New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-02-17

atty r,soie defence Of their Holy City, which. bens
hardly mere than large hosgitl Of incufAoes, couli
meilCn1u,y have claimed g any other nttbfIians IT.
privilege Of sanctuary. II was bomDaded, however ty
an overw hemlg force and nyt"iilst@noint me bee4-
guerec for TO days supposed, Is IN lLl0neo' lhey
were replying % the IRE upon them Win tniee gus OF
fner o q arfc uuzze hoy had forged CI o! Drc ken
fhafl a. last, alter iose some ~ their sound
est men u M. they glad % fec forth with their
hives, that is . say. with lite o. nothing Gle.
.a~ most 0f these poor fsks While they were set on
tho ia III b-nk lno Mississippi opposite SsuyOo II
vas jusi after the c4nnonace ani think they had eeen
there z Of two three days. Some q them had
led over ,ore The assault escape The balls that batter
e IN their houses the remainder had walled I'll busted
by dilect force u sIms
Few had food enough to satisfy their burger Ex
Ussurc aud fatigue had combined ~ many Of the
nominaly robust Ct them with the sgge and the bilious
remitent fever known fsvOfits indalgences Of the
stem IN the Western country but SICK aud well.
scentous yellow souls they al lay down alike the
rees AID spaeftocss Of the low river shore the iavo-
Cd hufdef together under tattefed shees counter
p4ues DeispTezds stretched gpsy -tenwise over =
tripod Of sticks others lodging outside ~ these shelters
aud going sleep with their piocbed faces 70 the Ky
have not the satisfaction Of doubt that among those
looked upon thus shgerng in the sharp night air OF Al
tumn. many whom the screening Of roof might have
saved dsd looking across the stream upon their comfort
able homes. IN which the orthodox DULLES Of the moo
celebrating their triumph IA obscene and drunken
rot
At the epoch Of which speak, they were bent on NOV
ng Wcsw srd 10 overtske they hoped the rear guard
their column IN the advance, but puaby unpro-
yided with adequate for doing One had COW.
may BE- which he could yoke to the cay cart OF bis e
low Another By disclosing the cupdty OF the Iowa
.1uaers his possession Of his watch other patry treas
use he mad secret,d, able TO hire M In fsrm wag
Several they were few, appeared to own amsng toem
m2 ed horse and team the rest nad 70 other me ns
OF TRANSFORMATION than their bodily frames, though II
may be observed that, by natural Providence TO whose
effect have already adyerted these were nearly every
| thing they had 70 cary.
Thus juryriggef unprovisioned and almost unclohed
they started on their voyagoEn overland that
they Intended e fourth OF the diameter
% world II little wonder then, that, being unsuc-
cesi m oyeraking their brethren, they have since lite
rally fallen BY the way side IN the Wilderness and there
having eaten az the Of burden that helped them
along upon their weary stage now md themselye;
equally unable - push forward or 10 return Al s"ni
crossing places Of the larger streams that nave impelea
their progress In wooded cets and sheltered copses OF the
prairie IA abandoned Indian yiagcs-whereyer IN short
hey have found life most easily sustained, or as some Of
them have said their fate has proved In many In
stances, death most easily horne they have halted ard
gone work 10 strive to Keep body snd soul togehr III
relief, either in the way Of aims or Of prOplous &C.
cease should come up and ovortake them. With the aid
Of quantity Of Indian and garden roots they have
sed for food and Of great fires OF cottonwood brush
these as q substitute for sufficient shelter and clothing
many lived through the last winter and 20 many viii
doubtless survive this though II presses upon The
whole people with cold and famine IN It's train. But The
return OF spring to bring them 20 better fortunes IhS
emacatoi and piDng Survivors Il unaided By u.s. must
still continue to be without the power Of repenishiDg
their stock Of necessares Of changing their place to
TO seek It while il should be noted that Their genera
health already impaired that they are becoming Will
every day less capable Of vigorous effort for their owl
assistance.
have limited my remarks 10 apply 10 individuals, con
cernnR whose plight possessed OF accurate inorma
on ought add that there still others whose mum
bers would with difficulty be correctly ascersined some
where beyond the head waters Of the Des honeS aud on
the tributaries OF the Upper Missouri from the Eishnaho
ha Eau qui Coule River, SAY from $40 70 100 miles
- Louis there are suppose, some 5000 other de-
ect,d human beings, who are probably without any means
70 wave in eyes their signals OF distress many
these, know dying Of chill and hunger, without met
aphor eHeggoraion. They dying willie We are talking
/ about them.
! am sir, very respectfully, your friend and obedieni
| servant, THOMAS l.. KANE.
Hon JOSIAH OCINCY, Jr.