Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1849-04-11
COL FREMoNT's EXPEDITION

I col. FREMoNT's EXPEDITION
Rv,aaa Flesh Es,,a ~ re Starring Surr'r
ofs.
Col Fremonl's letters had not reached ST
Louis on the SO,h nit bot The Republican OF
,hst date has The following sddiIional psrIie-
ulsrs ofihe dreadful disaster, furnished by .
Mr. Folgot, who was direct from Santa
Re
The published letters from Col Fremont
and hi. friends lol hiu ascending the noun
tains and withio FIVE or six miles Of the sum
nit But this elevation he never reached. 800
4 storm came Up which forced him Ia retreat
and IN seek shelter in the valley below Here
II IL said. The snow dtned, and accumulated
10 the depib Of thirty or forty feet and the
arty los, al their animals, and were com
pelled To leave their entire outfit. The snow
eovercJ the animals and every thing else
from view. and Col. Fremont and his patty
were driven TO seek safety on the sides Of
the mountain. In this emergency, Bill VIII
LA ms. a hardy mounta ineer and two others
volunteered to seek succor from the nearest
settlements; and il was arranged that they
should return in twenty DAYS. AS they fail
ed 10 do So however, Col Fremont resolved
upon attempting to reach Taos; and on the
SIKH day from their leaving camp, they ov-
erook Williams and one Of bis companions.
The other. (Mr King Of the Dis,ric, Of Col,
umbiaD was represented to have died Of cS.
posure and OF hunger; and in the extremity
10 which they were driven, the survivors
were forced to eat part Of his body.
Col. Fremont made bis way TO Taos, ob.
tanned aid provisions and horses, and then
set ont in search Of his party. Bot more
than one third Of his men had, in the inter.
val Of his absence died from exposure and
hunger; and one or two had given out, and
were left 10 die, when he came up with
them. The number who thus persisted is
stated al eleven, OF whom we have only the
names Of three-Mr Wise OF St. Louis CO.,
md Mr. King and Mr.. Preuss oflhe District
Of Columbia Captain Cdhcarl ofthe En-.
Q llsh army was among the survivors We
: ba u receive today mos probably, full nc
counts. and it is not necessary to 60 into lur>
Their details Col. Fremont lost his whole
OUTFITS mules, instruments, baggage, and
everything clse Of value.
On his arri, ol n, SANTA Fe, he was firm
i,hcd with horses 'yt QnnHermas,er, md
with stores BY the Commissary Of the Uni
ted States. and after recruiting his party he
again Sc, off for Cllifornio, taking the route
pursued by Col Cook in !ei7. He and
his party have suffered terfit y in this ex-
petition, and it will be n warnlnI to all 9TH
crs never lo'aucmpl such journey IN mid
winter
Lieut. Bcalc, u s. N, was more fDf'u.
nate than C5l. Fremont. He prosc,ule!
his Journey to Santa Fc, aud reached there
without much difficulty Mr. Folger left
him at Socorro, on Cooks route to Califor.
MIA, in excellent health, and quite sanouine
Of reaching his destination in thirty days.
Mr. X. F Aubry ia trader called by the
Indians the White CIoul) had also disas.
tous time in the mountains He lost sew
sniy-fye mules by the severity of the wealth,
'r, and Ind about tho same number stolen
rom him by the Indians, but saved his
goods. In a letter dated Santa Fe, April
jlb, he says
Col Fremont will be here in few DAYS.
~ 'Vo' "'' "'a huIes (hoOut one hundred
n NUMBER IN the mountains several of his
men, and such was the extreme des,itution
o which they were reduced, that they were
10 catthe remains Of two or three
1t the men Of the party saw him in Ia.
IS last week He SAID that he would never
20 nbont the mountains IN the winter sea-
,on again he was satisfied with trips of
bis kind-nnd so am L.
A hosDilol has been cs,,blisL,I..r,