Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1847-08-19
VERY LATE FROM OREGON AND cALIroR


The flasiee interesting particulars ,ye find in the
ST LUIS Nv Era Of he 9TH insi
Among liz passengers last night on b ard The Trbnla
~. tfuil n :. asep.. Nessrs Shaw aud Budet d
rect lfnm Oregon Ibey l.tt the frontier settlement Of
that country the oh ii N.Y. and arrived st St Joseph
GA The = III uli., having made The trp III eight hee
DAYS Tie company ID which they attached was
eonpsed Of nineteen pef4rrs, ilfee fGr Of whom
stopped on he reffe. = lfs met with little d ffculy on
The mute. exes lfon he fawnres. who levied ronir
bnefs nIon la inl shape II cluies. tobacco few
mules, Se. Ihrr danger night have Teen riull>
had MI bern f the invention Of AN old chief who raye
them me protection Il foy Of his warriors ior fifteen
miles and then deemed their Of sufficient
value 10 eal rec further contribution.
These gentlemen iaf4nn MS, that the emigrants TO
California aud Oregon making very handsome pro-
aress, beag sone twenty five day ahead of The time
ally occupied ly the eniaraHis One company, DAVID.
sals. WIS mel al Biz Sanity, and two al Green Rver-
he hofinails, with SIX huulfed and yeny six waG-
mel nj ihe L fke 81 the Platte on their uc
l. tafrna. The.sINelve Ap scs, - rs they are call
el, were al fon Bndstr al It understood the Nor
mons would n proceed t',fs stason. further than the
neiglbofhoe! ri Ire Sail Late. All the cmsranjs as
We have al, wee getting On very well.
At iefi llail. liz 81 gentlemen net with Mr.. Sam'l
Bannan aud iaaf otefs who had arrived there i
furpase u pll5ilna lie mafans the 10 CaioI-
"A. Frsm Mr.. Bannan, Wha j. Described he editor
i the Il alllofHla Saf' They obtained information up
l. tic 81 % Aaglle lne. important Of which is thai
u a'ii1iil i1u ihiH hattu uiltT arltSl by Gen.
keamoy ir dsibede1ee Of riders. aud ordered to the G.
:. for lrfI. IL either had left II would leave 1mrdi
ately for the States Com Stockton was asl on his way
home. The American fleet engaged IN operations
against Aaztilan. C u and othtr owns in Los er
California aad lie tsoIs had been ordered in the same
direction. Gtl. Kfsney. understood ~ ould leave
tar California IL Time 10 reach home in Septembar-
ftuss wofe not m a very quiet settled condition.
Tie gentleman add. II possblr 10 the horror of the
e3pnls heaife received III relation 10 the sucrinns
tl,t huh, I,,t.
ss winter Seventy three ol them persisted in the snow
and from lmHe, and The living survived only by fas
IN III tller dead companions. Among the number e
tins mi rinHae party MAS mlsrfcant, by the name Of
nysbrrg, WHO eil the States III Col Russcl's cmlany
|, had VII with him, aud coutrycd. at the eXirem
" Of Their sUilInes, 10 send her to Caf,rna settle
menls, when fehtSed ly ptaans who went out 10
aid them
Tins villain remained behind TO rob the dead and liv.
inc ni thelr fopefy. \ Lnnily by The name ofDonner
81 Sptnaiiea, Illinois, robh'd by him Of about four
thau.aad dollar, which he caeied along with other
spois. liz suspected, threatened aud finally PREF
araons ~efe nude hang Inn up, and then he disco
aed tie places where the money 10 be found. To-
n Id Il The enaruY n his olenccs he is sad To have
b1asled 81 having lived or ue upon the dead beds of
Mrs George Donrr, even when provisions were within
h reach Other enarnHes told II This devil ilclr
nate. ba he survived them j and cmIlytd in the
amy al the last accounts. Tue whole Of the family Of
teeds, Il Tie Daan r.. had reached Suffers
settlement In safety ai,,r enduring almost incredible sui
lefngs
the expectation Of tAcso gentleman to be accom-
ran i n IN Oregon by Conmodorc II axe .of the British
sh Modesto. Mr.. john J. Campbell, lcarcr Of dcs
patches 10 tie British Government, and perhaps others
Pu' as lhry f,led meet them at the time appointed
Al Fort Hall this party cdsowly. in the hopes oi
being os, raAfn by lhenl This they did not do; and
ihy probably sane fifteen days behind. As the par
" small the faWnees NAY, Is feared, deal roughly
With them. should lh, y lie mel by them.
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