy. The cause Of the alarm was soon
fouud-no. Indians, but white bears-this valley being
their great resort and the place where Col r. and thirty
i've Of his men encountered some hundred Of them the
summer before, killing thirteen upon the ground. The
hear and tha bravr at
hunters do not like to meet them without the advantage
Of numbers On discovering the enemy Col felt for
his pistols but Don Jesus desired him to lie STILL saying
that people could bears;' and immediately hal
looed at them In Spanish and they went of Sleep went
the bears building rousing fire, making a breakfast
from the hosptsble supplies of San Luis Obisps occu
sumsd Eighty miles and the afternoon Brought the
party to Monterey The next day. in the afternoon the
set out on their return and the two horses rode BY
Col. + from San Luis Obspo, being present to him
from Don Jesus he Don Jssus) desired to make an ex
pertinent OF what one Of them could do. They were
color (cinnamon,) and hence called canolo or
los conaios, (the cinnamon, or the cnnamons) The
elder taken for the trial. and the journey
ed upon him at leaving Monterey, the afternoon we'll
advanced. Thirty miles under the szddle done that
evening and the party stopped for the night In the
morning the elder canao again under the saddle for
Colonel and for ninety miles he carried him without
q change and without apparent fatigue 1t still
be passed and Don Jesus insisted that canalo could
easily do it. and saa the horse by his looks and &C.
r
aud shifting the saddle to the younger brother the
elder turned loose to the remaining thirty
miles without rider He did SO, immediately taking
the lead and keeping 1t all the way and entering San
Luisin sweeping galop, nostrs dissndsd snufng the
air. and neighDg with exutaon at his return to his
native pastures, mis- younger brother all the while
ming the head Of the the saddle
his Bit and held in by his rider The whole eight
made their hundred and twenty miles each
that day (ster thirty the evening beors the elder Gin
nsmon making ninety miles Of his under the saddle that
day. besides thirty under the saddle the evening
mo- wA1 a6t hat ha have dopa
the whole distance In the time II he had continued
under the saddle After hospsble detention Of ano-
Their half day ct San Luis Obspo the party set out
Los Angeles on the same nine hors which they had
rode from that place. and made the ride back
mile. day this ride grass on the road was the
food for the horsea At Monterey they had barley but
the oanalos almost any thing in the way of
vegetable food even drink that their uses
Bread fruits, sugar coffee and wine ke the Per-
sian horse they take from the hand of master and
obey with like docity his slightest intmation tap
check Of thread rein ION the spanish bj would stop
them and stopped short ut speed they do oss the
man, beast or weapon on which their master direct,
them But this description. far conduct and beha
vior of course only applies to the trained
and domesticated horse.
THE HEROES THE WAR.
Nearly year has elapsed since fought the battle
Of San Pasqua In which of tbs choicest spirits
Of that little band which scoompsni"d Gen. Kearny
A. -
AAen was OSPt Aoianam noolnson Johnstonthe second
o Vo Jonn 1ohnston one Of the earliest settlers OF
.ne o,aIo OF Unio companion IN arms In the seven
teentn year OF MS age the impsuous Wayne In his
sgsinst .ns noe indians OF the then dis
we nortnMsSt ana ior many years the
stn Agens ior inaian Affairs In Obio ana indiana he
xS oo.n a. qua Cniv, On Ine 1oa Way 1919 ana On
.erea as cadet inc Mary Academy Mt West Point In
o3o wncn nooie INSTITUTION ne IN due time gradua
he was remsrkshls for his Sondrsss for tS $500 w ~
natural sciences partcuarv ueooSv and minsr.ioan
and while engaged in the purrut Of T favorit stnSy
among the aimost inaccessbls mountains snrronnd;n
the Point be was bv the brask;nu of roo
by the aid of which he was 70 zach an cIs
waited position in search of mnersoecs snec;msns into
deep and rugged cham below. by which fail he hsS
the misfortune 10 frscture loo in which s;t,ation h
was com PEELED TO drag himself along tbounh smT.,n
the most excrucating agony until he reached no;ns
wherc tho,s sent In ss.rch vond 10 i;ts, -, IA ~;
Bv this accident he vas conansd 70 ths po.n;i NTH;
after the graduating of his clsss: hut nrvats sIsm
nation having been given him ha vss soon atar nos,
ed to the lss regiment of drsgoons ab;cn r.nant
he joined Is soon AZ his isa had hscoms snf.
Aciently strong TO bear the fn.ions of IT, ;s ia
continued vitS n aImost wn;rts. " S,o Jou.hoy anu